The Hypnotherapy Register

UK Hypnotherapy Associations and Organisations

Currently there are 10 registered members of UKCHO (The UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations).

It is true to say that there are many organisations that have chosen not to be registered with UKCHO, and equally many who would not be allowed to be registered due to their standards, ethics or both.

In order to ensure that your therapist is properly trained, qualified, insured and committed we will only allow Hypnotherapists on this register if they are members of one of the following associations, or can prove that their training meet or exceeded the National Occupational Standards.

The National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)

The National Association of Counsellors, Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NACHP)

British National Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists (NRAH)

Association for Professional Hypnosis & Psychotherapy (APHP)

The British Institute of Hypnotherapy (BIH)

British Association of Therapeutical Hypnotists (BATH)

The British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH)

The Hypnotherapy Association (HA)

The UK Guild of Hypnotist Examiners (UKGHE)

The Society of Stress Managers (SSM)

The National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NRHP)

Schools that meet the National Occupational Standards

Current training courses should be based upon the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Hypnotherapy published in 2002 by Skills for Health, the Government's Sector Skills Council for the UK health industry.
Details can be found HERE

Currently the only externally verified qualification that meets this is the HPD, the Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma, therapists with the HPD will be indicated on our register.

By comparison, the HPD is the same level as a Level 4 NVQ, BTEC Professional Diploma, or a university Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE). The National Occupational Standard units have been correlated against the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) by Skills for Health.

Most Hypnotherapists are updating their training to include the HPD, the following schools are the only training providers offering the HPD.

Academy of Advanced Changework

Academy of Clinical & Medical Hypnosis Ltd, T/A LifeSolutions

Advantage GB Ltd

Cambridge College of Hypnotherapy

Central England College of Clinical Hypnosis (CECCH)

Clifton Practice

College of Transformational Therapy

East Anglian Institute

HypnoSynthesis

Kerinsian School of Hypnotherapy

National College of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy

National School of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy & Hypnosis Training Academy

Quest Institute

Surrey College of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy

Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy

UK Academy of Therapeutic Arts and Sciences

The following Schools are Associates of UKCHO, although they may not all provide the HPD, they have agreed to follow the National Occupational Standards, and in some cases in fact exceed them.
Any Therapists trained at these Schools will either have HPD listed on this register or Equiv. for Equivalent to the HPD.

Atkinson-Ball College of Hypnotherapy & Hypnohealing

Belmont Hypnotherapy Centre

Contemporary College of Therapeutic Studies

Clifton Practice Hypnotherapy Training

Essex Institute of Clinical Hypnosis

Institute of Clinical Hypnosis

Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy

Irish Hypnotherapy Association

Kent College of Hypnotherapy

Mind Flexibility

Motivation Partnership

National College of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy