Accreditation

Introduction

Without regulation and statutory registration for our profession, our policy has been to seek meaningful external accreditation for our training. We first achieved such accreditation in 1993 and our latest re-accreditation was in 2004.

In the event of regulation and statutory registration, our external accreditation should be invaluable to our graduates. Meanwhile, it is an assurance to potential students bewildered by competing claims.

Quality

The British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education was established in succession to an initiative by the, then, Department of Education and Science. Included amongst its sponsors are the bodies mainly concerned with maintaining academic standards in Britain, such as Universities and Colleges, national validating bodies, public and professional examining boards, and the British Council.

Inspection

To conduct its inspections, The British Accreditation Council calls upon the services of some 70 specialist inspectors, including former government education inspectors and advisors and current/former heads of Universities, Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education and Colleges of Further Education.

A copy of the 2004 Inspection Summary appears below. Copies of the complete Institutional Report are available upon request. Might we respectfully suggest that you ask any other training organisation to which you are considering applying for similar documentation.

The inspection enquired into all aspects of the College's accommodation and learning resources; administration and staffing; quality control; welfare arrangements; teaching, including an assessment of academic staff and the College's financial and legal viability. The accreditation is subject to renewal, following re-inspection, at five-yearly intervals and review at mid-term. Not surprisingly, such accreditation has been described by the, then, Secretary of State for Education as: "...the only public guarantee of standards in independent institutions of further and higher education in the UK."

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Inspection Summary: The National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy

Please note: this summary may be published as a whole separately from the full Institutional Report

The National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy was first accredited by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education in 1993. It was most recently re-inspected in June 2004.

BAC's Inspectors reported on an overall excellent standard of provision. Teaching staff were well qualified, and the training sessions observed were well structured and very effectively delivered. The highly efficient administration played an essential part in the organisation of programmes and the maintenance of support to participants. The rigour of the programme and the standards achieved had been recognised by the award of credit transfer points by the Open University, and students had a very high level of success in gaining the College's awards.

The National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy was awarded continuing accreditation in July 2004.

President:
The Baroness Brigstocke CBE MA

Chief Executive:
Robin Laidlaw MA

Chairman:
Tim Cox MA MEd

Executive Secretary:
Graham Middleton MA

The British Accreditation Council is a private company limited by guarantee.

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United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), formerly the United Kingdom Standing Conference for Psychotherapy, was formed in 1989 with the aim of establishing the profession of psychotherapy, with agreed common training standards and ethical requirements. Over 70 organisations involved in the field of psychotherapy, including both the National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (NCHP) and the National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NRHP), currently belong to the UKCP.

In May 1993, the UKCP launched its National Register of Psychotherapists, and also produced Training and Ethical Standards Requirements for member organisations. The National College's training programme has been confirmed as meeting UKCP requirements and the UKCP ethical guidelines are incorporated within our Code of Ethics and Practice.

Details of supplementary training for those wishing to fulfil the requirements for membership of the UKCP's National Register of Psychotherapists are, in brief: Interactive Counselling Skills; Psychopathology; Research Methodology; Ethics; Human Development & Sexuality. Other requirements are as detailed in our full Prospectus. It should be noted that the UKCP's Register, like our own National Register (NRHP), is a voluntary body, and continued membership of a UKCP approved professional organisation, such as the NRHP, is a condition of membership of the UKCP's Register.

UKCP has worked with Lord Alderdice to produce his Psychotherapy Bill; if successful, the new Act will create a Governing Psychotherapy Council, so confirming our professional status.

European Association for Hypno Psychotherapy

The National College is a founder member of the European Association for Hypno Psychotherapy (EAHP). The EAHP is a non-profit making organisation aiming to unite national Hypno-Psychotherapy training institutes and national Hypno-Psychotherapy organisations into a common association for Europe.

The intention of the EAHP is the realisation of a European Wide Organisation (EWO) and a European Wide Accrediting Organisation (EWAO) for Hypno-Psychotherapy within the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) in Vienna, Austria (of which the National College is a member).

The EAP represents some 200 psychotherapy organisations, including 16 national umbrella organisations, and 12 EWOs (representing various psychotherapeutic approaches). It aims to establish psychotherapy as an independent profession within Europe and, to this end, has created the European Certificate for Psychotherapy (ECP). The intention behind the ECP is the mutual recognition and equal conduct of various branches of psychotherapy throughout Europe.

The EAHP anticipates that membership of EAP as an EWO would help consolidate our own discipline of Hypno-Psychotherapy within Europe and facilitate the award of the ECP to suitably qualified Hypno-Psychotherapists.

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