My Chrysalis experience was very mixed.

Our initial tutor left a lot to be desired. It could be that she was just the wrong tutor for our group, but I think there's more to it than that. At one point she even said, "I'm a counsellor, who uses hypnotherapy on rare occasions." That left more than a few of us thinking, "What are you doing teaching it then?!"

However, I know of a few other classes - and received training from two other tutors - and the standard there was much higher.

The main conclusion that I had when I completed my diploma was that no training course is sufficient to give you everything you need to work as a hypnotherapist. Anyone who thinks it is and who shows no desire to carry on learning and developing as a therapist (not to speak of their own personal development) is really entering the wrong industry.

My recommendations for anyone doing a Chrysalis hypnotherapy course are to learn widely whilst doing the course and to train further on completion of the course.

Other places to learn include:

British Hypnosis Research
Uncommon Forum
Hypnothoughts
Youtube

Other courses to take, or skills to develop could include:

Brief Solution-Focused Therapy
Human Givens
Motivational Interviewing