Hypnotherapy Regulation
Hypnotherapy is backed by science and evidenced based research and comes under the umbrella of Psychotherapeutic therapy.
Here are the mechanisms that have to be in place in order to assure you of my and my profession's credibility and trustworthiness.
Hypnotherapists are Required to do the following to provide assurances to the public of high professional standards
Have Membership of their professional body
I am a registered member of the National Hypnotherapy Society and I am bound by their Code of Ethics which you can view here
https://nationalhypnotherapysociety.org/about-us/code-of-ethics
Undergo 30 hours a year of Continuing Professional Development
Learning about my profession does not end at qualification. It is important to stay up to date and attend training on new ideas and techniques. This ensures you, as my client, receive the best possible care using the most up to date theories and practices.
Have a clinical Supervisor
I am required to have 1.5 hours of Supervision each month as professional oversight of my practice.
My Supervisors ensures I am practicing ethically and within my code and provides advise and guidance on anonymised case issues.
Have Insurance/DBS Clearance
I have Professional Liability Insurance with Messrs Howardens
I have an advanced DBS
How Hypnotherapy Works
We all know we have a conscious and subconscious mind.
The higher thinking, conscious part of our brain (the pre-frontal cortex) is the home of reason; logic and decision making.
The subconscious mind houses memories, instincts, behavioural patterns and emotions. Emotional and behavioural problems have their root here. The subconscious is powerful and harbours beliefs and feelings that you are generally not aware of. This is why it is possible to lack understanding as to why you believe or feel certain things.
Many phobias, such as a fear of heights, spiders, holes; stairs etc come from your subconscious mind. They are aimed at protecting you from danger to ensure your survival. However, they sometimes get out of control. Suggestions in hypnosis work to dampen down these fight, flight and freeze mechanisms.
In hypnosis, the receptive frame of mind that is achieved (theta brainwave sates) creates a path to the powerful subconscious mind, that is always listening to what you tell it. The therapy goals we agree upon are turned into suggestions by me and the subconscious responds to what is said.
This is the mechanism by which behaviours are modified
This is why how we talk internally about ourselves matters.
Your mind does not distinguish between good and bad messages, it is here where hypnosis for self esteem and a strong internal voice can work on changing the messages we send to our subconscious about ourselves.
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