Introduction
Stage 4 concludes with the Advanced Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy, the post-nominals ADHP(NC) and includes all required elements for registration with UKCP.
Stage 4 is available to students who have completed Stage 3 or applicants with a UKCP recognised Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy who have not completed their UKCP registration.
On Stage 4, you will be working with clients in a close relationship with your clinical supervisor, for every six hours of therapy you carry out, you will have one hour of supervision.
You will study five compulsory online modules and attend further training hours which you can choose yourself. There is also a requirement for self-development activity to be logged which includes some personal therapy with a UKCP registered therapist (or equivalent).
Total Training Period
If you have undertaken Stage 1 to Stage 3 continuously, it will have taken you a minimum of seventeen months. Therefore, Stage 4 is the phase between the end of Stage 3 and the four year point from the start of training (or longer if the other requirements are not complete).
For example:
- Start Stage 1 in October 2020, complete in January 2021
- Start Stage 2 in February 2021, complete in September 2021
- Start Stage 3 in October 2021 and complete in February 2022
- Stage 4 would then be the period from March 2022 until September 2024 or until all requirements are complete, whichever is the later.
This four year period is compulsory although you are able to be in practice from the end of Stage 2 (so from the end of September 2021 above). Normally, it would be expected that UKCP registration would be completed in a maximum of seven years.
Additional Hours
UKCP accreditation requires you to attend a minimum of 100 hours additional live classroom training during stage four. These can be chosen from our CPD offerings and can also include attendance at the NSTT annual conference.
There are also five compulsory additional study modules which are offered in online classrooms (no live attendance is required).
Stage 4 at a Glance:
Key Points:
- Clinical hours with clients
- Clinical supervision
- Five online modules
- Additional classroom hours
- Self-development (including personal therapy)
Duration:
- Four years from start of training
Mode of Study:
- Time with supervisor
- Classroom hours
- Online classrooms
- Self-directed
Assessment:
- Written assignments
- Fitness to practice log
- Portfolio of total hours
- Supervisor’s report
- Viva voce to assess psychological maturity
What Next?
- Your future. . .
Total UKCP Hours Broken Down
| Training Element | Classroom Hours | Self-Directed Learning Hours | Cost |
| Stage 1 | 70 | 44 | £1250 |
| Stage 2 | 132 | 213 | £2000 |
| Stage 3 | 70 | 60 | £1250 |
| Human Development and Sexuality Module | 80 (online) | 20 | £205 |
| Psychopathology Module | 30 (online) | 10 | £115 |
| Research Methods Module | 20 (online) | 10 | £115 |
| Equalities and Diversity Module | 20 (online) | 10 | £100 |
| Safeguarding Module | 0 | 5 | £30 |
| Other Classroom Training Hours | 100 | 20 | variable |
| Client Hours | 450 | 100 | income generating |
| Supervision Hours | 75 | 25 | variable |
| Self-Development Hours | 202 | 0 | variable |
| Personal Therapy Hours | 48 | 0 | variable |
The UKCP registration requirements appear in full in the policies section of The Oracle.