02/29/2024
Please, always ensure you do your research.
There is a growing trend of prerecorded "hypnotherapy" sessions advertised on social media for various issues.
While the concept isn't new there are and always have been some issues with this delivery model.
First, hypnotherapy is one on one and interactive. If it isn't, you're just listening to guided meditation with suggestions. Perhaps at best, hypnosis. Sessions with registered hypnotherapists are bespoke, no scripts are read.
Second, a hypnotherapist should be qualified to join an association that requires a criminal background check with a vulnerable sector. While hypnotherapy isn't yet regulated, this should be MANDATORY. There are many associations that are really just clubs for hypnotherapists, the requirements are minimal but they sound impressive. ARCH Canada is the ONLY association with the requirement of a clean criminal background check with a vulnerable sector. Your trusted hypnotherapist could be a convicted criminal.
And finally, and the most disturbing, AI can clone voices, author and generate books, articles and emails, generate photos and names. Using several programs anyone can have AI create a fake person and recorded hypnosis sessions with a theme like weightloss or procrastination, sell the program and email the recordings. The human creator just enters the parameters and the voila, the software does everything.
This isn't a real person and the recordings people receive via email are generated by AI. I've listened to one and it's not obvious but it's awfully written and unlikely to help someone unless they're REALLY suggestible.
I guess my point is, do your research and don't see an unregistered therapist of any kind.
