Benefits of Membership
The European Society of Hypnosis in Psychotherapy and Medicine (ESH) was established in 1976 when a group of European professionals proposed the setting up of a European section of the International Society of Hypnosis (ISH). The first Congress took place in Malmo, Sweden in 1978. Since then, the Society has expanded more than threefold and to this day, eleven more triennial Congresses have been held.
The founding group included: Barolin, Finer, Gheorghiu, Langen (1st President), Leuner, Pajntar, Wallnofer and the true spirit of ESH until this day, Per Olaf Wikstrom! The close connection to ISH has remained; some members serve on the Board of Directors of both Societies.
ESH’s ever increasing Membership now has 32 Constituent (Member) Societies spread throughout Europe with over 14,000 Clinicians and Scientists, dedicated to promoting the use of hypnosis at the highest professional level in their field.
You are warmly invited to surf our website, learn about activities, find links to the Constituent Societies and find information about the Central Office.
- ESH is dedicated to promoting and maintaining the highest professional standards in the practice of hypnosis for clinical or experimental purposes, and in the dissemination of information concerning hypnosis.
- Membership in ESH means belonging to the only European hypnosis society subscribing to strict professional standards in the practice, training and research in the field of hypnosis.
- Membership in ESH provides strong evidence of professionalism to National Governments and Institutions, especially in Countries where a legal basis for clinical hypnosis is still developing.
- Membership in ESH provides Member Societies with the opportunity to mold the future of hypnosis in Europe by an intensive exchange of information and entitlement to send delegates to the Council of Representatives of ESH, the legislative body of ESH.
- ESH Member Societies are obliged to continuously work on professional improvements with regard to training standards and quality.
- ESH Member Societies are obliged to provide the best possible training for hypnosis trainers.
- ESH Member Societies are obliged to disseminate information sent by ESH to their individual Members. All individual Members of the Member Society are automatically individual Members of ESH.
- Individual Members of the Member Societies are eligible to apply for a European Certificate of Hypnosis (ECH).
- Individual Members of Member Societies are eligible for reduced rate subscriptions to the ‘Contemporary Hypnosis’ Journal – the official Journal of ESH.
Membership Documents
Our application forms are available to download:
- Society application form for ESH Membership
Download Word Document - Individual application form for ESH Membership (for those living in countries with no national ESH Constituent Society)
Download Word Document
Society Documents
Please read these documents for further information:
