Buyer Beware - Dangerous Therapists
I am becoming increasingly aware of therapists setting themselves up as Hypnotherapists or Life Coaches offering Hypnosis to their clients without appropriate training.
How would you feel if you knew that your therapist:
- Had only received a weekend's worth of training
- Was not accredited with one of the national societies who licence reputable and ethical therapists
- Had no supervision
- Had no training in contra indications and the medical dangers of hypnosis (these include asthmatics, pregnant women, epileptics and many more common conditions)
- Have no training in how to deal with spontaneous regression (either to an earlier age or past life)
- Have no training in how to deal with an 'abreaction' (severe distress, panic attack etc)
Is this the person you want messing around with your sub conscious mind?
Please, please always ask to see at least a Diploma in Hypnotherapy and ask to see which society they are a member of and whether they have supervision.
The Hypnotherapy Society has an excellent wesite on which you can find a local therapist.
How would you feel if you knew that your therapist:
- Had only received a weekend's worth of training
- Was not accredited with one of the national societies who licence reputable and ethical therapists
- Had no supervision
- Had no training in contra indications and the medical dangers of hypnosis (these include asthmatics, pregnant women, epileptics and many more common conditions)
- Have no training in how to deal with spontaneous regression (either to an earlier age or past life)
- Have no training in how to deal with an 'abreaction' (severe distress, panic attack etc)
Is this the person you want messing around with your sub conscious mind?
Please, please always ask to see at least a Diploma in Hypnotherapy and ask to see which society they are a member of and whether they have supervision.
The Hypnotherapy Society has an excellent wesite on which you can find a local therapist.
posted by Rachel at
4:46 pm
6 Comments:
In 2008 Government Legislation will help ensure therapists are well trained, licensed, supervised and governed by appropriate codes of ethics (I am on the working group for the Hypnotherapy Society developing the ethical code).
Unfortunately the legislation still works on the 'buyer beware' principle and it is down to public awareness of what they should be looking for.
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Rachel, at 3:06 pm
I couldn't agree more, there IS a reason why ethics are taken so seriously by registered hypnotherapists. Roll on 2008 !
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Anonymous, at 5:09 pm
I couldn't agree more. There are far too many therapists of all descriptions who are poorly trained and have no accreditation to the appropriate bodies. It is up to those of us who are ethical, well trained and accredited to educate the general public and encourage them to ask all the right questions to ensure their safety and our good name.
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Pummeller, at 9:03 pm
The 'get out of jail' card that they all seem to play is that they only want to help people. I've heard this stated as justification and these people seem to believe that as long as their heart is in the right place then they can do no harm.
Funnily enough I prefer to see a surgeon with many years of training rather than a quack doctor who 'wants to help people'. These therapists may not feel they are holding a scapel but I know from my extension training just how powerful the subconscious mind is and just how much skill and care is required to work with it safely.
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Rachel, at 10:59 am
I remember when I first came across such people - it made me realise how well trained I was and impressed me how ethical Chrysalis are.
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Anonymous, at 9:19 am
Yes I have come across similar although less overt instances of this type of situation.
The problem is that for the lay person out there, it is very hard to make a real value judgment about a hypnotherapist based on a yellow pages advert or possibly a web site.
I would recommend
- by reputation
- personal referal
- membership of a professional body
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Anonymous, at 9:22 am
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