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What's in a qualification?
The British Federation of Ethical Stage hypnotists stops it's members using 'letters' after their names because - according to an ex chairman - "There are no hypnosis qualifications that mean anything and none are 'recognised' by anyone in the real world of education."
I must admit I rarely use the one's I'm entitled to use - C.M.H., [UK] M.M.I.T., [USA] Member of the British Guild of Hypnotist Examiners. I don't bother mainly because so few people actually ask for them.
As we know some people have never done any formal training with anyone else, some even teach. There are titles you can 'buy' such as the Dr or PhD some people use, and there are in Britain alone around 157 different qualifications, and some people even sell qualification without any training.
I know one guy who has so many qualifications it fills two pages of A4 in his publicity [ makes you wonder if he ever finds time to practice :-) ]
Now I think it's important to train, or at least be open to learning others methods however, with so much abuse of qualifications going around is there any real value in having any? After all as I say to my students - no one ever got hypnotised by a qualification.
I must admit I rarely use the one's I'm entitled to use - C.M.H., [UK] M.M.I.T., [USA] Member of the British Guild of Hypnotist Examiners. I don't bother mainly because so few people actually ask for them.
As we know some people have never done any formal training with anyone else, some even teach. There are titles you can 'buy' such as the Dr or PhD some people use, and there are in Britain alone around 157 different qualifications, and some people even sell qualification without any training.
I know one guy who has so many qualifications it fills two pages of A4 in his publicity [ makes you wonder if he ever finds time to practice :-) ]
Now I think it's important to train, or at least be open to learning others methods however, with so much abuse of qualifications going around is there any real value in having any? After all as I say to my students - no one ever got hypnotised by a qualification.
Tags: hypnosis, qualifications, training
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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on -
Amazing Fable -- I had the same experience with Milt and Carl when we ate the mushrooms -- with Sig and his disciples...
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Permalink Reply by Bobby Herdman on -
It's good to have the proper training and qualifications in any vocation but how many professional people do you know that have a list of letters after their name and a wall full of certificates and don't get the results.
I certainly know a few, especially in the field of hypnotherapy and NLP.
Bobby H.
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on -
It's accessed, not accredited and the training in psychotherapy is what it is but the so called hypnotists I've trained who have come from here can't hypnotise.
NVQ - is given to anyone who trains in a particular way - number of hours, home work, vocational stuff, but lets face it although it stands for National Vocational Qualification most of the people I know think it means Not Very Qualified.
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on
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ROTFLMAO
I'm stealing all that, and believe me that is a complement!
Fabulous Fable
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on
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Bugger all to do with hypnosis but a black belt doesn't stop a swinging watch!
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on
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Master of Mind Integration Therapy from the Hypnotism Training Institute of Seattle. I did a course with Charles Tebbits. Not sure if this is the original parts therapy but think it may be.
I don't like it myself, much easier to use symbolism.
By the way I was given a "Master' before I'd even used the thing???
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on
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No Feir.
I know a handful of people using the term Doctor or Dr and selling their wares on the back of it. I think that's wrong. I've trained loads of people who have bits of paper but who can not get past getting a slightly relaxed sate and pursuading someone to sit there for an hour while they have a script read at them.
It's about qualifications. In my experience that can mean in need of training rather than trained, and that is sad.
I see your point though.
Just for the melting pot my teachers initially were a British Comedian and my main mentor was a Circus Knife thrower and still is a damn good Psychic Hypnologist. No piece of paper can qualify that.
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on
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I agree with you. My stage hypnosis Masterclass - that is a class with a master rather than one teaching to become one - offers six months on line and telephone mentoring and lifetime support.
However I think learning depends on the teacher. Anyone can learn, not everyone can teach.
However we still have to wonder if qualification should come more from the people who have been helped?
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Permalink Reply by Henxy on -
An interesting last point, Jonathan, but I'd hate that to apply to other professions! Some people think you are better at your job just because you are nice! Extrapolating that to medical drs would scare me; rubbish and dangerous dr deemed competent because s/he was good looking/kind/whatever! People who give 'tough love' are often not thanked, yet make such a positive difference.
I guess I would argue that one needs qualifications, experience and aptitude, along with personality traits in order to optimise one's ability and credibility, which in this job/game is paramount.
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on
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I'm not really talking about profession here Henxy,
I think hypnosis is an art and a vocation, but that is just my approach.
If you set yourself up a 'clinical' therapist then people will equate you with the six to eight years full on focus, study and practice of a Medical person. No hypnosis training comes close to that. Never found a full-time study course yet.
I find reputation out wieghs qualification every time and that is very easy to create and manipulate without experience or even ability, except in marketing skills.
Sadly.
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Permalink Reply by Leo Gopal on -
the deeper and deeper I go, the more I realize, it means nothing, people on ask for credentials when they doubt your skill otherwise it means as much to them as you do by emphasizing it, and heres another thing I dont... another point... what do they even know about hypnosis credentials anyway?
Leo Gopal,
Online Hypnosis Institute
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Permalink Reply by Pattie Freeman CH.t, MST on -
Jonathon so true and Leo your so funny...
My clients don't care if I have a PHD..I hear Horror stories of Hypnotist with PHD and they were disappointed..
Initials next to the name is great but if you have the whole alphabet I think clients get confused..I have my certificates on my wall high up above the shelf so when I am in session my clients don't need to be staring at them and I think it would make them feel uncomfortable.
Someone told me that he had all his certificates all over his wall and the client was overwhelmed...
the client couldn't focus when the client returned he moved the certificates with something more friendly the client felt
better and was better to hypnotized and felt he was normal and he could relate to him better,
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