Registered with the National Council for Hypnotherapy, and the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapists Organisation, holding a Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma, a Neuro-Linguistic Programming certificate, & the Thought Field Therapy certificate, T.F.T.(Alg). I have a Foundation Skills Certificate in Counselling and CBT and am currently undertaking more advanced training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at the University of East Anglia. I have a fully comprehensive public liability insurance policy with Towergate who specialise in Professional Insurances.
Details of how I can help you are on the Home Page, this page is general background information on myself, my qualifications, and the Industry Standards.
In addition to the very rewarding work I did for the Citizens Advice Bureau as a Generalist Advisor, I have also held a Flying Instructor Rating, and Commercial Pilot's Licence, and taught people to fly light aircraft. My varied background assists me to help you with a variety of problems.
Hypnotherapy is now rightfully taking a more mainstream place in healing, as people are becoming more aware of the beneficial effect it can have on their lives. It is important it continues to develop in a positive way with due regard to the rights of clients, allowing them to trust their hypnotherapist as they would their doctor, with normal medical confidentiality. Momentum is building to enable thorough self-regulation throughout the Complementary Healthcare Industry within the recently established Complementary Healthcare National Council, (CHNC) which will oversee many different therapies. Bodies such as the National Council for Hypnotherapy and UK Confederation of Hypnotherapists Organisation oversee comprehensive training schemes with relevant qualifications, and clients should always feel free to inspect certificates to satisfy themselves on the quality of treatment they will receive.
Combining Neuro-Linguistic Programming with Cognitive Hypnotherapy brings even better results. NLP is the art and science of using language in a positive way to allow the development of a more useful attitude in your life. For instance, if I say to you, 'Don't think of a pink elephant with yellow spots' what did you think of? but I asked you not to! As you have just discovered, the subconscious does not recognise a negative, so when you say to yourself, ' I must not eat that cake' your unconscious only hears 'eat that cake' and so you have to fight yourself, very hard work and often unsuccessful. Learning to think and speak positively has beneficial effects on your life in many ways. This has strong connections too, with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Thought Field Therapy is a way of tapping acupressure points in a specific order to diminish or remove distressing emotions, whilst the memory remains. It can be very quick in it's effect, and you will be taught how to use it at home, to stop or minimise problems, such as cravings, panic attacks or traumatic memories.
Hypnotherapy is a wonderfully relaxing comfortable experience, it changes the brain waves to a low slow form, similar to meditation, quite different to normal sleep, though having similar restorative powers. It allows you to assimilate positive ideas for your well being in such a way that you find yourself accessing resources of your own unconscious mind that up to now, have been hidden from you. It allows you ultimately to take control of both your unconscious and conscious mind and body, to develop your full potential enabling you to feel comfortable and fulfilled in your life using Hypnosis.