Accreditation
The criteria for admission to membership to BSCAH are:
a. Membership shall be open to registered medical and dental practitioners, and to psychologists who possess qualifications which would make them acceptable for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society and who are engaged in a form of experimental or clinical practice which is acceptable to the Council of the company.
b. Membership shall be open to suitably qualified persons who are registered members of a recognised, medical, therapeutic, scientific or academic profession and who have a legitimate reason for using hypnosis in their professional work (recognition is to the satisfaction of BSCAH). Membership is also open to other health care professionals that the Council decides has a legitimate reason for using hypnosis in their professional work; provided that such applicants can demonstrate that they hold health care qualifications at a level which allows professional practice.
Hence it is seen that members are already trained as health professionals as a pre-requisite to joining BSCAH.
BSCAH operates a system of Accreditation to its members. This is designed as a peer-review of the members experience and safety as a person using hypnosis in their work. It is used to assess clinical skills, rather than being an academic hurdle.
The criteria are set out below.
1. The Applicant must be a be a Member of the BSCAH, and have professional indemnity cover (e.g. MDU ,MPS) The applicant should have attended the three Basic training modules and show evidence of having gained the Advance requirements for Accreditation.
2. The advance requirements for Accreditation require that the applicant attend at least forty five hours additional training after completion of basis training. If these are not run by BSCAH they should be ratified as suitable by the Academic and Accreditation Committee.
3. It is expected that members, including those already accredited, will maintain a level of continuing postgraduate development in hypnosis. These should total forty five certified hours attendance at appropriate courses over any five year period.
4. At the time of application, the applicant should have documented evidence of having treated at least thirty five cases with hypnosis within their clinical field of expertise.
5. The applicant should present five cases demonstrating different aspects of their work with hypnosis. These must be within the disciplines of the applicant´s professional practice, properly documented, and all applicants must be prepared to discuss their cases and practice of hypnotherapy with the Assessors.
6. On completion of these requirements, the case histories will be examined by two Assessors of whom at least one is from the applicant’s profession, who will arrange to interview each candidate.
