Welcome to the Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy, in this section of the website you can find details of the Institute itself, its training courses, I won't go into to much detail here as all the information can be obtained by writing, phoning or emailing the ICHP Headquarters and requesting a free Prospectus and Demonstration audio cassette.

Your Course Instructor will be Dr. Joseph Keaney Ph.D., D.Psych., Dip.C.Hyp., D.C.H., B.A.,. Born in Cork, Dr Keaney holds a Batchelor's Degree in Clinical Hypnotherapy from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy (AIH). He completed his Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy through AIH. He is Director of the Irish Hypnotherapy Examiners Board and Course Director of the Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy, Joe is also member in good standing of many professional hypnotherapy / psychotherapy associations. He is currently the Administrator of the Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy Post-Graduate Association. In his private practice in Cork City, Dr. Keaney works as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Trainer, and also lectures in hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy in the ICHP Advanced Diploma Programme in Griffith College Dublin, the Marino Institute of Education Dublin, and Therapy House in Cork City. He has over twenty years of practical experience in hypnosis with over 40,000 clinical inductions completed and probably the same again in workshops, conferences, talks, etc.

He Organised the first professional hypnotherapy conference in Ireland and is also a Founding Member of UKCHO United Kingdom Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations. He has undertaken training in England and the USA and is a regular speaker at conferences and on radio and television. Having trained hundreds of Hypnotherapists he is widely recognised as one of this country's leading instructors of clinical hypnosis.

Over the years, Joe has researched and listened to the problems of both new and veteran hypnosis practitioners around the country. In a strong voice they have indicated to him that after completing training with other schools they felt unsure of how to handle the many problems individuals come to a hypnotherapist / psychotherapist to resolve. They wanted and needed STEP BY STEP 'How to' instructions to create a success for the client and for themsleves. Because of this great need for simple, but highly effective and comprehensive training, Joe decided to place on tape and write up the finest, undiluted, pure hypnosis / psychotherapy training available today.

The Institute

The Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy was established by Dr. Joseph Keaney in 1990, to fill the evident need for comprehensive, contempory and structured training of Hypnotherapy / Hypnoanalysis. Due to the numbers of qualified graduate therapists from this Advanced Diploma Training Programme developed, a Post-Graduate Association of the ICHP was later created so as to keep therapists informed, protected, supervised and to give theapists in Ireland a unified voice. The training programmes of the ICHP cover two aspects of hypnotherapy, namely Suggestion Therapy and Analytical Therapy. Although the foundation of the training is in Hypno/Psychotherapy, Analysis and Hypnotherapy which enables them to specialise in Hypnoanalytical Psychotherapy, the course encapsulates a myriad of therapeutic and psychotherapeutic modalities including, NLP, Parts Therapy, EFT, Past Life Regression, Visualisations, Transpersonal work, Gestalt, Ericksonian, etc. (Details of ICHP Training Programmes are discussed in another section of this site.) Since its birth in 1990 the ICHP has grown considerably and we now have hundreds of ICHP graduates working in successful private practices around the country. The ICHP has developed international mirror organisation, namely, ICHP Sweden, ICHP Germany & ICHP Australia, but this is just the beginning ... The Institute is affiliated and our trainings accredited to the National Council of Hypnotherapy N.C.H.(UK) and the United Kingdom Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO).

Other affiliations include;

• Irish Hypnotherapy Examiners Board
• ICHP Post-Graduate Association
• National Hypnotherapy / Psychotherapy Register
• National Guild of Hypnotists
• Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy
• American Council of Hypnotist Examiners
• International Society for Professional Hypnosis
• Association to Advance Ethical Hypnosis
• American Institute of Hypnotherapy
• American Board of Hypnotherapy
• European Therapy Studies Institute

Further details of the Institute and its trainings can be got from ICHP Headquarters.
ICHP HQ, Therapy House, 6 Tuckey Street, Cork, Ireland
phone 353 (0)21 4273575
fax 353 (0)21 4275785
email hypnosis@iol.ie

The ICHP Post-Graduate Association

The Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy is a totally autonomous association of like-minded therapists, ICHP Post-Graduate members and suitably qualified ethical hypnotherapists / psychotherapists. The ICHP is dedicated to the professional and ethical use of eclectic hypnotherapy allied to the practice of psychoanalysis, hypnoanalysis, and psychotherapy, for the treatment of nervous disorders and emotional problems. The ICHP PGA is a non-profit making organisation.

The Primary purpose of the Instiute is the advancement of the art, science and practice of ethical hypnotherapy / psychotherapy as a technique for the relief and rehabilitation of persons suffering from nervous disorders and emotional problems. The ICHP exists to promote widespread personal empowerment through therapeutic techniques, and to promote the training of its members and education for the general public. The function of the association is to encourage the highest standads of hypnotherapy / psychotherapy practice throughout Ireland, together with the Examiners Board it sets out to achieve this objective by:

1. Promotion of the art and science that is hypnotherapy / psychotherapy / hypnoanalysis to the general public so as to educate them as to the array of positive benefits that can be obtained.
   
   
2. Assessing courses of study for hypnotherapy / psychotherapy, and approving those courses (such as that provided by the ICHP) which meet the highest standards of professionalism.
   
   
3. Conducting examinations for membership to the association or for those who wish certification from the Board and maintaining a Registrar of Members who qualify in this way.
   
   
4. Requiring registered members to observe standards of practice and codes of ethics as prescribed by the Association.
   
   
5. Investigation and adjuication of complaints against registered members.

Members of the Institute are bound by a Code of Practice and Ethics of the highest order, they have satisfied an Examination Board of their knowledge and level of competence and have undertaken to abide by the Rules of the Institute which requires, among other things, that they be covered by Professional Indemnity Insurance, and such Certificate of Insurance must be available for Inspection. Members have also agreed to discharge each and every client from treatment at the earliest possible moment consistent with that client's good care.
Every Member undertakes to respect a client's confidentiality at all times and would not even disclose to a spouse or parent that they were undergoing treatment.
All ICHP Post-Graduate Association Members utilise techniques of short term solution-focused therapy and will construct for each client a personalised hypnotherapy audio tape for symptom reduction and elimination at the first consultation.

Being a Member of the ICHP PGA means?

• The use of the letters M.I.C.H.P. after your title.
• A Certificate of Membership and Accreditation of the ICHP PGA.
• Invitations to workshops, seminars, conference and details of upcoming events sent to you regularly.
• Subscription to the ICHP Journal - The HypnoAnalyst - dispatched quarterly.
• Listings on the ICHP Membership and Accredited Therapists Lists on both this website and for use in ICHP HQ's Referal services.
• Access to our Ongoing Training and Supervision / Advisory Services.
• Use of the ICHP Logo and Brochure to further promote your private practice.
• An Advisory Board and Complaints Committe.
• Two yearly Conferences in June & December with some of the top names in the field.
• An Association which promotes hypnotherapy / psychotherapy / hypnoanalysis to the media, government and general public to advance our therapy for the betterment of mankind.

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