To promote and engage in education and research in the discipline of hypnosis. Members are typically psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals.
Members must be professionals in their own right (e.g., psychologists, doctors, dentists) and their use of hypnosis must adhere to the standards demanded by their own profession. Members must only use hypnosis for purposes which they are professionally qualified. Members must not support the practice or teaching of hypnosis to those who are eligible for ISH membership.