Colorado Hypnosis & Healing
No name given. A coupon that readers are directed to reveals the name, Michelle. E. Hale, and the credential, CH.t.
Listing hypnosis under the Counseling & Psychotherapy heading is misleading and inaccurate.
Michelle E. Hale is not licensed with the State of Colorado to practice either counseling or psychology. The letters, CH. t, are not clarified in the listing, but could stand for Certified Hypnotherapist. As those particular letters are not common, this certification is more than likely from an obscure organization with little or no education, knowledge, or testing requirements.
The State of Colorado does not require hypnotherapists to be licensed or registered.
Here's why.
Hypnosis is a specialty or sub-specialty of mental health and medical professionals who are already bound by the ethical standards of their specific field, profession, and practice. That is good for consumers. But, there is another kind of hypnosis, the kind where training and certification is a very short, maybe only a few hours long, seminar, or online, practitioners claim that hypnosis is useful for anything, and there are no professional standards, established guidelines of patient care, or codes of ethics. This kind of hypnosis is bad for consumers.
There are two things consumers can do to protect themselves and ensure hypnotherapy is provided by a qualified professional.
First, ask practitioners about credentials, education, license information, and professional associations.
The NBCCH (National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists), the only nationally recognized certification for health care professionals using hypnosis, requires:
- all applicants to have earned a graduate-level degree in any of the appropriate academic disciplines
for mental health practitioners or a Master or Doctorate degree for medical practitioners and
- all applicants to be appropriately licensed or registered in their professions in the state in which they
practice.
Second, ask practitioners about specific needs.
- NBCCH certified hypnotherapists have varied areas of expertise. Because they are bound by the
ethical standards of their profession, they disclose their qualifications and expertise as well as whether
their practice includes a particular area of interest or recommend a qualified practice that does.
- If the answer to questions regarding specific needs is more along the lines of, "hypnosis is useful for
anything", or a long list is provided of what the practitioner claims to use hypnotherapy for, it is more
than likely the practitioner does not have the education, training, skills, and integrity to provide a
professional level of care. This type of practice is best avoided.
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Creating Healthy Lives
Valerie McCarthy, LCSW
This is a misleading listing as this individual is not licensed through the State of Colorado as a counselor or psychologist. However, the credential, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, encompasses both counseling and psychology in social work practice.
The listing does not include "archetypes, astrology, or accutonics"(sic), which are listed for the same practice under coaching, so potential clients should be aware that those modalities may be part of any counseling or therapy, as well as coaching.
Archetypes, astrology, and Acutonics® are illegitimate, phony methods and it is unclear as to why they would be included in a professional practice, as this appears to be outside the accepted standards of the professional discipline and a fraud perpetrated on clients. This type of practice is best avoided.
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Karen Post, MA
Enhancing Lives For 26 Years
The credential, MA, stands for Master of Arts. No license for this individual for either counseling or psychotherapy could be found with the State of Colorado, which requires counselors and psychologists to be licensed with the Department of Regulatory Agencies.
The areas of study for a Master of Arts degree are usually along the lines of arts, humanities, philosophy, but not psychology, so it appears that this practitioner not only is not licensed, but does not have the educational background to practice counseling or psychotherapy.
Karen Post may claim to be "enhancing lives for 26 years", but it appears she is doing it illegally.
This type of practice is best avoided.
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Rachel Hirning
L.P.C. & Art Therapist
L.P.C. stands for Licensed Professional Counselor and this practitioner is licensed as such with the State of Colorado, LPC.0005307. Art therapy is an accepted therapy method in counseling and psychotherapy.
Of the four listings under counseling & psychotherapy, this one is the most legitimate.
This is important to consumers who look for and expect appropriate standards of practice within established guidelines.
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