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Is there a certification or credentialing process for the practice
of hypnosis?
There are many, many schools of hypnotherapy throughout the world, and
in most places, in fact in most states in this country, it is not a regulated
profession. One can get trained as a "certified" clinical hypnotherapist
in three days or, in fact, in the state of California you can have no
training at all and say you're a hypnotherapist, and that's perfectly
legal.
One can be taught how to hypnotize somebody in ten minutes, but then
what do you do after that? Learning how to induce hypnosis is one thing
and learning hypnotherapy is another. The certification that one gets
is really only as good as the training. If one go to a school for three
days, you can be called "certified" because almost every hypnotherapy
school has a "board" with which they certify their graduates.
Now, can the three-day-certified hypnotherapist really do it? Therefore
it's important if on is looking or thinking about seeing a hypnotherapist
to ask questions, such as "What was your training like?" "How
long have you been doing this?"
The training I went through at Hypnosis Motivation Institute was a full
year of course work, a six month clinical internship and hours and hours
of independent study, and it was all conducted by licensed medical health
professionals. That's a big difference to a three day online or weekend
course in some hotel ballroom. I got the same exact designation; I am
as certified a hypnotherapist as that other person, and we're both completely
allowed to practice our craft. However, there can be a lot of difference
in the education and training between the 3-day-certified hypnotherapist
and my training.
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What is a Hypnotherapist?
A hypnotherapist is a skilled and trained helping professional who helps
you use your own powerful mind to increase motivation or change behavior
patterns by inducing a trance state. The hypnotherapist induces the
trance state or the hypnosis state when the critical mind is temporarily
relaxed and the subconscious mind is most susceptible to suggestions.
Everyone is susceptible (to one degree or other) to suggestion. Your hypnotherapist
will guide you through some exercises that will help determine your degree
of suggestibility. The hypnotherapist can then be able to give appropriate
suggestion to the subconscious mind with very little resistance from the
conscious mind and critical mind. Finally, your hypnotherapist will induce
a hypnotic state using individualized methods and techniques based on
the results of your suggestibility and the nature of your goal or problem.
Hypnotherapist can use hypnosis to treat many problems and conditions
such as stop smoking, chronic pain, weight loss, stress & anxiety,
fears & phobias, self confidence, habit control, insomnia sports performance
and many others. Hypnotherapist would first discuss in the goal the client
wants to achieve or the problem s/he wants to resolve in detail. The hypnotherapist
can share in the experience of the client as she/he experiences it, the
more individualized the therapy can be and the greater its impact. The
hypnotist also prepares the client to enter hypnosis by explaining just
what hypnosis is, how it works and what she/he will experience; if you're
starting on a trip it helps to know how and where you're going.
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