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American Hypnosis Society (AHS) existed from 1965 until 2001 for the purpose of educating interested individuals and mental health professionals in the proper practice of hypnosis. The Society’s stated objective was “..to advance understand of, and research into, the beneficial use of properly practiced hypnotherapy and to dispel myths regarding its possible misuses.”〔AHS Membership Guide, Rev. 1994〕 The Society was founded by New York City-based psychiatrist Michael Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., whose practice was focused on the treatment of aberrant behavior, and the reintegration of social outcast with their community. Using a local training methodology, matching students with experienced instructors on a one-on-one basis. This, coupled with quarterly classroom based training, allowed Society members to learn hypnosis through personal interaction with subjects and knowledgeable professionals. The Society offered certification and training recognizing successful students as hypnotists after 200 hours of training and examination and as hypnotherapists after 800 hours of training and 120 hours of supervised client interaction (which time could be accounted against the 800 hours of training). Related class work from a properly accredited institution, such as a college, could be used to offset up to 500 hours of the required class material, if approved by the accreditation panel, but only actual client interaction by a previously certified hypnotherapist could be used for the 120-hour client requirement.〔Certification Requirements, American Hypnosis Society, As Published 1992, pp3-5〕 Submission to examinations and demonstrations of accumulated knowledge were required by students at regular intervals during the education process. At its apex, the Society had a membership consisting of over 750 hypnotherapists and mental health professionals, most on the Eastern half of the United States and Canada.〔American Hypnosis Society, Report to the Membership, June 1998〕 The Society was eventually disbanded when, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, Secretary Edward J. Herman announced that the Board had discovered that the Treasurer, Patricia O’Neal had embezzled the majority of the Society’s operating capital in the eighteen (18) months after Dr. Goldstein’s death in 1999.〔American Hypnosis Society, Report to the Membership, May 2001〕 Since the dissolution of the Society, the majority of its former members have migrated to the Society or Psychological Hypnosis (division 30 of the American Hypnosis Society),〔http://psychologicalhypnosis.com/〕 the National Guild of Hypnotists,〔http://ngh.net/〕 or to Dr. Milton Erickson's American Society of Clinical Hypnosis 〔http://www.asch.net/〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Hypnosis Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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