My
Training
My initial training was as a
hypno-psychotherapist, This is a psychotherapist who has
specialised in the use of the hypnotic medium. I am
therefore trained beyond the use, solely of hypnosis and
related techniques.
I primarily trained at the National College of Hypnosis and
Psychotherapy. The National College is the only institution
of its kind externally accredited by the British
Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher
Education. The training I underwent was lengthy and
thorough and is one of only a few hypnotherapy training's
that allow for UKCP membership.
I am a full member of the NRHP who are in turn members of
the hypno-psychotherapy section of the UKCP.
Other
Trainings
Deep Memory Process with Roger Woolger
Transforming Therapy with John Butler and the Hypnotherapy
training Institute of Britain
Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner with the HypnoBirthing
Institute
Certified HypnoFertility Practitioner with Lyndsi Eastburn
and the HypnoBirthing Institute
I am currently undergoing psychotherapy training in
psychoanalysis and analytical psychotherapy with the
Association of Independent Psychotherapists in London.
Being a therapist is not just about qualifications and
experience but it is also about the state of mind of the
therapist. I believe that a therapist needs to take their
own personal work very seriously. It is important that they
have worked on themselves in order to understand what they
are trying to help a client with, it is also important that
as much as possible they are are aware of and able to keep
in check their own unconscious desires and motivations to
stop them from aversely affecting their work with clients.
To this end I undertake 3 times weekly personal analysis
and fortnightly supervision. I meditate daily and work
actively and seriously with various groups in the
exploration of the potential for human experience and the
expansion of consciousness.
Finding a
Therapist
Having said all that, a recognised qualification does not
necessarily mean a good therapist, and a good therapist may
well have no recognised qualifications!
The best thing to do when looking for a therapist is to
check out where they trained and for how long, and
then call them up and have a chat. You may wish not to
commit there and then to working with the therapist but to
leave yourself some time to mull it over.
Be wary of anyone offering guaranteed cures, the human mind
is so utterly complex that no therapy or therapist can
guarantee that the work will be successful. To do so is
unethical.
A word about
qualifications and organisations.
Currently in the UK there are no government regulations
surrounding hypnotherapy. This means that you could award
yourself an advanced diploma in hypnotherapy and start
practicing today! Does that sound scary? ...
There are also many organisations, associations and
registers that hypnotherapists can belong to that may or
may not claim to be the central or governing body for the
UK. Unfortunately there is no such thing, they are all
volunteer organisations with differing agendas and
differing requirements for their members.
Shortly the European laws come into effect in the UK and
the area of psychotherapy looks set to become regulated by
the government.
Unfortunately it now does not seem likely that Hypnotherapy
is going to be regulated in the same way. This means that
for the time being the general public need to be very wary
of what ‘professional’ hypnotherapist they undertake work
with.
The UKCP is a psychotherapy organisation that covers
hypnotherapy. It is approved by the government and its
members will be allowed to practice as psychotherapists
when the EU regulations come into effect.
The UKCP have a Hypno-Psychotherapy section and currently
there are four member organisations, the National College
and the NRHP being two of them