What is Certification in Clinical Hypnosis?

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Certification offers non-statutory voluntary credentialing in Clinical Hypnosis and provides recognition of the advanced clinician who has met educational qualifications and training requirements in clinical hypnosis.

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What does Certification Indicate?

Certification indicates several things that fellow professionals, consumers, third-party payers, managed care programs, hospitals and clinics are all interested in knowing about individuals who incorporate hypnosis in their practices. Certification indicates that the practitioner: 1) Has undergone advanced training in his/her profession to obtain a legitimate advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education; 2) Is licensed or certified to practice in his/her state/province; 3) Has had his/her education and training in clinical hypnosis reviewed by qualified peers and approved consultants and such training has met the minimum requirements established by the Standards of Training Committee. 4) Has been determined to have received at least the minimum educational training that ASCH (the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis), the largest such interdisciplinary professional organization in North America, considers as necessary for utilizing hypnosis. Certification does not automatically imply competence or guarantee the quality of a practitioner's work.

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What are the Levels of Certification?

There are two (2) levels of Certification. Entry level is simply called "Certification". An advanced level, called "Approved Consultant.", recognizes individuals who have obtained advanced training in clinical hypnosis and who have extensive experience in utilizing hypnosis within their professional practices. Approved Consultants are qualified to provide individualized training and consultation for those seeking Certification.

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Is ASCH Certification Different From Other Certifications?

ASCH Certification in Clinical Hypnosis is distinct from other "certification" programs in that it ensures that the certified individual is a bona fide health care professional who is licensed in his or her state or province to provide medical, dental, psychological, or social work services. ASCH believes that persons trained only in hypnosis lack the diagnostic and therapeutic skills as well as the licensure required to safely and responsibly treat, medical, psychological, or dental problems with hypnosis. ASCH Certification distinguishes the professional practitioner from the lay hypnotist.

Certified professionals are encouraged to work toward attaining the highest level of advanced specialty certification in hypnosis through obtaining Diplomate status from either the American Board of Medical Hypnosis, the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis, the American Board of Hypnosis in Dentistry, or the American Hypnosis Board for Clinical Social Work.

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Requirements for Certification in Clinical Hypnosis:

• M.D., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.O., D.P.M., Ph.D., Psy.D., or equivalent doctoral degree with psychology as the major study, or a master's degree in nursing, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy from a college or university accredited by its appropriate regional accrediting body,
• Membership in a professional society consistent with degree,
• At the highest or independent practice level, Licensure or Certification, by the state of province in which you practice,
• Minimum of 40 hours of ASCH approved workshop training: Minimum of 20 hours of Beginning workshop training. Minimum of 20 hours of Intermediate workshop training.
• Minimum of 20 hours of Individualized training/consultation with an ASCH Approved Consultant,
• Minimum of 2 years of independent practice utilizing clinical hypnosis.

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Requirements for Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis:

All of the above requirements, plus

• Minimum of 60 additional hours of ASCH approved workshop training,
• Minimum of 5 years of independent practice utilizing clinical hypnosis,
• Minimum of 5 years of membership in ASCH, SCEH, or equivalent.