One of the benefits of training with NCHP is that our team have walked the same path as our students; we know the challenges you may face, as well as the many rewards along the way.
Our students join us at various stages of life, often accompanied by families, partners, and friends who share in the journey.
We recognise that returning to study can place new demands on busy lives, and that support at home is an essential part of your success.
You’ll Have Questions
It’s natural to wonder how studying will fit into your life: What will it mean for you? How might it affect your family dynamic?
Here we share tips and reassurance for those supporting you, along with discussion points to consider together. And as always, we’re here to help. If you or your loved ones have concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Will my partner be able to work whilst studying with you?
In short, yes.
We pride ourselves on the flexibility we have worked into our pathways, enabling you to balance the demands of a busy lifestyle.
Our accreditations and reputation mean that our pathways can at times be challenging and demanding (academically and emotionally) as well as rewarding, and we are proud of the resources we have put in place to support you every step of the way:
- The majority of our teaching takes place monthly at weekends to ensure you can maintain work commitments and make child care easier;
- If there is a weekend you are unable to attend in one location, we offer the opportunity to take it in an alternative location on a different date;
- While we encourage you to complete the assessments on each stage during that stage, we understand that circumstances sometimes prevent this, and we trust you to take responsibility for your study timetable and set your own deadlines, within reason.
How will it affect us financially?
We understand that there is a financial implication to training, however:
- We always try to keep our fees as low as possible;
- It’s important to us that our course remains one of the most accessible ways to gain UKCP accreditation;
- You can begin generating income to cover training costs partway through your pathway. If you take a UKCP pathway, this is from gaining your certificate after Stage Two (14 months);
- We allow you to pay monthly over the length of your pathway to minimise the impact.
What happens when the course is over?
Our alumni remain an integral part of our professional family, and we support them long after their formal education has ended.
Firstly, to ensure you are well-equipped to begin and grow your practice, we provide a practice-building module and offer advanced content to equip you with all the knowledge and skills you need to achieve profitability as soon as possible.
Our pathways undoubtedly require application and effort, but we specialise in adult learning. While we encourage personal responsibility, we do our utmost to ensure that you graduate feeling confident and ready to apply your knowledge and skills to build the career you want.
After you graduate, we continue to offer CPD support and events, and encourage you to remain part of and contribute to our professional community. We see our alumni as just as important as our students and vital to our collective experience and development.
What are the benefits of a career in therapy?
Here are some of the things you can avoid by choosing a career in therapy:
- Working with people you might not respect;
- Working for someone whose values are inconsistent with yours;
- Compromising what’s important to you;
- The risk of doing something that doesn’t express (or worse, contradicts) who you are;
- The risk of spending your life not doing what you want to, on a gamble that you can buy the freedom to do what you want later.
Here are some of the possible benefits of a career in therapy:
- Work which is cooperative and based on kindness, meaning, and seeking peace;
- The flexibility to work the hours you choose, to suit you and those around you;
- Being in control of your earnings;
- Choosing who you work with;
- Working from home;
- Work in which age is not a factor, and there is no upper age limit;
- Work which is enjoyable and rewarding on a financial, intellectual, spiritual and human level.
How can I best support my loved one through training?
- Be aware that they might be tired after a training weekend. We challenge our students in safe and supportive environments to learn both the academic and practical aspects of therapy, which involves a great deal of self-reflection, a process that can be demanding;
- Please respect that other students’ issues and the client cases discussed in training are strictly confidential; our students must not discuss these things outside of the training environment;
- Please be understanding of their need to study. We understand this may impact your time together, but we try to make our training as time-efficient as possible;
- Perhaps consider discussing the study schedule with each other before the pathway starts, and work out a plan that allows you to maximise your personal time and make it work for you;
- Encourage practice with hypnosis techniques; the more practice our students have outside of class, the more confident they become.
Question not answered?
Drop us an email on enquiries@nchp.ac.uk or complete a contact form and we will get back to you.
Prefer to speak?
If you have questions that you would like to explore with one of our team book a phone call or Zoom.