Patricia Dorricott is a registered with The National. Hypnotherapy Society 

 Membership number HYP22-00269.

Contact details:

Email:

pdorricott@mindfulhypnotherapy.co.uk

Telephone:

+44 /

07950 696 750

Patricia Dorricott is a UK registered Hypnotherapist.

Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist follows professional codes of conduct that fulfil the membership requirements of UK 

based hypnotherapy associations.

Ethical standards which all registered therapist follow can be found on the following link:

https://nationalhypnotherapysociety.org/about-us/code-of-ethics.

Codes of Ethics:

An overview of the standards for hypnotherapists can be found on the link below.

https://nationalhypnotherapysociety.org/about-us/code-of-ethics

https://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/about-nch/code-of-ethics/

Additionally, Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist strives to:

Best interests of clients

1. Act in your client’s best interests.

2. Treat clients with respect.

3. Respect your client’s autonomy.

4. Not have sexual contact or sexual relationship with clients.

5. Not exploit or abuse your relationship with clients (current or past) for any

purpose including your emotional, sexual, or financial gain.

6. Not harm or collude in the harming of your client or the clients of others.

Professionalism

7. Decline any gifts, favours, money, or hospitality that might be interpreted as

exploitative.

8. Be aware of the power imbalance between the practitioner and client and avoid

dual or multiple relationships which risk confusing an existing relationship and

may impact adversely on a client. If a dual or multiple relationship is unavoidable,

for example in a small community, take responsibility for clarifying and managing

boundaries and protecting confidentiality.

9. Exercise all reasonable care before entering a personal or business relationship

with former clients, considering the time that has elapsed since therapy ended.

Should such a relationship prove to be detrimental to the former client, you may

be called to answer an allegation of misusing your former position.

10. Recognise that your behaviour outside your professional life may influence your

relationship with clients and take responsibility for critically examining these

potential negative or positive effects to the benefit of the client.

Delivery of service

11. Provide service to clients solely in those areas in which they are competent to do

so and for which they carry relevant professional indemnity insurance.

12. Act in a non-biased, non-prejudicial manner towards all clients, providing those

clients with an identical quality of service and treatment irrespective of the many

differences which are to be found between clients, including but not restricted to:

race, gender, sexual orientation, disability etc.

13. Disclose full details of all relevant memberships, training, experience,

qualifications, and appropriate avenues of complaint to clients upon request and

only use those qualifications and memberships to which they have proof of

entitlement.

14. Present all services and products in an unambiguous manner (to include any

limitations and realistic outcomes of treatment) and ensure that the client retains

complete control over the decision to purchase such services or products.

Last amendment date: 29th December 2022

Medical Conditions

A medical questionnaire is conducted at the start of the 1st consultation to establish any

contra-indications to treatment. It is also used to assess whether your health is affecting

(or being affected by) the therapeutic goals you wish to achieve. Please update Patricia

Dorricott Hypnotherapist of any medical changes during your course of therapy,

or if you are returning to therapy after a period of absence.

Written treatment reports

A request for a written report of the treatment given during a course of therapy can be

given on completion. There is an additional cost for this service. Please contact Patricia

Dorricott Hypnotherapist for further details. The report does not in any way

replace a report given by a general practitioner.

Therapy Consultations and Fees

Each consultation lasts for approximately fifty minutes and the fee per session is £70. 

Fees covered by private health insurance are charged at £85 per consultation. Evidence of

payment will be provided to reclaim your costs. Some concessionary rates can be

offered for those on means tested benefit , low income and state pension only. 

Please contact Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist for further details. Evidence must be given in all cases at the time of

 booking (no concessions will be accepted during or at the end of a consultation). 

For home visits, an additional travelling fee is charged depending on location. Please contact Patricia Dorricott 

Hypnotherapist for further additional costs. A formal receipt for payment is available on request.

A free, brief initial consultation lasting approximately 30 minutes can be given for those

who wish to meet Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist prior to booking a paid

consultation. No therapy is given during that session.

Consultation fee changes

The consultation fees are subject to reviews usually on an annual basis from 1st June

2024. Notice will always be given of any price increases when you are in a course of

therapy.

Payment

A deposit (£20) for the first consultation is required after any initial enquiries and a

provisional appointment has been given. A deposit can be made via the “Fees” or

“Contact details” page using the PayPal Invoicing link, or details can be taken over the

telephone. The appointment will then be confirmed. The balance for the cost of the

consultation is required at the end of the session in cash or by internet payment.

A deposit is required to confirm each follow-up consultation with the balance payable at

the end of the consultation. A full advance payment will be accepted for a consultation.

Presently, cash debit or credit cards can be accepted for deposit payment at the

consultation practice.

Cancellation

If you wish to change, postpone or cancel an appointment, 24 hours notice must be

given, or the cost of the full session is payable. Please contact Patricia Dorricott

Hypnotherapist by phone to make your cancellation. This minimum period of

cancellation allows Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist the opportunity to offer the

cancelled session to another client.

If you wish to discontinue your course of therapy, you do not have to give a reason.

There can be external circumstances that make attendance difficult, but it is helpful if

you can discuss these changes so that when you wish to resume therapy, these

changes can be taken into account.

Following your last appointment, your rights of confidentiality are permanent. Client

records are destroyed after 10 years.

I have Patricia Dorricott have the right to terminate our therapeutic relationship and refer you other specialists if I 

consider your case is outside my area of expertise.

Refund of unused deposits, full payment fees & “gift payments”

Any deposits, full payment fees or gift payments (treatment fees paid for another

person) expire 3 months after the date of payment. Please ensure that the fees are

used for treatment within this period.

Refund requests should be made by email within the 3 month period following payment.

Since 5th December 2022, refunds paid with your credit card through PayPal (my

standard payment method) are now returned minus PayPal transaction fees. 

The transaction fee is approximately 3.4% plus £0.30 of the original sum paid. For example:

£30 deposit: Transaction fee £1.22, amount refunded £28.78

£40 balance: Transaction fee £1.46, amount refunded £38.54

£70 full payment: Transaction fee £2.33, amount refunded £67.67

Treatment fees paid by bank transfer or in cash can be refunded without a transaction

fee. Please submit a refund request by email including your bank transfer details within

3 months.

Contact between sessions

Contact between our sessions will be limited to telephone or email during office hours

(9am – 6pm). To arrange a client call back please email or text with your suggested

time.

Voice recordings

For optimum success the client agrees to make reasonable use of therapeutic

suggestions between sessions including listening to voice recordings/mp3s and use

reasonable efforts to adopt mutually agreed therapeutic suggestions or actions (e.g.

nutritional and behavioural suggestions for wellness).

Hypnotherapy voice recordings, Cds /mp3s should never be listened to while driving or

operating heavy machinery.

Sessional Practices

Face to face consultations will take place at  Woodside Village Community Centre, Bradford West Yorkshire. Therapy may  

 be conducted at the client’s home address in special circumstances.

Special circumstances may include travel to client’s home address within the county of

West Yorkshire where it is deemed appropriate by the therapist. If this is something you

would like to be considered for, please discuss this with Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist. 

Online therapy (remote link) includes using any form of electronic or

digital communication media and software application that is not face-to-face e.g.

Skype, FaceTime, WhatsApp, telephone, email and text etc. It can be in the form of

video, audio, or electronic mail/text. It is sometimes called e-therapy. Where online

therapy is to be used a link will be sent at the point of the appointment been made.

Punctuality

If you are running late or anticipate running late for your appointment, please leave a

message (calls are not answered whilst working with a client) or send a text to the

mobile phone. Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist will pick up this

message when next available. Whilst Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist will aim

to accommodate “lost time”, please understand that the booking schedule may not

always make this possible. The session may have to finish at the original finishing time.

Confidentiality

Any information collected from you as a client or potential client, including your contact

details will be held in the strictest confidence. Your privacy will be respected. The details

that you disclose are used solely for the purpose of providing you, the client, with the

highest levels of service. No information will be passed on to any external parties

without your express permission. Where express permission is given to share

information with an external party, Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist will only

supply client-approved information that Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist

believes is in the best interests of the client.

If it is necessary for Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist to contact you she will use

your preferred method e.g. mobile phone. If she needs to contact you at home or at

work to change an appointment, she will leave her name, number, and state that the

nature of his call is personal. If there is an emergency and Patricia Dorricott

Hypnotherapist needs to cancel the appointment at short notice, she will state this in her

message. During your treatment period, please ensure that she has your up-to-date

contact details. Please discuss these terms with Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist if these arrangements are unsuitable.

Exceptional circumstances of confidentiality include where there is a criminal or civil

court case where a court order has demanded disclosure, and where there is good

cause to believe that failing to disclose information would cause danger or harm to the

client or others. Adult Safeguarding and Child Protection Issues falls into this category.

Confidentiality and Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

The sharing of anonymous case histories is sometimes made to supervisors and peer-

support groups as part of CPD requirements. No personal details are ever used during

these meetings.

Audio recordings of consultations are sometimes used as part of the supervision

process between me and my supervisor. The recordings are only ever used for

reference in Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist presence. The first name may be

referred to during that meeting, but all recordings are destroyed after the supervision

meeting is completed. As a client you may be asked if you wish to be involved in that

process in your next consultation, but you are not obliged to agree. If you have agreed

and then decide to withdraw your consent, your decision will be respected. Your therapy

will not be affected.

Standards of Behaviour

During the course of any therapy, Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist will treat you with respect and not abuse the trust

 that you put in her. In return, you will undertake to not harm yourself. You will respect any person at the therapy 

practice, including him and her property. You agree to not come to the sessions under the influence of alcohol or 

recreational drugs, except those prescribed by your doctor. If any conduct that contravenes these standards of 

behaviour, she reserves the right to cancel the session and any further therapy sessions.

Cures

A well-motivated client is very likely to achieve realistic goals. However, it is unethical to

guarantee a cure. The control of thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and behaviours always

reside within the client. No patient is “made” to do anything against their will using

hypnosis. Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist guarantees to apply her training,

expertise, and experience to your issues with the aim of achieving agreed goals in as

reasonable time as possible. Estimates of the number of sessions required to treat a

condition given at the enquiry stage or during the first consultation, are given on the

basis of the information presented at that time. Estimates are also made on the basis of treatment being given to previous patients with differing case histories. Hence each

patient and the causes of their condition are unique. Estimates are only rough

guidelines and are subject to change.

Disclaimer

This website is provided for information only and is not intended to replace a

consultation with your GP or other health care professional. The information on this

website should not be considered as medical advice. If you have any doubts or

concerns about your health, you should seek advice from a medical doctor.

Liability

Under no circumstances will Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist be liable for any

damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive,

consequential, or other damages (including without limitation lost profits, lost revenues,

or similar economic loss), whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising out of the use

or inability to use the materials available in this site or any linked site, even if she is

advised of the possibility thereof, nor for any claim by a third party. Any material printed

from this site is covered by these terms and conditions.

Privacy Policy

Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist policy is to respect and protect the privacy of

visitors to the website. This policy statement tells you how she collects information from

you and how she uses it. It will assist you in making informed decisions when using this

site.

The data that is collected

Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist does request personal information such as

your name, email address, postal address, etc which you can choose to provide when

you request further information from this website. She needs to collect this information

to help him personalise and deliver relevant product/service information that you have

requested. You are under no obligation to provide any personal data if you so wish.

Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist also uses personal information for purposes of

administering and expanding his business activities, providing customer service, and

making available other products and services to his customers and prospective

customers. Occasionally, she may also use the information she collects to notify you about important changes to her 

website, new services, and special offers that she thinks

you will find valuable. No data is ever passed onto any external parties.

Use of IP Address

An IP address is a number that’s automatically assigned to your computer whenever

you’re surfing the web. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP

address. IP addresses are only collected to analyse and audit the use of this site.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to an individual’s hard drive

for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make web-surfing easier for you by saving your

preferences while you’re at this site. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and

you will find them being used at most major web sites. The majority of browsers are

initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or

indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Disclosure

Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist will never publish, give, sell or rent your

information to anyone. However, she reserves the right to disclose user information in

special cases when she has reason to believe that disclosing this information is

necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be

causing injury to, or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) his rights or

his property, other users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such

activities. Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist also reserve the right to disclose

user information when she believes, in good faith, that the law requires it.

Links to other sites (public areas)

When you are browsing this website, you could be directed to other sites that are

beyond Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist control. There are links to other sites

from these website pages that take you outside of her service. These other sites may

send their own cookies, collect their own data or solicit personal information. The

privacy policies of these other sites may significantly differ from that of Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist. She is not 

responsible for the privacy practices of any other sites and cannot guarantee the security of any of your personal 

information collected there.

Security

Protecting the security of all personally identifiable information associated with

prospective clients or clients is of the utmost importance to Patricia Dorricott

Hypnotherapist. Once she receives your transmission of any data, she will take

reasonable precautions to ensure its security on his system. Unfortunately, no data

transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while

she takes all reasonable steps to ensure the security of users’ personal information and

maintain their privacy, she cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information

you disclose or transmit to her online and cannot be responsible for the theft,

destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of such personal information.

Privacy Policy for Minors

Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist does not knowingly collect information from

children. If you are under 13, please do not provide any personal information to her. Ask

your parents or legal guardian to visit this website and enquire on your behalf.

Access to your own data

To be given a copy of your own personal data that Patricia Dorricott Hypnotherapist collects online and maintain in her 

database, and to contest and correct inaccuracies, or request that your personal data be deleted, please send an e-mail 

and she will aim to follow your request.

Your acceptance of the terms in this Privacy Policy

By using this site, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree

to this policy, please do not use this site. The terms of this Privacy Policy may change

from time to time without prior notice to you, so please check this page periodically for

any changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to these

terms will mean you accept those changes.

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