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Iam facing a career restructuring and may not get the job I have been doing for the past 25 years...I am interested inhelping people in a councelling capacity however Ihave to have an income to pay the mortgage so want to make sure I choose the training most likely to lead to a successful career. What is more likely to lead to paid employment Hypnotherapy or Councelling? Any advise?
I'm sure I answered a post like this yesterday... [&:] Can't find it now though!
What I said yesterday was that imo counselling is more likely to lead to paid employment, whereas both could lead to paid *self* employment. Neither would automatically provide a guaranteed income - and of course you have your course fees to recoup first - but there is the possibility to make a good salary if you are a) good at your work and b) a good marketeer (if self employed)
Sarah x
Thanks Sarah
I posted a message which disappeared however I read that HP had technical difficulties so I wasn't the only one whose post vanished.I would like to go self employed however I wasn't sure which job was likely to get most clients. I have recommended my other half and my son go for hypnotherapy for their OCD however neither will try it soI thought I'd try and learn itmyself to try and help (thats why I have done Reiki and IHMwhich helps thembut doesn't get to the root of the problem). However with the restructuring at work I need to think of a viable livelyhood and didn't know if I might be better to try councelling.
Hi,
Unless one of them particularly appeals to you I'd say if you want to be employed then go for counselling training, if you're happy to be self-employed then either.
Why not combine them both by finding a hypnotherapy course that includes some form of counselling/psychotherapy? I started training as a counsellor, then became frustrated by some of the short-comings of counselling, then went on a taster weekend for a hypnotherapy course, I jumped ship mid-course andhaven't looked back.The hypnotherapy course that I did used brief solution-focused therapy combined with hypnosis, both of which are very helpful to OCD sufferers. There are other courses than combine psychoanalysis with hypnosis and so on.
Re your partner and son, I find that if people are initally wary of hypnosis but happy to have solution-focused therapy, then once they feel comfortable they start to ask questions about hypnosis, I give them a light relaxation session then they are more open to me using hypnosis in conjunction with the solution-focused therapy.
Hope that helps - happy to help further if you want to pm me!
Amber
[ORIGINAL: Amber Lady]
Hi Solas
I agree with Amber - there are courses that combine both sets of skills - which after all overlap - and IMHO you need a good grounding in counselling skills to be an effective hypnotherapist anyway. I am5 months into a diploma in Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling skills and finding it the most fulfilling course I have ever taken.
Good luck!
Love
Celtia
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I'm sure I answered a post like this yesterday... [&:] Can't find it now though!
What I said yesterday was that imo counselling is more likely to lead to paid employment, whereas both could lead to paid *self* employment. Neither would automatically provide a guaranteed income - and of course you have your course fees to recoup first - but there is the possibility to make a good salary if you are a) good at your work and b) a good marketeer (if self employed)
Sarah x
Answers:
Thanks Sarah
I posted a message which disappeared however I read that HP had technical difficulties so I wasn't the only one whose post vanished.I would like to go self employed however I wasn't sure which job was likely to get most clients. I have recommended my other half and my son go for hypnotherapy for their OCD however neither will try it soI thought I'd try and learn itmyself to try and help (thats why I have done Reiki and IHMwhich helps thembut doesn't get to the root of the problem). However with the restructuring at work I need to think of a viable livelyhood and didn't know if I might be better to try councelling.
Answers:
Hi,
Unless one of them particularly appeals to you I'd say if you want to be employed then go for counselling training, if you're happy to be self-employed then either.
Why not combine them both by finding a hypnotherapy course that includes some form of counselling/psychotherapy? I started training as a counsellor, then became frustrated by some of the short-comings of counselling, then went on a taster weekend for a hypnotherapy course, I jumped ship mid-course andhaven't looked back.The hypnotherapy course that I did used brief solution-focused therapy combined with hypnosis, both of which are very helpful to OCD sufferers. There are other courses than combine psychoanalysis with hypnosis and so on.
Re your partner and son, I find that if people are initally wary of hypnosis but happy to have solution-focused therapy, then once they feel comfortable they start to ask questions about hypnosis, I give them a light relaxation session then they are more open to me using hypnosis in conjunction with the solution-focused therapy.
Hope that helps - happy to help further if you want to pm me!
Amber
Answers:
[ORIGINAL: Amber Lady]
Hi Solas
I agree with Amber - there are courses that combine both sets of skills - which after all overlap - and IMHO you need a good grounding in counselling skills to be an effective hypnotherapist anyway. I am5 months into a diploma in Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling skills and finding it the most fulfilling course I have ever taken.
Good luck!
Love
Celtia
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