Professional life so far
1996 |
- Graduated from Oxford University with a Masters'
Degree in Engineering, Economics & Management
- Recruited by NatWest as an internal management
consultant
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2000 |
- Left NatWest
- Working holiday in Australia - qualified
as an AFAC certified fitness leader
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2001 |
- Worked as a freelance management consultant
specialising in financial modelling
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2002 |
- Completed NLP, Time Line Therapy and Hypnosis
training with Dr David Shepherd (Performance
Partnership) to Master Practitioner level
- Started up in private practice
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2003 |
- Wrote the NLP based self-help book 'S*x in
Mind'
- Appeared as a guest expert on Sky One's 'The
Big Fantasy'
- Coaching assistant on Dr David Shepherd's
(Performance Partnership) NLP practitioner training
and Peta Heskell (TV's 'Flirt Coach')'s 'Flirting
Playshop' weekends
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2004 |
- Led 'NLP for actors' at Yew Tree theatre school
and the London Actors' Workshop
- 'S*x in Mind' launched
- Completed training in Metaphor Therapy with
Penny Tompkins and James Lawley and 'Clean Worlds'
training with David Grove
- Contributed to articles in 'Cosmopolitan'
magazine and the 'icircle' website
- Coaching assistant on NLP Northeast's NLP
Practitioner and Master Practitioner courses:
Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling modules
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2005 |
- Initiated and co-hosted 'Exploring Enlightenment'
evenings
- Completed 'Accelerated Enlightenment' training
with Steve Saunders (Holigral)
- Contributed to systemic change development
workshops with David Grove and articles in 'Eve',
'AXM' and 'FHM' magazines
- Coaching assistant on Steve Saunders' (Holigral)
NLP Master Practitioner course: Advanced Linguistics
module and Wendy Sullivan's (The Small Change
Company) Working with metaphor weekend. Steward
at the Integral NLP conference in Glastonbury
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2006 |
- Commenced training to become a member of the
United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists (UKCP)
- Commenced 'Energy training' with Ki Health
International
- Co-presented a paper on Direct Engagement
Modelling at the Glastonbury NLP conference
- Appeared as a guest expert on Sky Sumo's 'D8'
dating show
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2007 |
- Contributed to article in NewWoman magazine
- Volunteer at Working Well's Ethnic Minority
Sewing Enterprise project
- Completed level 1 Hawai'ian 'Huna' training
with Craig Wood of Dr Susi Strang & Associates
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2008 |
- Awarded Postgraduate Diploma in Neuro-Linguistic
Psychotherapy by Lifetide Training
- Completed 'Emergent NLP' training with Steven
Saunders (Holigral International) to Master
Practitioner level and 'Introduction to Working
with Couples' training with Juliet Grayson
- Accredited by NLPtCA as a Psychotherapist
and registered with UKCP
- Wrote monthly column on 'Psychological Health
and Fitness' for HumanHi magazine
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2009 |
- Completed 'Meeting Their Partners' Needs'
training with Juliet Grayson
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2010 |
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My personal journey
I first learned about NLP and its related fields in 2001 while
working as a management consultant to a large insurance firm. The
casual observer may have seen a bright, independent, successful
young man but inside I was in turmoil. Though I enjoyed elements
of my work I felt trapped and stressed. I experienced mood swings
and believed, deep down inside, that I was an inadequate failure
- something I tried desperately to cover up from others and myself.
While at a particularly low ebb a colleague recommended
someone who they said may be able to help me. I had
heard a little about hypnosis and NLP but didn't think
they could help someone with problems as big as mine.
Initially my pride held me back and I thought the price
was a bit high but came to the conclusion that if he
could help me to achieve a fraction of the result we
had discussed it would be excellent value.
At the start of the session I was sceptical but open and honest
and willing to follow the instructions I was given. When the therapist
guided me through Time Line Therapy to clear negative emotions from
my memories I was blown away by the result: the shame which had
dominated my life since my teens had completely disappeared! With
it went lots of the other issues I had been experiencing. I could
hardly believe that it was possible to experience so much change
so quickly; and, with some help from the therapist, it was me who
had done it. It was as if a door had opened: 'If this is possible,
what else is possible?'
Since then I have devoted my time, energy and focus
to learning about how we perceive the world in the way
we do and the tools and techniques which are most elegant
and effective for helping people to change. I am still
sceptical and enjoy experimenting with ideas and techniques
to see if I can have the experience of them working.
Along the way I have experienced many more personal
'breakthrough' moments as layers of 'stuff' have come
to the surface and been released. I now perceive my
personal development as an ongoing journey rather than
a battle and I am looking forward to continually becoming
more integrated, trusting, natural, connected, positive,
open and loving.
My current areas of interest are wide and varied and include:
- The development of an attachment based approach
to therapy which I term 'The Confusion Theory'
- Personal exploration and development through reading, discussion
and meditation
- Development of a range of 'Skilts' (contemporary kilts) for
men
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