- General
Hypnotherapy Standards Council (UK) - representing more than 60 organisations
throughout Europe
- National
Guild of Hypnotherapists (USA)
- American
Council of Hypnotist Examiners (USA)
- International
Society for Professional Hypnosis) (USA)
- American
Institute of Hypnotherapy (USA)
- American
Board of Hypnotherapy (USA)
- Irish
Hypnotherapy Examiner’s Board( Ireland)
- Hypnotherapy-Psychotherapy
Register (Ireland)
- European
Therapy Studies Institute (Europe)
The Institute
The
Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy was established by Dr.
Keaney in 1990, to fill the evident need for comprehensive, contempory and
structured training of Hypnotherapy.
The original Diploma course in clinical hypnotherapy has now been
extended to include a Foundation course in Hypnotherapy-psychotherapy, a
Diploma course in hypnotherapy-psychotherapy and an Advanced Diploma in
Hypnotherapy-psychotherapy. As will be
seen in this website these different courses fill different needs.
The
training programmes of the ICHP cover two fundamental aspects of hypnotherapy,
namely Suggestion Therapy and Analytical Therapy. Although the foundation of the training is in
Hypno/Psychotherapy, Analysis and Hypnotherapy which enables specialisation in
Hypnoanalytical Psychotherapy, the course encapsulates an eclectic mix of
therapeutic and psychotherapeutic modalities including Ericksonian
hypnotherapy, NLP, Parts Therapy, Past Life Regression, Visualisations,
Transpersonal work, Gestalt, Inner Child work and, etc.
Since its
birth in 1990 the ICHP has grown considerably and now has hundreds of ICHP
graduates working in successful private practices in many countries. The ICHP has developed international mirror
organisations, namely, ICHP Australia, ICHP Sweden, ICHP Germany,
ICHP UK & etc, but this is just
the beginning ...
The Institute is affiliated with, and our
trainings accredited internationally to, the demanding standards of the
National Council of Hypnotherapy N.C.H.(UK) and the United Kingdom
Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO). Currently the Institute is in the process of
establishing degree and post-graduate level master’s degree qualifications in
hypno-psychotherapy. Already the
Institute runs post-graduate workshops routinely throughout the calendar year.
Taking all the training courses, workshops,
master classes and presentations by overseas speakers, the Institute is
probably the single largest provide of vocational training in
Hypnotherapy-psychotherapy in the world.
Without a doubt your qualifications will receive recognition no matter
where in the world you may choose to practice.
Meet the ICHP Founder
Born in Cork, Ireland, Dr Keaney holds a
Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Hypnotherapy from the American Institute of
Hypnotherapy (AIH). He completed
his Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy through AIH. He is Director of the Irish Hypnotherapy Examiners Board and
Course Director of the Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy
and administrator of the post-graduate programme.
Dr Keaney is also a member in good standing of
many professional hypnotherapy / psychotherapy associations in the US, UK and
Europe. In his private practice in Cork
City, Dr. Keaney works as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Trainer, and also
lectures in hypnotherapy and
Psychotherapy in the ICHP Advanced Diploma Programme in Griffith College
Dublin, the Marino Institute of Education Dublin, and Therapy House in Cork
City. He has over twenty years of
practical experience in hypnosis with over 40,000 clinical inductions
completed. He is also a Founding Member
of UKCHO United Kingdom Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations.

Dr Joe E. Keaney
Ph.D, D.Clin.Hyp., D.Psych., BA.