We are very proud to bring you the opportunity to gain the qualifications and learn the skill set to be able to become a qualified hypnotherapist, develop your own therapy practice, as many of our students go on to do, or simply further your interest in the fields of Hypnosis, hypnotherapy, NLP, CBT and more.

The Watford & District Hypnotherapy Centre have teamed up with The Academy Of Clinical and Medical hypnosis who are the training division of Lifesolutions one of the UK's leading Hypnotherapy training providers and offer their Diploma in Hypnosis and psychotherapy (Dip.Hpsyc), Diploma in NLP (Dip.NLP), Certificate in Stress Managing (Cert.SM) and the highly prestigious externally verified Hypnotherapy Practitioners Diploma (HPD) training program.

The Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (HPD) is a qualification instigated in June 2002 and accredited jointly by the NCH and NCFE. The HPD is the first open to all, nationally accredited Diploma in Hypnotherapy.

A little about the HPD
The NCFE and the NCH bring you this jointly accredited credential in the interests of consolidating hypnotherapy training into an externally verified qualification. The Learning Outcomes for the HPD are in line with the National Occupational Standards for Hypnotherapy.

Read more here about the hypnotherapist practitioners diploma course…

HPD Gets Open University Approved Credit Rating

May 9th, 2009

by admin.

The Open University has considered the Education and Training Programme from the National Council for Hypnotherapy and assigned a credit value to theHypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (HPD) as follows.

Open University Credits for Hypnotherapy Practitoner Diploma (HPD):
45 points at Undergraduate Level 1 (FHEQ Level 4/SCQF Level 7)

This provides an endorsement of the quality, amount and level of the learning within the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ) and credits for the course.

Students receive their award from the NCH, and in addition can download a certificate confirming the credit award from the OU website.

Students may find this helpful if they wish to study at the Open University or other higher education institutions.

For more information about using your credits at the Open University visit the Credit Transfer website at:

http://www.open.ac.uk/credit-transfer

The Hypnotherapy training is spread out over one weekend per month for a total of 10 months (total of 20 days) Commencing at 10:00 and finishing at 17:00 each day (total of 140 classroom hours) There is an expected level of out of class studying, homework assignments and practice that students are required to commit to of aprox 70 hours giving a total of 210 hours study during the course dates.
The training course has a split of lecture and practice time giving student time enough to listen; practice and feedback on each of the subjects covered, producing a level of comfort and understanding the student can go forward with and develop further between each course weekend.
We look at the various issues and formulate strategies on both a cognitive (using NLP and CBT) and a hypnotic base (encompassing all the major hypnotic styles such as direct indirect as well as conversational), giving the student options on how to proceed and bring the best possible resolution when dealing with clients issues.
There is no end of course exam to sit more so an ongoing accumulation of answers and practical assignments that compile your final submission by the course end.
Diploma courses are to be run at our three training centres at Milton Keynes, Selwyn College Cambridge University and Swindon.
Download your full course prospectus HERE: Or please visit our CONTACT US page, enter your details and we will call you back.
More than just your training:
Uniquely In addition to the course training we are also offering stand alone weekend workshops in CBT, NLP and Hypnosis where you are invited to build and develop your skills in addition to the full training course our PRACTICE GROUP page gives a fuller breakdown of information, and you can join our mailing list at this page as well

Training Venue Milton Keynes: