Professional Memberships

I am a registered member of various professional, reputable, world-wide organisations. Each organisation requires me to adhere to a Strict Code of Ethics. This means that I am committed to a high level of professionalism, on-going training, and supervision ensuring that my clients always receive a safe, sound therapy.

My memberships are with:

• The Association of Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP).
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The British National Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists (NRAH).
  
  





• The National Council of Psychotherapists (NCP).
  
  





• The UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO).
  
  
  

Please visit these websites if you require further details.

Hypnotherapy > Hypnotherapy Regulations

Currently there is no official regulatory body for Hypnotherapists to register with (the equivalent of, say, the ‘FSA’ for Banks and ‘Corgi’ for Plumbers etc.). However, all professional, reputable Hypnotherapists like me should be members of at least one professional association, and most of these are currently working towards achieving ‘Voluntary Self-Regulation’ (VSR) in order to set national standards for our profession.

Set up of a Hypnotherapy Regulatory Forum

As far back as 2001 the Government accepted the recommendations contained in the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology Report, ‘Complementary and Alternative Medicine’, that complementary healthcare had a role to play within the National Health Service but, to do so it had to meet the same standards as other NHS treatments and therapies, and had to be clear and realistic about the contributions it could make. In the Government’s view the changes within the field of complementary healthcare, which had already begun, needed to be driven forward more decisively. To do this all the professional healthcare organisations, and the disciplines within them, had to agree to work together.

Now all the major umbrella bodies and professional organisations within the field of Hypnotherapy represent almost 90% of the Hypnotherapy Practitioners in the United Kingdom, and have agreed to establish a Hypnotherapy Regulatory Forum which consists of ‘The Working Group on Hypnotherapy Regulation’ (WGHR) and ‘The UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations’ (UKCHO). Together they are working through ‘The Prince’s Trust for Integrated Health’ (PFIH) to develop a robust and transparent structure for the regulation of the Hypnotherapy profession in order to give the profession the recognition it truly deserves.

The 'UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations' (UKCHO) was established in 1998, and is an umbrella body for the Hypnotherapy profession in the United Kingdom. It was set up to promote the professional regulation of Hypnotherapy, to ensure that standards of training, competence, ethics and practice are appropriate for public safety.

The UKCHO has worked with ‘The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health’ (PFIH) to create a register of practitioners where members of the public can validate a Therapist’s registration. All Therapists who are members of associations accredited by the UKCHO are given the option to be listed on this register. This confirms that they are indeed fully trained and qualified professionals adhering to a strict code of ethics and conduct. Therapists belonging to more than one association still only have one registration number. This programme of work is being supported financially by the Department of Health through ‘The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health’ (PFIH).

The Department of Health has since set up an organisation called ‘The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council’ (CNHC) to help members of the public choose the appropriate complementary health therapy for them, as well as finding a professionally trained practitioner in their area.

The CNHC is also currently working towards creating a single voluntary register for a wide range of 'Complementary Health Therapies', and all fully qualified Therapists will be able to register themselves on it. Members of the public will then be able to check that the Practitioner they wish to see is indeed registered, giving reassurance that the Practitioner has had to meet minimum standards of qualification, and that they have signed up to a rigorous code of conduct. This will also benefit the Therapists by increasing public confidence and awareness.