National Occupational Standards
The National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Hypnotherapy were published in 2002 by Skills for Health, the Sector Skill Council for the UK health industry, which is part of the NHS. They provide minimum standards of competence and good practice for the hypnotherapy profession, and assume a generic and “holistic” psychotherapeutic philosophy.
The NOS are composed of practical and theoretical components which are divided across the following three units.
Unit CH-H1 Assess the needs of the client
NHS Key Skills Framework, Level 3, Health & Well-Being 2
This unit describes the role of the practitioner in assessing clients’ needs which affect their health, effective functioning and well-being. [.]
Elements of competence
CH-H1.1 Evaluate and process requests for hypnotherapy
CH-H1.2 Prepare to assess the client
CH-H1.3 Assess the client
CH-H1.4 Agree action with the client
Unit CH-H2 Treat the client
NHS Key Skills Framework, Level 3, Health & Well-Being 5
This unit describes standards for planning, implementing, monitoring and reviewing hypnotherapy treatment programmes for clients. The actions which the practitioner takes should be planned and evaluated with the clients concerned.
Elements of competence
CH-H2.1 Plan the hypnotherapy treatment programme with the client
CH-H2.2 Provide treatment
CH-H2.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment
Unit CH-H3 Educate the client to adopt self-care procedure(s)
NHS Key Skills Framework, Level 3, Health & Well-Being 4
This unit describes standards for planning, implementing and evaluating sessions designed to enable the client to adopt self-care procedure(s).
Elements of competence
CH-H3.1 Prepare to advise and educate the client
CH-H3.2 Enable the client to adopt the self-care procedure(s)
CH-H3.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of the self-care procedure(s)