About Me
I completed my professional training at the London College of Clinical Hypnosis and was also awarded certification by the US based HypnoBirthing Institute. I am accredited by the British Board of Medical Hypnosis and am an Associate Member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis. I am also a registered practitioner with the National Health Service. More recently, I have trained as a life coach and an EFT practitioner and use the latter technique extensively with clients.
Apart from my therapy practice, I also lecture in a number of subjects including Economics, PR, Marketing and Group Dynamics. I presently lecture at Greenwich School of Management and Queen Mary College, London University.
In my spare time I take a keen interest in virtually everything to do with human existence, and in particular on psychology and the human potential movement, art, history and current affairs, music, football and various forms of dance including street locking/popping and hip hop.
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Like so many of us, I went through a prolonged period of great stress. This led me to seek the help of a hypnotherapist, who really helped me turn my life around. What I found particularly inspiring about her was the integrity and commitment she brought to our work together and in particular the very obvious sense that she really did care about me and would do her best to help me. There was at no time a sense that I was just another client on a conveyor belt, receiving a pre-written script of the kind that many practitioners routinely use.
I have always aimed to offer my clients that same level of commitment, whether I am seeing them for just one session, or many, when more complicated work is being done.
I think that the mark of a good therapist is to have the humility to realise that the therapist is merely a facilitator and that you the client hold all the power you will ever require to be happy and overcome any challenges. All you need is to be open to discovering your own potential.
When I work I am careful to adapt my style and approach to the needs of the individual. Some people need to explore and understand the past in order to move forward others are not really interested in their past. Some respond well to NLP or similar tools others need more cathartic, thorough work, such as regression techniques. I always strive to find the perfect approach to suit the person.
My personal style is open and informal - contrary to orthodox thought, I have always found formality to be a hindrance when helping people. We live in a world which can seem extremely cold and uncaring, and this can be very damaging for our self-esteem and potential for intimacy. A good therapist should provide an antidote to that, not reinforce it!
I prefer to offer sessions of 1.5 hrs rather than the more normal 1 hour, as I find that that extra time to talk really makes an enormous difference. Firstly, I get to understand you at a much deeper level, which is obviously important for making the therapy more suitable to your needs. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, you get a chance to relax and feel more comfortable and the more comfortable with me you feel, the more effective our time together will be. Hypnosis can be defined as relaxed focus, so you really cant be too relaxed.
I will work with you on anything that is important to you whether that is stopping smoking, or wanting to change your whole life. If you come with any particular problem I will encourage you to see how you can make the relevant adjustments in other areas of your life, so that any improvements we make together can really be ones that last. This is a much more effective way to work and again is very different to many practitioners.
Hypnotherapy can and should be an enjoyable and rewarding experience something that is life affirming and enhancing. You can use hypnotherapy to achieve virtually anything that you want and more and more of us are discovering how powerful a tool it is. Please call me now to book a free 30 minute consultation, to discuss what you would like to achieve. Thank you for visiting my website and I look forward to speaking to you.