Council of Clinical Hypnotherapists

Council of Clinical Hypnotherapists

"The Voice of Professional Hypnotherapy"

The Council of Clinical Hypnotherapists is an Australian national peak professional body which represents professional clinical hypnotherapists and clinical hypnotherapy associations. The vision and purpose of the Council are articulated in its Mission Statement and its Constitution and Code of Ethics express the values and standards by which all member hypnotherapy associations are bound.

The CCH is managed by an Executive Council of experienced practitioners and educators in the field of Clinical Hypnotherapy, with the primary purpose of maintaining professional levels of competence and ethical practice within the profession of Clinical Hypnotherapy.

To find a hypnotherapist practising in your area, visit the Australian National Hypnotherapy Register. All members on the ANH Register belong to a recognised Clinical Hypnotherapy Association.

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CCH Membership is available for:

Professional Clinical Hypnotherpay Associations & Training Institutions

CCH membership is no longer available for Individual members. All former individual memberships have been transferred to the Australian National Hypnotherapy Register

Complaints procedure 

If you are concerned about the service that has been provided by a clinical hypnotherapist, to you or your next of kin, please talk to the practitioner immediately. In most cases, the practitioner will try to resolve the issue.  If you are not satisfied with the practitioner’s response, please contact the practitioner’s professional association for a confidential discussion. The CCH may become involved in a complaints procedure under the following conditions: (1) at the request of a Member Association of the CCH and (2) at the request of a member of the public and/or other relevant party.

The use of the CCH logo is expressly restricted to member organisations of the CCH according to strict guidelines. Unauthorised use of the CCH logo may be deemed to be misleading or deceptive conduct as described in section 52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974. Should any member of the public or any member of the CCH become aware of improper use of the CCH logo, please contact the CCH immediately so that appropriate action may be taken.

A Special Two-Day Intensive Workshop with Costa Lambrias
Inner Child Therapy

Melbourne: 25th & 26th April 2009 - Perth: 2nd & 3rd May 2009

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 Costa Lambrias
DHyp FIHP FASM MABCH
MCAHyp MHA (Reg Hyp) MAPHP (Acc) DPsD 

 “It is consistently the single most powerful hypnotherapy session for clients. Many are genuinely surprised at how real their inner child is and are very moved by the strength of the inner child’s emotional needs. The consequent changes produced in the client’s self-esteem and the new confident ways in which they now relate to others are nothing short of amazing!”

Costa  Lambrias was at the Mindworx Expo in October 2008 where he presented Inner Child Therapy.

In the wake of the massive devastation and death visited on us all by the Victorian bush fires of February ’09, it is timely to look at the fallout that is sure to come. The sheer scale, intensity and hopelessness of these fires have been described by army officers as worse than any battle zone they have ever been in.

An unfortunate but inevitable result will be the onset of severe high anxiety disorders and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) across a broad section of those directly and indirectly involved.

PTSD is a terrifying and deeply disturbing result of being thrust into life threatening events. The results often last decades without relent. High anxiety levels, uncontrollable anger, depression, nightmares and spontaneous flash backs are all the domain of PTSD and the victim often feels like he or she has just been forgotten because it is difficult for anyone else to understand the hell they live in.

At the Mindworx 2008 National Hypnosis and Counselling Expo 08 we were very fortunate to have a preliminary talk as well as a workshop on Inner Child Work presented by Costa Lambrias from the UK.

I had the chance to attend the talk and interview Anastasia Konis about her experience of the workshop.

Costa began by explaining that the Inner Child work he has developed is usually indicated when a client has chronic self-esteem and confidence problems. These may be specific confidence problems e.g. phobias, public speaking, specific social problems, or they could be general lack of confidence usually as a result of low self-esteem.

His basic tenet is that “We’re all here to have a wonderful experience of life”. He believes something must have happened to change that, and that is why his client is presenting with a problem. As a therapist, he derives a great deal of pleasure in helping people to retain that wonderful experience of life.