About me
Why willpower isn't the answer
The things that stick around longest usually aren't things willpower can touch. You've probably already figured that out. You want to stop smoking, want to stop feeling anxious, want to have confidence. And honestly, if wanting was enough, you'd have sorted it by now. Your conscious mind can want all it likes, but your subconscious is quietly running the whole show, and that's where change actually happens.
How I work
That's what I do. I work with the bit that's actually in charge. Hypnotherapy, BWRT®, and cognitive approaches are just different doors into the same room.
I've spent 25 years watching people walk in convinced they're fundamentally broken, and walk out a few sessions later wondering what took them so long. Phobias can clear in a session or two. Smoking habits can drop away more easily than you ever imagined. And anxiety that's been running your life for so long that you've forgotten what calm and safety actually feels like finally begins to shift and settle.
Some things take longer, especially if there's real trauma in the mix, and I'll never pretend otherwise. But they move.
You're not broken
There's no such thing as normal, and I say that having worked with thousands of people. Everyone who's sat across from me has been some flavour of stuck in their own way. It's not a defect; it happens to us all. But it's more often than not just an old pattern that made sense once and doesn't have to anymore.
I see people in person in Northwich, and online anywhere in the UK. If you want to find out what shifting that pattern could actually feel and look like, get in touch.
I'd love to hear from you for a no-obligation informal chat.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
Diploma in Advanced Hypnotherapy (Peter Delves Associates)
Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Pure Hypno-Analysis (IAPH)
Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Hypno-Analysis (Hypnotherapy Control Board)
Diploma in Hypnotherapy (BSY)
Diploma in Kinesiology (BSY)
Diploma in BWRT (Brainworking Recursive Therapy)
Diploma in Systematic Kinesiology ( Northern School of Kinesiology)
Diploma in Soul Retrieval (AHH)
Diploma Advanced Hypnotherapy Practitioner (IAEBP)
Diploma Thrive Programme
Diploma Brainworking Recursive Therapy level 1&2
A sample of ongoing and advanced training
Diploma Advanced Practitioner Smoking Cessation
Secrets of Successful Hypno-Analysis
Secrets of Successful Free Association
Medical Hypnotherapy
Forensic and Investigative Memory-Enhancing Techniques
Non-verbal communication
Relaxed Childbirth
Sexual Abuse and Sexual Offending
Treating Children
The Thrive Programme
Changing Limiting Beliefs
Mindfulness-based 8-week programme (Breatheworks)
Member organisations
Areas of hypnotherapy I deal with
info Information about health conditions (*)
Hypnotherapy can enhance the well-being of individuals diagnosed with serious medical conditions, but should not take the place of medical treatment and advice. If you have been diagnosed with - or suspect you may have - any of these conditions, please speak to your doctor before starting hypnotherapy.
Fees
£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
All sessions are generally 1 hour in duration. However, I will more often than not extent sessions up to 80 minutes. If a session becomes extended (with your permission) I will NOT charge any additional fee.
Free 30 minute initial consultation (In-person, Skype, Facetime or Phone) fees £65 per 60-80 minute
Fees... £65 per 60-80 minute session.
Smoking cessation (1 session) Fee £130
When I work
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11 a.m - 8 p.m Monday to Friday 10 a.m - 1 p.m Saturday
Further information
As a member of the International Association of Evidence Based Psychotherapy and the British Brainworking Research Society, I am dedicated to the professional and ethical use of Hypnosis and BWRT for the treatment of nervous disorders and emotional problems.