As with any skill, we go through 3 different phases before mastering the art of hypnotherapy,
- Conscious incompetence
- Conscious competence
- Unconscious competence
Another way to look at it, is through the following progression,
- Learning it
- Practising it
- Teaching it
The transition from 1) to 2) typically involves lots of studying, while the transition from 2) to 3) is about lots of repetition.