The Principal of the National College of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy

Shaun Brookhouse began his hypno-psychotherapy practice in 1989 and has been in continual full-time practice since then. He earned Graduateship Diploma (First Degree Equivalent) in Counselling and Hypnotherapy from the City and Guilds Institute of London, a Masters Degree in Education Studies (Researching the development of training in Hypnotherapy 1971-1998), Liverpool John Moores University, a CertEd from Manchester University in which the assessment was based in part on the course he designed in clinical hypnosis, an Associateship Diploma from the College of Teachers and Licenciateship in Training and Development from the City and Guilds Institute of London .

Shaun is a past Chairman of the National Council for Hypnotherapy, one of the UK's premier hypnotherapy societies. Additionally, he is a NLP Master Trainer and the UK's second recipient of the European Certificate in Clinical Hypnosis (ECCH) from the European Association for Hypno-Psychotherapy. Shaun also holds the European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP) from the European Association for Psychotherapy and the World Certificate of Psychotherapy (WCPC) from the World Council for Psychotherapy. Shaun has been UK Council for Psychotherapy registered since 1996 and was a former Hypno-Psychotherapy Section delegate, Section Chair, and Ordinary Member of the UKCP governing board. In March 2008, Shaun was again elected to be Chair of the Hypno-Psychotherapy Section of UKCP with a seat on the Board of Trustees.Additionally, in 2008, he was elected to the position of Chair-Elect of the European Association for Hypno-Psychotherapy. In 2009, Shaun retired from the Chairmanship of the Hypno-Psychotherapy Section of UKCP, but is still active within the Section.

Shaun was one of the first two hypnotherapists to earn the externally accredited Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma . He is also the co-author of Motivational Hypnotism (ISBN 0-9544604-1-3) Building a Successful and Ethical Therapy Practice (ISBN 0-9544604-0-5) and Hypnotic Coaching (ISBN 0-9544604-1-3)Additionally, he is the co-organiser of the International Hypno-Psychotherapy Conference run in June each year.Shaun has lectured on the subject of Hypno-Psychotherapy on 4 continents.

He has received the following awards for his work for the world-wide profession:

Rexford L North Memorial Trophy, The National Guild of Hypnotists, USA (2004)
Hartland Memorial Award, National Council for Hypnotherapy (2005)
International Visionary Award, National Guild of Hypnotists (2005)
Ormond McGill Chair, National Guild of Hypnotists (2006)
President's Award, The National Guild of Hypnotists, USA (2002)
Hypnosis Journalism Award, The National Guild of Hypnotists, USA (2003)
Hypnotherapist Sealah Award, Induction into the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame (2001)
Pioneer Award, American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (2003)
Honorary Service Award, International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association, USA (1995)
Hypnosis Research Award, American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists (1997)
Special Commendation Award, Centre Association of Psychotherapists (1998)

National College Teaching Staff

The National College's regular Course Tutors have all trained with the College, and thus able to empathise (and sympathise) with students under tuition. They are all members of the  National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists with considerable  teaching experience, the majority with formal teaching qualifications.  This background facilitates a pastoral and supervisory relationship  with their students, in addition to the Tutorial role. They are not full-time employees of the College, but are paid for teaching undertaken  on a contractual basis. Brief biographical details of Course Tutors  may be found in our Prospectus.

Administrative Staff

Knowledgeable personnel are on hand, and can be reached by letter, fax or email at our administrative offices. They are available  by telephone during normal office hours. (An answering service operates  outside office hours and on Public Holidays.) 

Details of the administrative staff and their respective  duties are to be found in our Prospectus.