About Me

My fascination with psychology, hypnosis, beliefs, human behaviour and what makes people act in the ways that they do, began at the age of fifteen. Long before I ever took the courses to become qualified in the areas that I am now, I studied ardently in the field of personal change.

After being diagnosed with M.E. (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and Fibromyalgia at the age of seventeen, having once being a very promising and talented championship athlete, my life had been a slow decline into worsening health and despair. In my twenties I had four years of counselling, which I’d sought to help support me in living with a chronic illness. I even studied it for a year gaining a certificate, before I began to realise that for me it was akin to placing a sticking plaster over the wounds.

Nothing had been improving in my health, as the symptoms and emotional issues regarding everything in my life were relatively unchanged.  Eventually, my counsellor ended my two years of therapy with her, telling me there was little else she could help me with and that our time together had come to an end.

My health reached its worst point when I became hospitalised and bed-bound for a month with many newer symptoms after which it became necessary for me to re-evaluate my life. I began to immerse myself for many years in personal development CDs, DVDs, tapes, books and then eventually courses and seminars, before embarking on my own studies and personal therapy in NLP, Clinical Hypnotherapy and EFT. This included studying the works of Anthony Robbins, Dr. Richard Bandler, Paul McKenna, Robert Dilts, Dr. Denis Waitley and Dr. Tad James, as well as other leading authors in NLP, Hypnosis, Healing, Health, Spirituality, and The Law of Attraction.

I literally spent thousands of pounds on life changing psychology, with the belief that if I listened to, watched and participated in enough material my life would begin to change for the better. I also entered into therapy with Alex Howard, author of “Why Me?” and Director of The Optimum Health Clinic, Harley Street, London and started to greatly benefit from the therapies of which I’m now qualified in. Although recovery was slow to begin with, as I had been unwell for so long, eventually symptoms faded and I began to recover the health and energy I had been longing for.

As a result I became a student at The Optimum Health Clinic for eighteen months under the tutorage of Alex Howard, Anna Duschinsky and Ashley Meyer. There, I gained my qualifications as a Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and in Clinical Hypnotherapy, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) and Life Coaching. After completing the courses I worked as an Assistant on their “90 Day Programme”, helping clients in their recoveries from M.E. For more information visit www.theoptimumhealthclinic.com.

Whilst in London I furthered my therapy training with Michael Breen, who is well known for his work with Dr. Richard Bandler (the co-founder of NLP) and Paul McKenna (Britain's leading hypnotist). Michael was for many years Paul McKenna's business partner, and has significantly contributed to revolutionising the design and delivery of NLP training in the UK.

I then continued my studies under Karl Dawson, one of only 28 EFT Masters in the world, and am now an EFT (Level 3) Advanced Practitioner. Karl is an expert in treating serious disease with EFT and in releasing negative core beliefs from childhood. He regularly gives seminars internationally alongside other EFT Masters and experts in energy psychology, including Dr Carol Look, who can be found talking in the EFT video which is linked on the EFT and Home Pages. Karl’s website can be found at www.e-f-t.co.uk

So, if you’re open to believing that these therapies have benefited someone with an illness for which there is no known cure, just think of the potential regarding more minor ailments, quitting smoking, conquering fears, phobias and losing weight.

Many therapists in this field market their expertise as “become the person you want to be!” As much as I warm to the positivity and hope that such a claim offers, instead I believe in and prefer the quote, “become the person you truly are”.

I thoroughly enjoy the work that I do, in confidently assisting people make change in their lives, and very much look forward to hearing from you.