How the National College supports students throughout training and in practice

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It is common for those embarking on training for a new career to have concerns. We understand these concerns and have systems in place to help you progress smoothly through your training and into practice as a confident and competent professional therapist.

You may be concerned that the training will be too difficult.

It isn't easy... but then what worthwhile endeavour is easy? We help you to make it as straightforward as possible by structuring all the elements in such a way that, just as if you had to eat an elephant, you can do it a bite at a time.

You may be concerned that you won't be up to it.

Many of our students have had a long gap since they did any formal training or education. We understand that it can be daunting and will support you in finding your way to unleashing your potential. 

You may be concerned that, once you have trained, you won't know how to set up in practice.

For this reason we refer to this throughout the training. While the theory is the base of the training, there is no point to theory without being able to apply it in practice.

And these are just examples! We understand that training for a new career is a big step and so here are some examples of what we do to help:

All our trainers are practising hypno-psychotherapists so they know how you feel!

We run regular practice building seminars (for just a donation to charity) as we know that there is no point in being there if you don't have clients!

We have excellent, thorough, systems for giving you individual feedback on how you are doing, both academically and practically. Everything is in the open, so you can feel confident in your progress and also know what areas need more work at all times.

Your tutor is available to you not only during the live training, but in between as well to allay any concerns and answer any questions. Also, our Director of Student Support (Fiona Biddle) is available by phone or email at any time during or after training.

We set up a private online forum and chatroom for each group of students, so that you can communicate with each other in between sessions.

Students at stage three and four are asked to volunteer to mentor students at stage one and two if desired.

We have a selection of online forums so that students can discuss a range of issues with fellow students and graduates.

Our membership body, the Student and Alumni Guild provides continuining support throughout your professional career.

Finally, if there is any form of support that you would like us to offer that you don't see here, please just email fiona.biddle@nchp.org.uk