Chrysalis courses
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Have a good think first...
If you are thinking about enrolling onto this course please make sure that you carry out prior investigations to ensure that this is really the right thing for you in terms of your career or life goals. The course runs once per month and you are required to meet up with other students weekly to practice, this was useful, however more practical classroom based lessons would have been beneficial, it was felt as though we were teaching each other at times, and we were not always sure that we were getting it right as we were all learners… what do we know?! The tutor was very good, experienced and very entertaining. The Chrysalis course material wasn’t the best, there wasn’t enough emphasis on producing scripts, you were sort of left to go away and write your own and when the occasion called for it a few of the scripts would be marked and feedback given. But this was nowhere near enough learning - excellent scripts are key in becoming successful as a Hypnotherapist. We were provided with a list of books which were required reading and were to be utilised when writing essays and case studies I think they cost me approximately £60 - £70, I received very little benefit from these books and found more useful information online. Lastly, I wish I had considered more before I enrolled (this is my own fault for not investigating properly) some of the costs of being a Hypnotherapist. I work full time and will do for the foreseeable future, to start up my own Hypnotherapy business (a second job essentially) would mean I immediately hit the 40% tax rate (for money made via hypnotherapy), there is a yearly subscription fee to be listed on the National Hypnotherapy Society Register which is £100+, you need insurance and you also need a supervisor that you are required to speak to monthly and I believe the going rate is approx. £50 per session. This obviously doesn’t include all other costs of running a business. Although I have passed this course and have the certificate I feel in no way qualified or ready to treat clients, and I am undecided on whether this was the right course/ course provider for me… I self-funded the course (some received funding via their workplace) and I can’t face the fact that I may have just wasted a lot of money. Some positives (so not to end on a negative) - I did enjoy learning how hypnotherapy works and how people think, I supposed its made me more conscious of human behaviours and why people may behave is such ways. I am also very conscious about how impressionable children are and how their early years can affect the rest of their lives. Also, met some amazing people who I have kept in touch with.