The value of Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy can have a powerful impact on our minds, enabling behavioural differences. Through hypnosis; an inner state of focused attention, we can remove resistance and create change on a deep, formative level, change that lasts.
The NCH is the UK’s leading not-for-profit Hypnotherapy Professional Association. All our practising members are fully insured and trained to the highest standards, so you can choose a hypnotherapist with confidence. All NCH training schools offer the HPD (NCH), an externally qualified diploma, so when you choose to train with an NCH accredited school you will be assured that your training will be robust and ethical, and will give you the foundations to be a highly skilled professional Hypnotherapist.
Want to train in Hypnotherapy?
The National Council for Hypnotherapy offers hypnotherapy training through Accredited Training Schools
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The HPD (NCH) being externally verified by the NCFE will give your course validity in the profession
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Supervision is a supportive, developmental process where a therapist can review their client work
The value of NCH membership
Belonging to a safe, unified not-for-profit Professional Association whose members adhere to stringent self-regulation.
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The National Council for Hypnotherapy holds one of the largest registers of independent Hypnotherapists
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…This snippet discusses a recent experimental study which attempted to quantify (as a percentage) the extent to which expectation contributed to the pain-reducing effects of hypnosis, imagination, and a placebo medication. Strong evidence was derived from statistical analysis suggesting that the effect of hypnotism is “partially-mediated” by expectation, albeit to a lesser degree than the placebo effect.
…There’s a huge archive of video clips, articles, news, and other resources already online and the site is updated regularly with new material, including news feeds from NCH. NCH Page…
…A recent series of articles compared the influential “sociocognitive” and “response expectancy” theories of hypnosis with Alfred Barrios’ “conditioning and inhibition” theory, which reprises elements of Pavlov’s theory of hypnotic suggestion. This snippet outlines the opposing theories and research findings cited in favour of the sociocognitive position.
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Jo Hand joined the Board as Director of Research in October 2018. She is a clinical hypnotherapist and NLP coach and her business is based in two locations, in Evesham…
…Hypnotherapy Resource
The value of membership
Want to join the NCH? We offer full membership, student membership and associate membership.