Personal profile
Hindsight is always a valuable tool, and I realise that if I had 'found' clinical hypnotherapy a number of years earlier I would have been in a better position to help my father manage his extreme pain as a sufferer of osteoporosis. However, life gave me another extremely painful nudge in the hypnotherapy direction when I fell downstairs and fractured my spine. Visualisation and relaxation became a way of life during my recovery, providing me with an alternative focus to my pain and resulting in a huge amount of pain relief.
This enforced period off work gave me time to reflect which resulted in my decision to give up a long career in Civil Aviation which started as Cabin Crew (excellent background for helping clients with Aerophobia) and cumulated as a specialist consultant to airports and airlines worldwide on airport systems, to train and practice as a Clinical Hypnotherapist.
I trained as a Clinical Hypnotherapist at The Clifton Practice (CPHT) Bristol, one of the leading Hypnotherapy colleges, which has Direct Claim Status with the NCFE and their advanced courses are all externally verified.
In addition to lecturing at the Clifton Practice on the therapeutic use of specialist techniques for the treatment of Fears, Phobias & PTSD, I am also a trained in Solution Focused Brief Therapy Supervision for Hypnotherapists and supervise other qualified hypnotherapists and students of hypnotherapy.
In 2007, I was approved by the award winning charity Anxiety UK as a volunteer therapist to provide treatment to those clients referred by the charity.
QUALIFICATIONS
• NVQ 1V Hypnotherapy Practitioners Diploma (HPD)
• NVQ IV Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT(Hyp)
• NVQ V Solution Focused Brief Therapy Supervision for Hypnotherapists SFBT (Hyp Sup)
GOVERNING BODY
National Council of Hypnotherapy
REGISTRATION ORGANISATION
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council
PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapists