I once had to give a witness statement to the police (not this country) about a 'therapist' who had come to my house for the purposes of treating me with hypno-therapy (he had excellent credentials - or so I was led to believe!). He came to my house as he was mobile and did not have a clinic base. His catchment was huge, and he also worked almost exclusively with teenagers, aged 12 - 16 - he saw me as he had been recommended by a friend, and he was based a few blocks from my home.
He arrived for the treatment. Suggested that I would be more comfortable reclining on the sofa, and he chose the chair at the end, where my feet were. He was to treat me for anxiety, which was manifesting in a variety of ways. The treatment started and I was soon very relaxed, totally aware of my surroundings and didn't want to move a muscle. (I was already au fait with the therapy having had it before). However, I was aware that he had moved out of his chair, and then totally aware when my skirt was lifted and he put his hand on my thigh, and started 'massaging' towards my groin. At this point I was wide awake - coughed loudly and started 'stirring'. He sat down immediately. I then sat up and sat that I didn't think I was a good subject, as I wasn't 'getting it'. He said he understood and said there would be no charge (I wouldn't have parted with a cent anyway!) and he left. I started doing a bit of investigating, as I knew he had treated a couple of neighbourhood children - I spoke to the parents - each said that the kids didn't want to see him after the first session...... The outcome was, that he was NOT a trained hypno-therapist. He worked part time doing something completely unrelated. He was a soccer coach for a number of local junior teams, and advertised his 'therapy' to the parents as a way of helping the children improve their abilities.
Suffice to say, a few months later I was asked to give a statement to the local police, and he was taken to court by a number of people, who had found out that he had been interfereing with their children. His 'credentials' were false and he did not have any diplomas or insurance. He had also treated the secretary at a local school - she had thought that the thigh massage was a necessary part of the treatment, but only saw him once as she was freaked out by him.
I would be very dubious about seeing someone who told me they did hypno-massage. Both therapies, as 'stand alones' have profoundly relaxing benefits - why merge them?