I also wrote one of the more important articles I have written this year over at my blog this week.
I encounter a
trend, a proliferation of classic ‘head in the sand’ attitudes among hypnotherapists who fear asking for solid feedback, who take it personally instead of seeing it as an opportunity to grow, and who just want to crack on regardless, insisting that they know best.
There are many contributing reasons for this, but one big contributory factor is the very culture of hypnotherapy training and CPD
(continued professional development) training courses offered – because they themselves do not offer or create a culture of wanting to grow and develop and instead offer up a singular, impervious to critique type of attitude that does no-one any good in the long run.
Many hypnotherapy training courses offered to the public these days are a single model, devised by the school founder and lead
trainer. Some are excellent I am sure. Yet there is no critique offered. They virtually sell this singular model and extoll all the reasons that it is so good, but do not offer up the other side of the debate, or offer up potential criticisms of their model or favoured approach. However good the training is, the depth of education is always going to be lacking if there is not a transparent approach to what is being taught.
Schools, colleges, Universities will always offer up the stance of fierce critics as well as those supporting a particular viewpoint. Even if the teacher sympathises with a particular side, the critique of that side is taught and explored; this is quality education.
This is how a student learns, this is how a field of study grows.
When hypnotherapy trainings simply say “this is the way it is” and do not allow for any critique, it halts potential for growth and development and currently the field of hypnotherapy is held back by so many people doing just that. See this article to read more on this subject, I have lots to say:
Soooo…. The exciting news is that I plan to start teaching in some other areas of the UK and beyond. Before I started filling my diary with dates all over the place, I wanted to ask you all if you’d be interested in me running a seminar or course in your location? SO I wrote this blog entry all about it, if you think it might be nice to have me come to you instead
of vice versa, then go and have a read of this article:
