The Diploma in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
Level 4 Award

The diploma is designed to provide complete beginners to the subject with excellent quality training and a highly accredited qualification that will enable them to set up in practice as professional hypnotherapist. This course is also popular with psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, NLP practitioners and life-coaches looking to add hypnotherapy to their existing skills.

If you are a qualified hypnotherapist, you may be eligible to complete our Conversion Diploma. Click here for details.

Course Content & Syllabus

Our own proprietary system of cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy is called Hypno-CBT^® and we consider it to represent the future of evidence-based practice in the field of hypnotic psychotherapy. Cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH) is a popular topic of research in current scientific journals in the field of hypnotherapy.

Training focuses on practical face-to-face classroom exercises and group learning with rigorous online assessment following completion of the classroom training. Stage one focuses on the core skills of a hypnotherapist whereas stage 2 deals with behavioural psychology and interventions in hypnotherapy and stage 3 addresses cognitive concepts and techniques. The whole training provides a thorough grounding in modern cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy.  Click here to read a detailed course syllabus for the diploma training.  Click here for a detailed cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy reading list.

Attendance and Course Dates

The Diploma training is divided into the following three stages, each of which is repeated several times a year. They can be taken close together or spread over up to 18 months, giving you complete flexibility when planning your training. Each stage consists of seven consecutive days of classroom training, a total of 168 hours over 21 days. Classes run from 10.15am to 6.00pm each day with tea and lunch breaks.

Stage 1: Certificate in Evidence-Based Clinical Hypnosis
Stage 2: Advanced Certificate in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy 
Stage 3: Diploma in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy

All courses take place in East Croydon in South London, click here for venue details.

The next Stage 1 course starts on Sunday 24th January until Saturday 30th January 2010.

Click here to view all 2010 course dates.

Accreditation

People who wish to practice as hypnotherapists normally complete a diploma training approved by one of several independent professional bodies. Our diploma in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy is externally accredited by the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) and the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR), the two largest independent bodies in the field. Unlike most other courses, this diploma is also externally accredited by multiple professional bodies, including the Hypnotherapy Society, Hypnotherapy Association, and Register for Evidence-Based Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy (REBHP).

The diploma is a Level 4 award issued by NCFE, a leading Government-recognised national awarding body who provide external quality assurance to verify that students are trained and assessed to adequate standards and in accord with the official National Occupational Standards (NOS) for hypnotherapy.

The Stage 1 Certificate and the full Diploma are approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of continuing professional development (CPD).

Diploma Trainers

We have a variety of associate trainers who specialise in areas such as sports hypnosis, medical hypnosis, applied relaxation, and deliver components of the diploma training.

The main trainer on the diploma course is Donald Robertson, the College principal and founder. Donald is well-known as a proponent of cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy through his talks and writings. He is also a published authority on the origins of hypnotherapy and the editor of The Discovery of Hypnosis, the Complete Writings of James Braid (2009). Braid coined the term "hypnotism" and was the founder of hypnotherapy as it's known today. Donald is also the author of the forthcoming books The Philosophy of CBT and The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy, due for publication by Karnac in 2010. Donald is an accredited Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH) and registered psychotherapst (UKCP/EAP).

Course fees and Bookings

The cost for each of the three stages above is £904.75 (£770 + VAT at 17.5%), which is a total of £2714.25 inc. VAT for the complete diploma. Fees include all course materials.

An assessment fee of £117.50 (£100 + VAT) is payable on completion of stage 3 of the diploma training and can be split into two instalments.

Payment can be made in advance of each stage or in ten monthly, interest free instalments.

To book online click here, or telephone us on 0800 195 9809 (+44 (0) 1403 248266) to pay by credit or debit card, or to make a provisional booking.

Assessment

Students are required to complete a short written assessment at home after each stage of training. This can be done either online via our assessment module, or for those without access to a computer or the Internet, a paper copy is available.

Further Information and Questions

If you have any questions about our training, you will probably find the answer on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
We are also more than happy to answer any questions at all by phone or email. Click here for our contact details.