British Accreditation Council for 
Further and Higher Education

The British Accreditation Council (BAC) is the most reliable guide in choosing between the many institutions in the independent Further and Higher educational sector. It was established in 1984 to be the national accrediting body for such institutions. The BAC, the British Council and the Open and Distance Learning Quality Council were described by the Secretary of State for Education as “the only public guarantee of standards in independent institutions of Further and Higher education”. Further information: www.the-bac.org

“The London College of Clinical Hypnosis is recognized as efficient by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education for the provision of training courses in clinical hypnosis”.
 

University of Greenwich

The Avery Hill Faculty of the University of Greenwich has approved the LCCH Certificate, Diploma, and Practitioner Diploma courses for specific credits. (Certificate: 30 credits at level one, Diploma: 30 credits at level two, Practitioner Diploma: 30 credits at level three.) Students who wish to continue their studies can submit their credits to the University of Greenwich for advanced standing towards one of its awards, or to any other higher education institution which recognizes such credits.
 

The Open University

The Open University has approved LCCH studies for specific credits towards Open University distance taught qualifications. These awards are to be considered in the context of the Open University’s rule for credit transfer for particular qualifications - General Bachelor’s degree and Named Bachelor’s degree. For further information contact the LCCH or access the Open University web site www.open.ac.uk/credit-transfer.
 

British Association of Medical Hypnosis (BAMH)

The British Association of Medical Hypnosis is primarily a medical organization. Full membership of the BAMH is open only to holders of a medical or dental degree (e.g MB BS or BDS). However, the Association will accept non-medical members as Affiliates and Associates. On obtaining their Practitioner Diploma, candidates will be entitled to apply for Affiliate membership of the BAMH to enable their names to be placed on its Medical Register. Affiliates must hold the PDCHyp. and also need to have completed at least one full year’s membership of their own approved hypnotherapy society/association. In addition, they must be proposed by two members of the BAMH. 
 

HYPNOFORUM

hypnoforum.com is the place to share your views, opinions, gossip and expertise! The HypnoForum is intended as a place where anyone with an interest in hypnosis and its many related subjects can enter into discussion with other interested people from around the world. Go on, take a look!
 

As a result of the changes in the LCCH training course, we have now instigated an e-mail update system for all supervisors.

The first e-mail will include a full listing of all Diploma weekend contents, as well as contact telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for the Faculty. 

After April, each month, external supervisors will be sent an email including the following information:

* Updates and changes to the course

* Updates and changes to the supervision system

* New guidelines on the structure and format of supervision

* A monthly calendar showing regional courses

Supervisors are always welcome to re-attend the weekends which have new material, or even to refresh their knowledge, and should contact their local co-ordinator to inform them of an intention to attend a specific weekend. You may contact Amanda Farr, Student Liaison, if you need dates further into the future than the next month. 

Supervisors will also need to ensure that their BSCH membership is current. Please contact Tom Connelly at sec@bsch.org.uk if you are unsure of the status of membership and how long you have to complete Masterclasses if you have not done so already for Full Membership.

If any supervisor has not received their April e-mail, please e-mail Amanda Farr on lcchsupport@aol.com with your preferred e-mail address. Additionally any other information which would be of use for supervision – please e-mail Ujames1@aol.com.
 

Request from Dr M.I. Qureshi

Here is a question. Has any one tried treating Fibromyalgia Rheumatica using Hypnotherapy? If so, what were the results or outcomes? I am at present looking into this problem. The other issue that interests me is POST CVA hypnotherapy. I am working on one patient at present with one-sided weakness and speech loss.

If you can help DR M.I. Qureshi, (one of our medical graduates), please e-mail him at: miq@qureshi.club24.co.uk.
 

Database on Mac Computers

The Practitioner database has been very well received and we look forward to organizing improvements based on user feedback. A number of British Society of Clinical Hypnosis members have asked for this software to be made available for the Apple Macintosh computer and Tom Connelly is pleased to report that this may soon be possible. When a version for the Mac becomes available (perhaps even as you read this) he’ll put a posting on the members forum.