How To become A Clinical Hypnotherapist / Hypnotist?
If you are looking for a lucrative career, in the field of parapsychology then you can consider becoming a hypnotherapist or a hypnotist. Hypnotherapy is used in a wide range of situations including drug addiction treatment, healing emotional wounds, fighting stage fear or any other form of phobia and more.
You can find number of online courses in hypnotism. You can also find online video training on hypnotism. However if you want to venture into hypnotherapy as you main stream career, you need to be licensed to operate as a hypnotherapist. In such cases, you need to look for good schools that are accredited to certify you as a hypnotherapist. Evaluate your hypnotherapy schools with care so that you will be able to get valid certifications.

One of the best places to start your search for hypnotherapy training is Hypnosis Motivation Institute. This institute has been offering the best training programs for over 40 years. Hypnosis Motivation Institute is the first America’s nationally accredited college of hypnotherapy.

Another best place to look for your hypnotherapy certification is NBCCH, Inc. or National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists. NBCCH was instituted in 1991. To take part in the certification programs offered by NBCCH you should have at least basic graduate level degree from your regionally accredited educational institution. To get your certification from NBCCH you will have to have a minimum of 60 contact hours in real classroom instruction. Added to that you should have taken a minimum of 18 hours of hypnosis courses. This will include in-class supervised practice. You can apply for your board eligible status in hypnotherapy once you have acquired 30 hours of clinical hypnotherapy training plus all the requirements stated above.

You can get your diploma in clinical hypnotherapy and fellow certification from NBCCH. NBCCH offers six certification categories: (taken from http://www.natboard.com/index_files/Page358.htm). 
Six certification categories are provided:
1) National Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (NBCCH).
2) National Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist in Public Service (NBCCH-PS).
3) National Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Hypnotherapy (NBCDCH).
4) National Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Hypnotherapy in Public Service (NBCDCH-PS).
5) National Board Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy (NBCFCH).
6) National Board Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy in Public Service
(NBCFCH-PS).