A STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSES, FUNCTIONS, ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STRUCTURE OF THE NRHP

It is the objective of the NRHP to promote and to protect the professional status, standards, ethics and interests of its members. Membership is reserved for hypno-psychotherapists who have trained to the syllabus requirements of the National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (NCHP), or Full (Equivalent) members and those whose interests lie in hypno-psychotherapy, as specified on page 11 of this Guide. Various grades of membership cater for individuals who have reached different stages of their training and qualification with the NCHP. Requirements for these different grades are detailed on pages 10 and 11 of this Guide.

The NRHP and NCHP are separate organisations. NCHP is primarily a training organisation and NRHP is a register for both practising and non-practising therapists who are qualified or in training.

PURPOSE

The NRHP exists for the benefit of its members, both individually and collectively, and some of the advantages of membership are listed below:

1.Political representation concerning any possible disadvantageous effects of any changing legislation.

2.Nationwide referral service with optional inclusion in our Directory of Practitioners and, for Full Members, inclusion on our website.

3.Free subscription to in-house newsletter.

4.Wide publicity of the organisation through advertising in publications such as ‘The Natural Health Directory', ‘Positive Health', ‘Natural Health and Wellbeing', ‘Journalists' Handbook'. The list may vary from time to time, dependent upon advertising policy.

5.For Full members, the opportunity to be recommended for membership of the UK Council for Psychotherapy's National Register of Psychotherapists, subject to fulfilling all UKCP's requirements.

6.Subject to 5 above, the opportunity for individual listing in the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy's “Counselling and Psychotherapy Resources Directory”. (Contact BACP direct at 35-37 Albert St. , Rugby , Warks CV21 2SG. Telephone:- 0870 443 5162.)

7.For Full members, the opportunity to apply for admission to the Independent British Register of Complementary Practitioners (Hypnotherapy), maintained by the Institute FOR Complementary Medicine and initiated at the suggestion of the NRHP, subject to fulfilling ICM's requirements.

8.Access to a nationwide supervisory service and opportunity to attend Continuing Professional Development training events at preferential rates.

9.The NRHP is greatly assisted in its purposes by its affiliations:

a)The NRHP (and the NCHP) are organisational members of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

b)The NRHP (and the NCHP) are members of the UK Council for Psychotherapy.

c)The NRHP (and the NCHP) are members of the European Association for Psychotherapy and the European Association for Hypno Psychotherapy.

Note: The manner in which any or all of the purposes of the NRHP can be best implemented and achieved will be as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.