UKCP Pathway for Hypnotherapists

If you would like to speak with us before formally applying, please schedule a call, and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have at this time.

Once you have applied, you will be invited to an interview via Zoom.

The interview will last approximately 45 minutes and focus on determining whether our approach is a good fit for you and your career goals.

We also want to learn more about you, your background, and experience, and to discuss some aspects of the training with you so that you can understand what to expect from us and the training.

Everything we teach on the pathway is rooted in these principles:

1. The relationship comes first: it’s the single most significant factor influencing therapeutic outcomes. The relationship takes many forms and varies for each client.

2. Different things work for different people: flexibility is key.

3. Hypnosis is a natural human state: one that can unlock creativity, insight, and growth.

Our approach prioritises both theoretical depth and experiential training with equal importance.

We have designed our training to allow for structured theoretical learning that can be paced to suit you, while also maximising the benefits of our live training through discussion, experiential work, and practice-based activities.

We don’t rely on scripts, manuals, or prescriptive techniques, instead we focus on:

• Your voice;
• Your style;
• Your ability to adapt.

In our training, we teach you more than how to ‘do’ therapy, we teach you how to become a therapist within a creative, supportive and collegiate atmosphere that puts you at the centre of what we do.

Our core tutors have all made the journey that you are undertaking and are there to help you get the most out of your training. Our teaching style is not hierarchical; we recognise that you bring a wealth of lived experience into the training environment.

We draw on all of this, as well as our theoretical and clinical experience, to create safe, diverse and lively training environments.

On this pathway, you study a combination of modules, usually from Stages 2 and 3, followed by Stage 4, which is required to complete our full UKCP pathway.

The complete training usually takes between three and a maximum of seven years to complete. The aspects of the training that you will need to undertake will depend on your existing qualifications and experience in practice, as well as your alignment, which will be explored during the interview.

The stages you will study will be a combination of:

• Stage 2 – Integration and Therapeutic Flexibility;
• Stage 3 – Advanced Integration, Pluralism and Relational Depth;
• Stage 4 – Advanced Clinical Practice and Accreditation.

Each stage builds on the previous one, and there are certifications after Stages 2, 3 and 4.

In order to get the most out of your training, assessment comes in many forms and is designed to support your development at each stage as appropriate.

Assessment includes:

One of the most critical aspects of your training is supervised clinical practice. Although you will have experienced supervision before as a hypnotherapist, this is where you will have time with an experienced psychotherapist who has undergone further training to be recognised by the UKCP as a clinical supervisor to discuss your work with clients.

This is a place for you to learn and grow in your clinical work, and to share your work in a safe and supported environment, ensuring your personal and professional development, as well as ethical and safe practice.

You will experience supervision at different points during training:

Stage 2:

• For your case study work

Supervision during Stage 2 is provided in groups of up to 4 and is included in your fees.

Stages 3 and 4:

• After qualification from those Stage 2 assessments required for this pathway, you will begin to count your clinical hours towards UKCP accreditation whilst continuing with your learning;
• At this point, we will support you in finding a supervisor and encourage you to gain a mixture of group and one-to-one supervision to ensure you are getting the very most from this valuable experience.
• Supervision during stages 3 and 4 is not included in course fees.

Throughout the whole pathway, you will receive three different certifications:

If commencing with stage 2, successful completion of Stage 2 leads to:

• Certificate in Integrative Hypno-Psychotherapy

This allows you to register with:

• NSTT (our membership body) as an associate member;
• CNHC as a hypnotherapist;
• UKCP as a trainee member.

Successful completion of Stage 3 leads to:

• Diploma in Integrative Hypno-psychotherapy or Hypno-psychotherapeutic Counselling.

Successful completion of Stage 4 leads to:

• The Advanced Diploma in Integrative Hypno-Psychotherapy or Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling.

This allows you to register with:

• UKCP as a full clinical member;
• Apply to become a provider with insurance companies (AXA, Aviva, Vitality, WPA and BUPA (BUPA requires 3 years post qualification)).

Fees may vary depending on the point at which you start on the pathway.

(NB: If commencing from the beginning of Stage 2, please see the Stage 2 fees from the psychotherapy pathway.)

Fees for Stage 3: £3800.00

Upon acceptance, you will be asked to pay a £400.00 deposit to secure your place; this is not an additional fee and is included in the overall costs.

The remainder can be paid as follows:

• The full amount by bank transfer;
• The full amount by credit card;
• In ten monthly payments of £240.00 by bank transfer;
• In twelve monthly payments of £289.00 by the GoCardless direct debit system (please note admin charges are included);
• In eighteen monthly payments of £192.70 by the GoCardless direct debit system (please note admin charges are included).

Fees for Stage 4: £2000.00

This can be paid as follows:

• The full amount by bank transfer;
• The full amount by credit card;
• In ten monthly payments of £200.00 by bank transfer;
• In twelve monthly payments of £170.00 by the GoCardless direct debit system (please note admin charges are included).