Further training is offered via the National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy for graduates wishing to gain an Advanced Diploma or become UKCP Registered. Distance learning courses in Ethics, Human Development & Sexuality, Psychopathology, Research for Therapists in Practice and an Interactive Counselling Skills and Communication weekend is offered on a regular basis at all venues, as part of the supplementary training required by UKCP for registration on their National Register of Psychotherapists. These weekends are also a very productive way of fulfilling CPD requirements, expanding theoretical understanding in psychotherapy and improving counselling skills. (See more detailed information below.)
The National Register offers short courses for Continuing Professional Development, these courses are offered on two weekends each year, usually in April and October, and are held in the “middle” of the country at the Great Barr Hotel in Birmingham close to the M6 and the main line railway station for easy access.
Advanced Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy
The Advanced Diploma (ADHP [NC]) is awarded to NCHP graduates who have fulfilled the requirements for recommendation to membership of the UKCP's National Register of Psycho-therapists, plus successful completion of our Ericksonian Hypno-pychotherapy and/or NLP Psychotherapy Diploma.
Registration With United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
The UKCP is a registered charity which acts as the major regulatory body for psychotherapy training and registering organisations throughout the UK. UKCP recognition is becoming increasingly important for psychotherapists, whether they intend to follow a career in the public or private sectors or some combination of the two. Both the NCHP and the NRHP are members of the Hypno-Psychotherapy Section of UKCP. We are able to offer our graduates the opportunity to apply for registration with the UKCP, via the NCHP, subject to fulfilling their requirements.
Amongst the training requirements specified by UKCP are the acquisition of a critical understanding of the relevance of studies in human development, psychopathology, sexuality, ethics, research and social science.
UKCP Registration Requirements
• Post-graduate level of competence at outset of training
If you intend to apply for UKCP registration, you should ensure you have evidence that you are of a post-graduate level of competence at the start of your training with the NCHP. (We, particularly, do not wish to discourage applications from non-graduates - you are urged to apply, with supporting documentation such as a letter of acceptance onto an external postgraduate course or a letter from a suitably qualified person vouching for your meeting a post-graduate level of competence.)
• Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy from NCHP
• Full, practising membership of the NRHP
• Supplementary training elements completed or exemptions granted (please see below)
• Evidence of 18 months' supervised practice with a UKCP registered therapist
• Evidence of 12 sessions of self-therapy with successful outcome
(NB: Supervision is a discrete element. Neither self-therapy nor "pastoral care" should substitute for same.)
• Submission of two, fully documented, anonymous case studies, via your supervisor
• Four years having elapsed since commencement of NCHP training
Supplementary Training Offered via NCHP – Please Apply to the National College Further Information
Ethics – 20 hrs CPD
A discrete, assessed, self-study package, complementing the ethics that typifies NCHP training and philosophy throughout.
Human Development and Sexuality – 40 hrs CPD
A, very substantial, assessed self-study package which, along with NCHP regular course content, represents a thorough coverage.
Interactive Counselling Skills - forging the therapeutic alliance - 12 hrs CPD
A practically oriented workshop aimed at enabling therapists to develop the counselling skills so essential to the development of a therapeutic climate. This workshop is particularly useful to those who have no previous counselling experience and is recommended to be taken prior to, or at an early stage of, training. The workshop is offered, at regular intervals, at NCHP training venues.
Psychopathology (the scientific study of mental disorders) - 20 hrs CPD
This, assessed, self‑study package helps therapists develop a good knowledge of psychopathology in order to, e.g.: liaise with medical and psychiatric colleagues; be in a position to assess whether the client's problem is within their limit of competence; create an effective treatment plan, avoiding contra‑indicated approaches.
Research for Therapists in Practice - research methods- and ethical issues in the social sciences - 20 hrs CPD
An assessed, self‑study package introducing the relevance of applied psychological research for practising therapists, focusing on the skills and abilities of the social science researcher, as well as outlining the ethical considerations of applied research. Very useful for Stage Three students working towards their final dissertation.
Note: The NCHP supports the use of Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL). Therefore, students who have prior learning or experience in any of these areas (e.g: successful completion of a counselling course; experience of working in a psychiatric environment; study of research methodology as part of a psychology/social science degree) may apply for exemption from undertaking one or other of the elements.
A preferential rate will apply if all supplementary training is purchased together. Please contact the National College for details Tel: 01282 699378 or email enquiries@nchp.org.uk or visit www.nchp.org.uk.