The Hypnotherapy Register

In common with many Complementary Therapies in the UK, the Hypnotherapy profession is self-regulated. The 2000 report by Mills and Budd for the Department of Health identified seventeen bodies in the UK representing Hypnotherapists, of which five were part of the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO), an umbrella organisation for the profession in the UK.

The Hypnotherapy Register supports the definition of high quality, clear, and universal standards for Hypnotherapy training and practice in the UK, and the establishment of an independent regulatory body who's primary motivation is the development of the standards within the profession and protection of the public, rather than individual profit or the promotion/legitimisation of a particular training school.

Not all of the Hypnotherapy associations in existence meet these aims, so at present we will only list a practitioner if they are a current member of a Hypnotherapy association under UKCHO, who is now a leading voice in the drive towards regulation in the profession.

We therefore only accept practitioners who are active members of one of the following registering Hypnotherapy associations:

• The National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
• The Hypnotherapy Association (HA)
• The British Institute of Hypnotherapy (BIH)
• The National Association of Counsellors, Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NACHP)
• The UK Guild of Hypnotist Examiners (UKGHE)
• The Society of Stress Managers (SSM)
• British Association of Therapeutical Hypnotists (BATH)
• British National Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists (NRAH)
• Association for Professional Hypnosis & Psychotherapy (APHP)
• Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy (CAH)