At 52 i had many positive past experiences myself with EMDR & hypnosis that changed my life when faced with absolute adversity, and when every other medical intervention had failed. I am thus a passionate, dedicated, warm & friendly, empathetic real life role model providing tangible testament to the true power of EMDR as a treatment for psychological trauma and anxiety & Hypnotherapy as a complimentary effective clinical therapy.

Following a severe sustained child hood trauma I manifested an intolerable fear of heights and a severe binge eating disorder which led to anxiety, obesity, unhappiness and an overwhelming sense of a lack of self-worth. As a result as an adult I strived to be a perfectionist to compensate for the hurt and angry perception of myself in childhood, almost working myself to death in order to succeed in a revered highly successful award winning business career. That only ended in a severe episode of personal and work related stress, which resulted in severe anxiety and depression. I was subsequently diagnosed with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Complex PTSD) and underwent extensive counselling and therapy.

After a few months of seeing no progress I turned to hypnosis at my lowest point when all else had failed. I was astounded at the immediate, powerful and highly effective results. I was firstly cured of my fear of heights, completely – tried and tested! At a further session I was then able to immediately alleviate all the psychological problems associated with the severe stress and anxiety I was experiencing – in just one session! That same day I reverted back to being the person I always was, strong, confident, wonderful and happy, leading a stress and anxiety free life.

I went on through EMDR to successfully tackle the difficult underlying diagnosis of PTSD, and in the period after, I instead experienced what is termed Post Traumatic ‘Growth’. After facing and overcoming so much adversity I realised I had the ability to help others address their own fears surrounding stress, anxiety and PTSD, including Armed Forces veterans of which I am one, and sports enthusiasts (with 3 out of 4 gym users experiencing mental health issues). The 1MIND organisation I have established is proud to help ex serviceman and women suffering from PTSD in our work supporting the Royal British Legion, and adult survivors of Child Abuse and rape victims in support of the National Survivors Trust, working to tackle the growing issues of Mental Health – at 1MIND a real difference is being made to peoples lives daily. So please reach out to see how we can truly help you, you are no longer alone – like I was once. Highly effective specialist treatment is now available. all you need to do is call to find out how we can help.

And so I went on to study EMDR & Hypnosis professionally whilst also studying CBT and Aschema techniques, Stress & Anxiety, Anger Management, Relationships, Assertiveness and Mindfulness. My most profound epiphany came when I was practising self hypnosis. Still suffering from binge eating and being heavily over weight I decided to carry out on myself the pinnacle of techniques – Hypnotic Gastric Band Surgery. I emerged free from my addiction to food instantly! With my mind convinced my stomach had shrank to the size of a golf ball I was only able to eat very small nutritious meals and felt full much quicker.  No diet had ever made me feel satisfied in this way. Finally the pounds then literally dropped off weekly before my eyes, and I lost over 3 stone in 3 months whilst maintaining a healthy weight.

The results were so incredible I decided to specialise in this field whilst still providing other hypnotherapy services covering a wide and diverse subject range.