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Formal
supervision is available to all hypnotherapists and
Stephen is a Hypnotherapy Society accredited supervisor.
One of the Hypnotherapy Society’s requirements for
progressing membership is formal supervision by an
appropriate person. The qualification SHS (Acc) is
formally accepted by the Hypnotherapy Society as
appropriate.
Supervision can be arranged one to one or in groups. The
purpose of supervision is to provide support to the
therapist in practice both personally and
professionally. The Hypnotherapy Society has made the
following statement about supervision which is clear and
succinct:
Supervision is rightly considered to be vital to the
practice of professional hypnotherapy. In the early
years, it is often the only way in which a therapist can
find, not only help in emergencies or with clients whose
presenting issues are difficult; but it is also the way
in which a therapist can be seen, by a more experienced
person working in the same field, to be growing and
maturing. Supervision is a valuable "checking in"
procedure, helping therapists stay grounded and centred,
maintain professional and personal boundaries, avoid
"burnout", and thus provide safe, ethical and competent
hypnotherapy for all clients.
Society policy on supervision is straightforward.
Supervision is not compulsory, but the price of not
maintaining an appropriate supervision arrangement is
that you will not advance beyond Licentiate Member (LHS)
– the lowest level of professional membership. Any
Licentiate who undertakes no supervision of any kind for
four years will be downgraded to Associate Member.
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