Product Description

A long-awaited investigation into the development of hypnotherapy, written by one of the foremost experts in the field.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1652741 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Plastic Comb
• 92 pages

Review
"Dr Brookhouse's work represents a major step forward for hypnotherapy. . ." -- Dr Chris Forester, Editor, HRS Journal

"I read the thesis with great pleasure. . .[I am] pleased to know that all this carefully researched information is now available for reference." -- Ray Keedy, Director, National School of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy

About the Author
Dr Shaun Brookhouse holds advanced degrees in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Education Studies and Behavioural Science. He holds several certifications and diplomas in hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, NLP, and Time Line TherapyTM, from both the UK and the USA. He is a Certified Instructor of Hypnotherapy and a Certified NLP Trainer who sits on the Governing Board of the UK Council for Psychotherapy and the Governing Council of the Centre Association of Psychotherapists. For his contributions to the field of hypnotherapy he has received six Fellowships and several special awards including one for hypnosis research. Shaun runs seminars internationally on various aspects of hypnotherapy.

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Since 1954, the British Medical Association has recognised hypnosis as a valuable therapeutic modality (Brookhouse, 1997). However, in the past 26 years it has grown in popularity like never before. There are many training colleges in hypnotherapy, but most of them are run in the private sector and have not come under any governmental or academic scrutiny. The two degree courses in applied hypnosis are run exclusively for the medical, dental and psychological professions.

It has become clear that there needs to be some sort of understanding between the medical, dental and psychological professions and those who are called "lay" hypnotherapists. This expression refers to those who are in practice with no medical or psychological training. It is my belief that the way to achieve this understanding is through an agreement on training.

At present, there is a variety of initiatives relating to accreditation of training courses. These range from self-accreditation to accreditation by independent professional associations and registers, to the development of occupational standards (NVQ's). The purpose of this paper is to set out the variety of arguments regarding rights of practice, and the historical antagonism between the medical and psychological professions and the "lay" hypnotherapist, and finally to determine whether there is some common ground in the training of hypnotherapists which will allow some sort of co-existence to flourish.