Integrative Hypnotherapist, IFS Practitioner & Internal (IFS) Constellations Facilitator
Since 2009 I’ve been working with adults and teenagers to help increase their self-confidence, health and happiness.
I’m passionate about the benefits of self discovery to improve quality of life and well-being.
I originally trained in NLP and then in Hypnotherapy – the latter with one of the world’s foremost clinical experts, Dr John Butler of the Hypnotherapy Training Institute of Great Britain.
Since then I have continued to study and add a wide range of creative or trance-based modalities, all of which allow the client to get out of their thinking mind and into the subconscious/body, which is where emotions are held and can be relieved.
In particular I now use my further training in Internal Family Systems Therapy to underpin the many therapeutic modalities I’ve integrated in my work, as best suits the individual.
IFS is evidence-based, the fastest-growing therapy in the USA and ‘the gold standard of trauma therapy’ according to trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk.
My training includes:
- Clinical Hypnotherapy
- Transactional Analysis
- Gestalt Expressive Arts Therapy
- Neuro Linguistic Programming
- Focussing
- Inner Child Dialogue
- Life Coaching
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Identity Oriented PsychoTramatology (IoPT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
My work constantly shows that early attachment issues – e.g. early hospitalisation, anxious or depressed parents, traumatic birth – lay the foundation for all later emotional connections, with our self and others. This developmental trauma creates fundamental subconscious beliefs such as “I’m not good enough” or “I’m not safe”. These undermine the body’s ability to regulate itself, resulting in both physical and emotional problems.
In my previous career, I spent 20 years managing events arts and charity events, including time at English National Opera, the BBC, the Princes Trust and HM Prison Service. I’ve also toured the UK as a jazz singer and launched two albums live on BBC Radio 3.
