mindful change

...with hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and coaching

about therapy

I use a combination of hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and coaching in my work. These three areas are inter-linked and provide different perspectives for different types of work. All three approaches are 'solution focused' that seek to establish clear goals toward which we will work.

Contemporary Psychotherapy uses a combination of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). This approach draws on your 'unique map' of the world, your values and goals and resources that you need to take you toward your goal and enrich your life. The work can be brief, focusing on a particular issue, or a much longer journey of self-discovery and integration.

I am a Psychotherapist in Training with the BeeLeaf Institute for Contemporary Psychology, and working toward certification by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).

Ericksonian Hypnotherapy is a specific technique that uses a deeply relaxed state in which your subconscious mind can be guided and focused on different (more helpful) ways of thinking, feeling or behaving. This relaxed state is used to quiet your conscious mind and allow language patterns, stories and metaphor to engage your subconscious mind in the change work. You remain in complete control and are able to respond to the world around you.

about NLP

NLP is a body of information about how our minds work that began in the 1970's and continues to develop through new research. The information was based on observing and 'modelling' the skills of expert therapists; Milton Erickson (father of modern hypnotherapy), Fritz Perls (creator of Gestalt Therapy) and Virginia Satir (mother of modern-day, family therapy). The modelling identified what made these therapists effective and was used to train others in their methods. NLP provides a framework for more effective communication (verbal and non-verbal), behaviour and managing one's internal state.

about coaching

Coaching involves clarifying your personal aims and objectives and working with you to create a path toward these objectives along which you can monitor your own progress. Perhaps you feel ‘stuck’ in some area of your life (e.g. professional, sport or relationships) and want to explore ways in which you can move-on toward new horizons?