Rapid Transformational Therapy® (RTT)

Rapid Transformational Therapy® is a hybrid therapeutic method developed by Marisa Peer, a British hypnotherapist who spent more than 30 years working with private clients before codifying her approach. The RTT Training School was formally established in 2015. The method combines hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, NLP, CBT, and neuroplasticity principles into a structured session format aimed at resolving the root cause of a presenting issue, typically in one to three sessions.

RTT is a therapy certification, not a coaching credential. Graduates are trained as hypnotherapists and RTT therapists, not coaches in the professional sense defined by bodies like the ICF, EMCC, or AC. The method is directive and therapeutic, working at the level of subconscious belief and early-life experience, a different scope of practice from professional coaching, which is forward-focused and non-directive.

No. RTT is not accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), EMCC, or AC, and does not apply for their accreditation. Instead, RTT holds recognition from therapy and hypnotherapy bodies, including the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR), the International Association of Counsellors and Therapists (IACT), the International Hypnosis Federation (IHF), and the Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists (ACCPH), among others.

RTT is recognised by a range of therapy and hypnotherapy associations globally, including the GHR, IACT, IICT, IHF, ACCPH, International Coaches Register (ICR), and International Hypnosis Association (IHA), with some region-specific bodies for Australia and New Zealand. These are complementary therapy and hypnotherapy registers, not coaching accrediting bodies.

The Live Online program delivers 300+ hours of e-learning plus four days of live virtual training, with a minimum six-month completion timeline. Graduates receive Certified Hypnotherapist and RTT Practitioner designations. The Live In-Person program adds a five-day immersive event led by Dr. Sian Peer in major cities; graduates receive Certified Hypnotherapist and RTT Therapist designations, the higher of the two titles.

No prior therapy or healthcare experience is required. RTT markets to career changers as well as existing practitioners looking to add a new modality. The school's own data suggests roughly half of graduates had no prior therapy training before enrolling. The program includes foundational hypnotherapy theory alongside the RTT-specific methodology.

The online program can be completed in a minimum of six months, with school support available for ten months. The live in-person intensive adds a five-day event to the online curriculum. Both pathways are self-paced in their online components, so actual completion time varies by student.

'I Am Enough' is Marisa Peer's core therapeutic thesis: that most psychological suffering, including low confidence, disordered eating, relationship problems, and fear of failure, traces back to a deep-seated belief that the self is fundamentally not enough. This belief, Peer argues, is typically formed in early childhood. RTT's regression and reframing techniques are designed to locate and dissolve this belief at the subconscious level, replacing it with a stable sense of self-worth.

The RTT method is designed to produce significant change in one to three sessions per presenting issue. This stands in explicit contrast to long-form talk therapies, and the speed of results is central to RTT's positioning. However, individual outcomes vary, and some clients work with practitioners over longer periods or address multiple distinct issues across separate engagements.

RTT is best suited to people wanting to resolve a specific psychological pattern such as chronic anxiety, phobias, compulsive behaviour, or entrenched low self-worth, using hypnotherapy-based techniques. It is less appropriate for clients primarily seeking accountability, career strategy, leadership development, or forward-focused goal work. For those objectives, a coach credentialed by an ICF- or EMCC-accredited programme is likely more directly relevant. Some practitioners hold both RTT certification and coaching credentials, which broadens their scope.

Start by clarifying whether the work you need is therapeutic or coaching in nature. RTT is a therapeutic modality, not a coaching service, appropriate for resolving specific psychological patterns such as anxiety, phobias, compulsive behaviour, or persistent low self-worth using hypnotic techniques. If you primarily need accountability, goal-setting support, career strategy, or leadership development, a professionally credentialed coach through the ICF or EMCC is more directly relevant. If RTT is the right fit, ask: How many client sessions have you completed since certification, and what presenting issues do you work with most? Do you hold any supervised clinical qualifications beyond RTT? How do you handle situations where a client's needs exceed your scope? Do you refer on, and to whom? RTT practitioners are not licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, or psychotherapists unless they hold separate clinical credentials, and RTT should not be used as a substitute for licensed mental health care when that is what is needed.