Accreditation

I was first introduced to and learned these techniques via martial arts. I was taught by Mr. John Van Weenen, who was an 8th Dan Karate master, having travelled and trained at a very high level with world-renowned masters, directly in Japan itself. At the time I met John, he had become involved in helping people in a humanitarian role following on from the devastating situation in Albania, which he went on to expand immensely and was highly regarded for. He was later awarded an MBE by Prince Charles of England. (I later discovered that John had learnt Hypnosis at the Proudfoot School of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy).
 

Certified Diploma in Counseling Skills  (Cambridge Regional College)

This course was helpful in understanding the standard framework for Counseling Skills, as viewed through the eyes of the conventional application of helping people with early signs of psychological issues.
 

I was taught the skills of Hypnosis and then further the application of hypnosis in Hypnotherapy by Wilfred Proudfoot. Wilf was a great man who came from a relatively poor family, was involved in retail, radio, served in the English Royal Air Force and even had a few spells in British politics. By the time that I had the pleasure to find him, his main love and focus were teaching hypnosis and hypnotherapy. Wilf had learned hypnosis directly from Gil Boyne in America, who was himself a famed pioneer in modern hypnotherapy, blending Eriksonian hypnosis and Gestalt therapy. Indeed it showed as Wilf was a true master in these skills, and I am very proud to have been taught by him.
 

Ironically, following on from my particular interest in the concept of Analytical Hypnotherapy, where client and therapist would dive deep into the ‘nitty-gritty’ of the issues, I was then later introduced to a brand new therapeutic concept that claimed fast and successful results, without the need for extensive analysis of the cause. I personally found that these techniques were a great addition to my existing knowledge and toolbox and integrated them into my work. Again, I learned from a very high level, including from the actual originator of Thought Filed Therapy, Dr. Roger Callahan himself. In 2004, I initialised the setting up of the ‘Emergency Trauma Treatment and Counselling Centre’ where I used Thought Field Therapy to treat people involved in the December 26th Tsunami in Thailand. You can see a short article that I wrote for a newspaper by clicking here.

Certified Life Coach  (Robbins-Madanes)  

Over the years, the concepts of personal development and associated non-conventional therapies have been rolled into the term ‘Life Coaching’. In more recent times it is impossible to know of the concept of Life Coaching without knowing of Anthony Robbins. Like myself, Tony got involved in this field from a fairly young age. He, in fact, devoted his life to studying the differences in people and although his original mentor was the personal development motivational speaker Jim Rohn, Tony’s main methodologies actually stem from Eriksonian Hypnosis, NLP, and Strategic Family Therapy. It was through his partnering up with famous family therapist Cloe Madanes which led them to develop what they termed ‘Strategic Intervention’. Not wanting to change my educational habits, I opted to update my previous skills by learning from the best that I could find, and so I chose to learn the latest skills in Life Coaching from Robbins-Madanes Training.