Advanced Hypnotherapy

Standards and Regulation

The current situation regarding Hypnotherapy regulation
is as follows:

The major umbrella bodies and professional organisations within the field of hypnotherapy, between them representing almost 90% of the hypnotherapy practitioners in the United Kingdom, have agreed to establish a Hypnotherapy Regulatory Forum consisting of The Working Group on Hypnotherapy Regulation (WGHR) and The UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO), and to work together through The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health to develop a robust and transparent structure for the regulation of the hypnotherapy profession.

The programme of work for the new Hypnotherapy Regulatory Forum, will include the preparation of agreed standards for education and training, agreed codes of conduct, ethics and practice, together with the necessary procedures for discipline and grievance, and the development of a public register of hypnotherapists, who are safe and competent to practice.

Ben Bradshaw, Minister of State at the Department of Health recently stated: “Now that the CNHC is open for business, there will be a single voluntary registration body encompassing a wide range of complementary therapies, to which the public can turn for help. Members of the public who use these therapies will be able to check whether the practitioner they’re seeing is registered with the CNHC. If they are, they have the reassurance of knowing that they have had to meet minimum standards of qualification and that they have signed up to a rigorous code of conduct. Practitioners too will benefit by increased public confidence.”

Please Note:

All members of The Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy, having completed rigorous training, far exceed these standards.

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