Morning
I'm looking for some advice. For years I've felt a calling to do something different with my life. I have a Psychology degree but never used it. I have always had a strong interest in hypnosis & hypnotherapy after it was part of a module I did during my degree. I took a leap and am now half way through a Professional Hypnotherapy course with BSY. I was hoping that after this I would be able to look towards setting up my own practice and seeing how got on.
Trouble is, the more I read, the more it seems maybe I have chosen the wrong course and maybe I should have done my training through somewhere else 🙁
Has anyone else completed their training with BSY and is practicing? I'm worries that I may need additional training on top of what I'm already doing as I want to be taken seriously and have as much in the way of accreditation and certification as possible to protect myself and those I want to help.
I'm also coming under a lot of stick from family/friends who are sadly not as open minded and think it's all making people bark like dogs, so I'd like to be able to prove to them that I have undertaken to do something that is legitimate, recognised and valuable.
Any help/advice gratefully received! Especially if it means I'm going to need to do more training. I need to plan financially sooner rather than later!
Huge thanks and have a lovely, peaceful day! :rolleyes:
Unfortunately, as you say, BSY has not had the best of reputations in the past. Whether that's changed in recent years I'm not sure.
I've not done Hypnotherapy training myself, but perhaps if you explain what your course entailed (i.e. what modules there were, how long for, types of case studies undertaken, did it include things like NLP, or Timeline therapy or was it just pure hypnosis etc.) then people with more knowledge in this area may be able to advise you whether you really need to do further training or not.
As for family and friends not being open minded... yes we've all had that (jeez, and these are supposed to be the people who support you in life! hehe!) but Hypnotherapy is a well recognised treatment, also used/recommended by the NHS, so it's certainly not as 'wacky' as some of the things out there that people manufacture as a therapy (and I do things like EFT, getting people to tap their fingers on themselves - try getting people to see that as a legitimate therapy 😉 ) Sometimes, family/friends just need to be ignored.
And p.s. welcome to Healthypages.
All Love and Reiki Hugs
Dear Energlz
Thank you for taking to the time to respond 🙂
The course is a home study one, 20 "modules" and a two day practical session.
So far it's been very background orientated looking at origins of hypnosis, stages from meeting a subject to testing suitability, induction, hypnotic levels, awakening, dealing with negative thoughts and emotions while under. I have had to write 4 or 5 different scripts for various scenarios and there is a 10 question "exam" at the end of each section to pass.
I know in the modules to come it goes into more detail on how to treat specifics, hypnobirthing, regression, phobias etc. Even thought I'm passing each section with High Merit, I don't feel 100% certain that I'm actually "learning" enough to be able to help and treat others as they would expect and deserve to be treated. It could just be a confidence thing but, I want to make sure!
Please just ask if there is anything else & as always, I am grateful for any help & advice.
Always smile 🙂
Did the course you do include a minimum of 2 days practical training, or were there additional days? I find it hard to understand how this particular training school stays in business. Some of the stuff they offer can hardly even equate to a workshop.
I was treated for a problem by a hypnotherapist many years ago, who also did hypnosis for anaesthesia in the local hospital. She was a psychologist, and had done 2 years additional training in hypnosis.
I think you get what you pay for. Sadly the school in question is very good at marketing their courses. I have been told that they also deal with insurance of their own courses, as few comp therapy insurance companies recognise their qualifications.
Dear Jabba
The course included those 2 days as mandatory. The sad thing is, it isn't even a cheap course! I figured with the feedback it was a good idea, oh well, live and learn!
Thank you for comments. I now think it would be best for me to start a new thread asking for the best training courses as I probably should have done in the first place :(, rather than believing the hype!
In the plus side, I am half way through this one so at least I can finish it, get something and maybe the credits will help towards another, better course that will give we what I require to set up on my own and finally do something worthwhile to help people.
Have a lovely day!
LW 🙂
Certainly, what you've learned on that course will be of value to you, as I'm sure you'll be getting a good background knowledge of hypnotherapy. However, many therapies are best learnt "in person" on courses with other students and where you will have proper case studies to undertake with real people before achieving a recognised qualification. You can't beat in-person training for most courses.
I too have heard of that school's qualifications not being recognised by the major bodies or insurance companies (and hence them providing their own), but I wanted to hear what you had done on the course first.
I have done hypnotherapy training and it was all face to face. My course lasted 4 weeks and it was done as modules each module lasting a week. The college also provides the same course done as weekends with 3 weekends per module. With hypnotherapy learning how to get people into a trance is the easy bit but it did help being able to practice and importantly experiencing trance yourself since that was part of the course.
The hard bit is learning the techniques that you use while in trance. That is what the course taught....and I guess that could be done as distance learning.
My course is recognised by Balen's and the NCH and the Open University as I could if I wished use the course to count as 60 points towards a psychology degree.
Not sure if that helps you....but I have to say I don;t think I would have found a distance learning course as good