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 in the country who offer both the NCFE Hynpotherapy Pratitioner's Diploma (HPD) and Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Courses. In addition to the NCFE, the Hypnotherapy Society, the National Council for Hypnotherapy, the National Council of Psychotherapy and the Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy accredits the college.

I am also a volunteer Clinical Hypnotherapist with the National Phobics Society, a member of the NHS Directory of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners and accredited by the National Regulatory Register for Hypnotherapy.

Qualifications:

· DHP – Diploma of Hypnotherapy awarded by The Clifton Practice (CPHT Bristol)
. HPD – Hypnotherapy Practitioners Diploma NVQ IV awarded by NCFE

. CBH - Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy NVQ IV awarded by NCFE
· MNCH (Reg) – Member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy (Registered)
· LAPHP - Licentiate of the Association for Professional Hypnosis & Psychotherapy

In addition I hold certificates in Anatomy and Physiology and Pathology and Disease.

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