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As the third millennium unfolds, hypnotherapy is transforming many aspects of the health professions and is truly revolutionizing the counseling professions. It is a versatile therapeutic modality that can be applied to any area of human concern and experience. We are honored to contribute to this endeavor by offering powerful, innovative therapy methods to train the upcoming leaders in the field.

Hypnotherapy is an exciting, developing field which offers significant opportunities. Through lectures, live demonstrations and in-class practice in an intimate, supportive setting you will learn safe and effective ways to induce hypnosis and perform many forms of hypnotherapy in our highly practical courses. We emphasize brief comprehensive solutions to achieve lasting change, we include Ericksonian, Jungian, and Gestalt approaches, along with many other effective modalities to hypnosis. Our courses are designed to give you extensive training to either practice hypnosis as a career or integrate it as part of another profession in the health counseling fields.

Diplomas and Certifications

Diplomas & Certification: SEEC is the only organization which offers specific classes for five different certifications upon successful completion of its courses, as well as three other membership opportunities: National Guild of Hypnotists, World Institute of Cognitive Sciences, National Board of Hypnosis and Hypnotic Anaesthesiology, SEEC and the International Council for Medical and Clinical Therapists. A Diploma is also issued upon successful completion of all of the courses. Membership is also available with the International Medical and Dental Association and the International Association of Counselors and Therapists, as well as those organizations listed above, upon completion of our courses.

Certification for Hypnotherapy: The first direct state-certification law in the United States was passed by the Indiana legislature in 1997. This has been hailed as the greatest legislative accomplishment on behalf of hypnotherapists in the history of the profession. Legislation based on the Indiana model has begun in several states. The State of Indiana gives hypnotherapy certification directly to individuals to practice hypnosis, and that is applied for after graduation from a state-licensed school such as ours. Indiana requires a 350 hour course of study-SEEC offers 450 hours.

Making Wise Decisions About Your School Selection

Other Certifications: Many organizations claim to be hypnosis schools and offer "certification." One should avoid illegal (not state-licensed) schools, and schools which claim any form of "certification" for less than 150 hours of classroom instruction.

Some instructors issue certificates of completion and imply the class is a "certification program." Good questions to ask: Certified by whom? Who are they? What does that do for you when your state requires licensure or registration? Will your state honor your "Certified Hypnotherapist" form? Comparatively speaking, when a premed student studies and passes a biology class, does this qualify him to practice medicine?

Any school which claims the state gives its students certification or licensure through its program is incorrect! States approve or license SCHOOLS-not hypno-therapists (people).

Unless you are already trained in hypnosis, you should avoid correspondence courses. Correspondence courses are extremely limited. Students do not receive the benefit of live demonstrations, group hypnosis processes with feedback, or supervised practice, which is essential to perfecting any skill. E-learning is a remarkable tool also, but it's not a good frontline training tool. It is a wonderful backline or secondary training tool. E-learning is a wonderful reminder. Would you accept a surgeon who learned his profession from a correspondence course or from an online seminar?

There are a few schools that advertise degrees in hypnotherapy with programs that are entirely correspondence courses. These degrees may not be accredited, and are not recognized by many hypnotherapy organizations, much less states where regulation or licensing apply.