HYPNOTHERAPY FAQs

No. You will be sitting in class with experienced psychologists, counsellors and alike, but most people are looking for a career change and have no previous experience. Moreover, you will soon discover that everyone is new to this strategic hypnosis approach. Sometimes it is even an advantage to come into this training fresh but with a measure of life experience and resourcefulness.

Most people don’t recognise there are two distinctively different forms of hypnotherapy, and then a number of offshoots off those two. The first and most common form of hypnotherapy is traditional or authoritarian hypnotherapy. It is largely unchanged since the 1930s and often involves reading script to people whilst they are in trance. Most downloadable hypnotic sessions available on the net are traditional. They do not seek to understand the individual situation of the client. It offers a more standardised approach and focuses on addressing the symptoms rather than the cause. Stage hypnosis is from this same stable.

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The second approach is modern Ericksonian or permissive hypnosis. This is what we focus on. It is born out of an approach that is non-scripted and focuses on addressing individual concerns. Ericksonian hypnosis will go thorough interviews and look to address the source of the issue rather than just the symptoms. There are also Neo -Ericksonian approaches, which again we run, that are linked to modern solution focused approaches. These approaches are obviously more demanding to learn than reading a script, but your success rate will be significantly higher. This approach is very reliable, and according to many experts, the most advanced form of hypnosis available today.

Responsible mature discerning people. They usually range between 30-55 years old. We don’t have a room full of 21 year olds who think they can change the world after a weekend course. They recognise you need more than 5 days training before you start messing with people. They tend to want to ensure they do no harm first, but also want to be great at their craft. In some cases they are people who did the short courses and discovered that once in front of a real person, they had very few legitimate tools or understandings, and lots of awkwardness and even requests for refunds.

We hear that non government schools dismiss government accreditation as “a scam”. of course the truth is that Governments accept their own accreditation, and no matter what they say, they cannot guarantee that in the face of increased regulation across the education landscape, that their qualifications will allow you to practice in the future. Government accreditation is a very expensive process for us as a school, but we can be confident that when we certify you, you will be able to practice without fear. Even now, some health funds are only covering therapists with accreditation, so it has already started.

Yes. Absolutely. that is what most people are looking to do.

That depends on the type of hypnosis you use. As you might expect, scripted hypnosis has a relatively low success rate. Modern strategic hypnosis in the hands of a good practitioner has a very high success rate. We regularly have psychologists, psychiatrists and counsellors coming through the programme who are astonished at the effectiveness of the model, many claiming it to be the most advanced therapeutic approach they have ever seen.

 

Overseas you can work as a hypnotherapist in pain clinics and other institutions, but we are a little behind the rest of the world here in Australia. Here, hypnotherapists work in private practice. Having said that, this course will provide you with four Diploma of Counselling competencies, and counsellors can be employed by larger institutions.

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That is hard to say because it depends on your capacities. Some people can do the assessments in as little as 1-2 hours per week. Others who are a little less organised can take longer. It is not a university level or academic course. There are no trick questions or 2000-5000 word essays. It is mostly short answer questions (20-50 word responses) and practical assessments. The key is to just work through them one question at a time.

You can relax. You have a full 40 weeks to complete the course assessments. Extensions can also be granted if life gets difficult. Some assessments will take you as little as 15 minutes, and others will take you 4-6 hours, but there are no deadlines within that 40 week period so the course is completely self-paced. You are completely free to choose your own schedules. Get certified in as little as 6 months, or stretch it out as suits.

Like most things, that depends. We have some graduates who are charging $395 per hour, and others who are charging $150 per hour. It depends very much on where you practice (if you are in a low socio-economic area you might have less scope to charge higher rates) and how good your outcomes are. People will pay for results, and the more you charge, the more they will expect outcomes. Your aim should be to work around 20 hours per week. This should give you over $100,000 in annual income if you learn how to market yourself properly.

If you choose to, you can opt for ongoing supervision with one of the trainers at IAP. This allows you to stay in the same learning space, and get the ongoing support you are looking.

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This is determined on a case by case basis. We have an RPL kit that you can use to assess if previous training overlaps what we do. There are some competencies from the Counselling Training Package where you could receive direct credits, assuming your completed competencies have the same code.

We don’t do an Advanced diploma, but in our experience, our diploma is more advanced than any other offering, and you will learn approaches and skills you did not acquire at other schools. If you want to talk to students who have trained with others and then trained with us, we could arrange it.

Expensive compared to…? This is a full government accredited diploma and is actually less expensive compared to most. Moreover, you have an abundance of resource and ongoing learning support attached to the 16 days face-to-face training. We will train you thoroughly, and if you are looking to build a new career, your ability to get results will determine if you have a thriving practice or not. We are confident we deliver the best training in the field, and many students, some of whom have trained with the non accredited schools and some who have fully qualified with other government accredited schools but felt there was still something missing, tell us the same thing.