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Each year we have to go through the extensive and rigorous process of having an external “audit” from NCFE with regard to our customised qualification: the Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy.
Most hypnotherapy training schools and colleges simply issue their own qualification and print the certificates off on their office printer.
Back in 2007 the College made the decision to develop its own externally accredited qualification with NCFE.
NCFE are a government-regulated, non-profit organisation focused on offering and accrediting vocational qualifications.
So in 2007, in collaboration with a consultant from NCFE we developed the Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy – which is accredited by NCFE and is benchmarked at Level 4 difficulty.
To provide an objective measure of the depth of study, NCFE has benchmarked the learning outcomes of this Customised Qualification at Level 4 difficulty using national framework descriptors.
(Please note this is an unregulated qualification and is not a nationally recognised qualification).
This benchmarking ensures that the course requires the specific cognitive skills associated with Level 4—such as the application and analysis of complex information—providing a rigorous external check on our training standards.
Our training programme is designed to be rigorous and comprehensive, requiring a minimum of 370 hours of total learning time to ensure students develop the necessary professional competencies..
Each year we have an External Qualification Assessor visit whereby NCFE review all our record-keeping, student feedback, assessment marking, internal verification, policies and procedures with regard to the qualification we offer.
NCFE-accredited Customised Qualifications create significant additional work for training organisations, but they assure students of the quality and external oversight of the training school.
Our 2021 EQA visit was on March 1st 2021 – and we received our report on March 2nd, informing us that we had passed – with flying colours.
(That means there were no required corrective actions and plenty of praise for the College, our staff and way of operating).
It takes a lot of effort to prepare for this and a special thank you has to go to Marion Bailey who worked extremely hard and conscientiously to pull all the documents together.
And also, of course, to our amazing team of assessors – headed up by Shelley Cushway and our Internal Verifier, Simon Clarke.
If you have any questions about our customised qualification please feel free to get in touch with me.
Mark R. Davis
Director & Principal
The UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy.
About the author
Mark is a therapist, trainer, meditation teacher – and a leader in developing the integration of hypnosis with cognitive behavioural psychotherapy approaches. As Director and Principal of The UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, he is at the forefront of evidence-based hypnotherapy training – and is also very involved in the the integration of yoga and non-dual philosophy into Western Psychotherapy.