This hypnosis hypnotherapy education and training is for anyone interested in becoming a Certified Consulting Hypnotist / Hypnotherapist through membership in the National Guild of Hypnotists. Including professionals of all kinds and hypnotherapists who want to expand their skills. It is also for those who wish to take the training solely for personal or professional development.

Open Letter To All Interested Parties From Martin Kiely, BCH, CI

As you have logged on to this site, it demonstrates that you have an interest in learning about HYPNOTISM.

Are you ready to make the commitment it takes to be successful?

As a certified full-time hypnotherapist and instructor for the National Guild of Hypnotists, I have met many people who start out with great hopes of getting involved with a new career.

They come from varied backgrounds – sales people, unhappy with their jobs; teachers tired of the school system; accountants; housewives, etc. – all looking, all searching for a new career that will be interesting, exciting and rewarding. What is their initial exposure to the profession of hypnosis?

• It is difficult to set up a practice and find clients.
• There are few jobs in hypnosis; most people work as individual entrepreneurs.
• Disappointment, confusion, and ambivalence. They don’t know as much as they thought and are ready to give up.

Yes, many bright talented people with good intentions just drop out. Why?

Let’s take a moment and go back to when you were a child. Did you imagine yourself growing up to thinking and believing you would become a hypnotist? Not likely.

Today, as an adult, can you imagine yourself being a professional hypnotist? If the answer is yes, then how much of a commitment are you willing to make financially, educationally, and emotionally? Just how much risk are you willing to take to get what you really want? These are important questions for you to consider if you are serious about a career as a professional hypnotist.

Here are some additional questions you should consider:
Why have you chosen this field of work at this stage of your life?

• To help people? A hypnotist should have an innate desire to help people.
• To earn an income? A hypnotist should earn an income to stay in business.
• To further your personal growth? A hypnotist is learning and growing all the time.

So ask yourself, are you helping people? Earning the income you need? And furthering your personal growth?

Maybe you have been reading about hypnosis and are now thinking seriously about a full-time career. Perhaps you are relatively new to hypnosis and have not yet thought about the questions suggested in this letter. One of the major reasons many of those talented “potential hypnotists” dropped out is that they did not make the necessary commitment to be successful.

• They may have taken a basic course, but did they take any advanced training?
• Did they research the best training available?
• Did they explore the scope of the profession which may have opened up numerous new options?
• And, did they prepare themselves financially for this new career?

The high drop out rate that occurs in the hypnosis field is of great concern to those of us who are active on a full-time basis and consider the profession to be our life’s work. I have been actively involved with hypnosis since 1989 with a private practice, teaching NGH Certified Hypnotists.

One would think that with the high drop out rate among hypnotists, the rest of us would become rich and business would be excellent. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it has the opposite effect. Some professional associations have experienced a drop in membership, resulting in low attendance at meetings and hypnosis classes get smaller. The net result is that the important message of how powerful and helpful hypnosis can be for so many people does not reach the general public. And, hypnosis still remains a puzzle. 

What can we do about this?

The National Guild of Hypnotists set high educational standards for hypnotism certification. Re-enforcement and encouragement is provided to students to ensure their success.   

What steps should an individual take if they are considering a career as a hypnotist?

• First, spend time researching educational training programmes available that meet your requirements and result in achieving your goals.
• Second, look seriously at your finances and make a financial commitment to your new career. This means setting aside money for your training and starting a business. If you do not know how to do this, speak to a professional hypnotist who is in practice and ask for advice. The initiative is up to you, and be aware that it takes more than a few hundred Euro of investment to create a new career.
• Third, determine your emotional readiness to enter a new profession and be absolutely certain that you are ready to make a commitment to persist until you succeed.

 The commitment is significant because as with most professional careers, a “passion”to be very good at what you do is required. The hypnosis profession needs dedicated, talented people who have a passion for wanting to help others. Think of it, what a wonderful career opportunity hypnosis offers if you are willing to make the commitment.

If you feel that you “fit the picture” and would like to find out more about a career as a Professional Hypnotist or if you would like to study hypnotism as an adjunct to your current occupation, I encourage you to attend an orientation and overview class.

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This programme is designed for:

• Those who want career advancement (part-time or full-time) and who would like to work with people in a private professional practice of their own.
• All health professionals, including therapists, counsellors, social workers, doctors, dentists, nurses, paraprofessionals and teachers who want to enhance their skills and add hypnosis to their practice.
• All those interested in alternative healing modalities and want to make a contribution by helping others.
• All who are currently hypnotherapists and want to deepen their knowledge and skills in the field.
• Everyone interested in learning hypnosis and self-hypnosis for self-improvement and personal growth.

Hypnotherapists may develop as general practitioners or specialise in areas such as:

• Sports Hypnosis
• Forensic Hypnosis
• Paediatric Hypnotherapist
• Hypnosis for Childbirth
• Pain Management
• Hypno-Anaesthesia
• And, more.

Most Hypnotists, upon receiving their certification find themselves generalising. This approach is very successful because hypnotherapists, no matter what their specialisation, tend to use the same approach when working with clients. For example:

• Hypnotic Inductions
• Hypnotic Suggestions
• Hypnotic Conditioning
• Visualisation Techniques
• Hypnotic Age Regression Techniques
• And, more

These hypnotherapists who are generalists will see a wide variety of clients and are very successful with many issues such as:

• Smoking Cessation
• Weight Control
• Habit Change
• Stress management
• Motivation
• Overcoming Fears
• Study Improvement
• And, more

The Certified Hypnotist will be able to handle such issues and be fully trained and ready to go into practice. They will serve their clients having completed the high quality training programme such as the NGH Hypnotism Certification Training Course offer at our centre.

With advance training, hypnotists may work with other professionals such as doctors and psychologists accepting clients through referrals, or working with the other professional as a team helping the client/patient to heal or reach other goals.

Now is a great time to consider training in the field of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. Science continues to validate the reality and effectiveness of hypnosis. With this kind of evidence coming from the research centres, such as universities and hospitals, more and more people will seek out quality training. Those who take the initiative and train now will be the teachers and supervisors of tomorrow. There is a great future ahead for those who train in hypnosis and hypnotherapy.

Expected Outcomes for Graduates:

Graduates can expect to increase their earnings through full or part-time private practice, classes, group hypnotherapy habit control sessions, corporate programmes, adjunctive holistic treatment practices, programmes in hospitals, schools and government departments, writing and publishing, media educational programmes and many other avenues.