It is best to avoid all online schools that offer hypnosis training unless they offer you live training sessions and include proctored exams and fulfill the minimum requirements of classroom hours and practicum work with one of the hypnosis professional societies.
Several accrediting professional bodies that require minimum standards in specialized hypnosis or hypnotherapy education to become certified as a hypnotist or hypnotherapist (C.Ht.) are also available to professional hypnotherapists.
Whether you are a lay person or healthcare professional, attend multiple certification courses, not just one, and not just a weekend seminar. Outside of academic training, the field of hypnosis has a lot to offer, so don’t limit yourself to the academic world. Having a mentor will also go a long way.
Professional Societies & Accreditation Agencies (US, UK, CA, AU):
- National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH)
- American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
- International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (IJCEH)
- International Society of Hypnosis (ISH)
- International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
- Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis – USA (SCEH)
- British Society of Clinical Hypnosis – UK
- Hypnotherapy Association of UK
- Hypnotherapy Society
- International Board of Hypnotherapy
- International Alliance of Professioanl Hypnotists
- Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy – UK (APHP)
- American Hypnosis Association (AHA)
- American Psychotherapy And Medical Hypnosis Association (APMHA)
- American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists (AAPH)
- American Board of Hypnotherapy ABH – US
- National Council For Hypnotherapy (NCH)
- General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)
- Institute Of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy (ICHP)
- New Zealand Society Of Clinical & Applied Hypnotherapy (NZSCAH)
- British Society Of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH)
- New Zealand Association Of Professional Hypnotherapists (NZAPH)
- Australian Society Of Clinical Hypnotherapists (ASCH)
- Association Of Qualified Curative Hypnotherapists (AQCH)
- Association Of Registered Clinical Hypnotherapists (ARCH)
- National Society Of Professional Hypnotherapists (NSPH)
- National Association Of Counsellors, Hypnotherapists And Psychotherapists (NACHP)
- International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association (IMDHA)
- International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT)
- National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists (NBCCH)
- American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (ACHE)
- Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis – BC , Ontario
- Canadian Federation of Clinical Hypnosis (CFCH)
- Canadian Hypnosis Association
- Canadian Hypnotherapy Association
Hypnosis database:
Hypnosis Journals:
- American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
- Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
- Contemporary Hypnosis
- Dissociation
- Imagination, Cognition, and Personality
- International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Psychological Bulletin
Other Hypnosis Links:
- Hypnosis education in Minnesota (Study Hypnosis in MN)
- International Registry of Professional Hypnotherapists IRPH – UK
- International Hypnosis Federation – US
- Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy – UK
- The National Council of Hypnotherapy – UK
- International Association of Research and Regression Therapists IARRT – US
- The Milton H. Erickson Foundation
- The Scientific Hypnosis Home Page
- American Society of Clinical Hypnosis http://www.asch.net/
- Institute for the Study of Healthcare Organizations & Transactions
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- The Hypnotherapy Association (HA)
- Hypnotherapy Society
- Hypnotherapist register
- Hypnosis Alliance.com
- APHP.co.uk
- AACHP
- Hypnosis.org.au
- Hypnosis.asn.au
Last updated: 12/2/2010