Training with the National College may be undertaken on a part-time basis by combining weekend attendance for practical tuition and lectures at one of the tuition venues, together with a programme of home study, the ideal method for students with domestic and/or work commitments.

Each weekend consists of some eleven hours of practical instruction in the application of therapeutic techniques, combined with lectures on the various theories involved. Starting at 9:30am each day and finishing at 5:15pm, gives 230 hours of class contact for the first three stages of the training up to Diploma level with an additional 325 hours for Stage 4 (Advanced Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy) totaling 555 class contact hours for the full 4 year programme.

The total number of study hours required to complete the course varies depending on what prior knowledge a student brings to the course. However, monitoring of past students’ study patterns suggests that for a student with little prior knowledge of hypnosis, psychotherapy or psychology, total study hours up to UKCP registration level may amount to 1,800 hours over a four year period.

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