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Introduction

I am a certified hypnotherapist and Focusing Practitioner. I did both my Skills Certificate and Practitioner training with Suzi Mackenzie, studying the interface between hypnosis and Focusing. I also served as a chaplain in a university for ten years, where I taught meditation. I am a lucid dreamer.

What services do I offer?

I can introduce clients to Focusing and offer Focusing listening. I am particularly interested in supporting clients' spiritual journeys, using my chaplaincy and interfaith experience where appropriate. I can offer Focusing either at the outset of a therapeutic journey with clients or as an alternative when hypnotherapy is not appropriate. I am not a counsellor so I do not offer Focusing Oriented Therapy. I have supported people using Focusing with end of life, trauma and severe mental illness. I have also used Focusing in humanitarian work with a group in Democratic Republic of Congo, following the Community Wellness Focusing model of Focusing Initiatives International. I am an experienced and certified meditation facilitator.

My background in Focusing

I came across Focusing through the Quaker practice Experiment with Light devised by Rex Ambler, a spiritual pracitice that has from the outset benefitted from some two-way traffic with Focusing. I was inspired to offer meditations based on Gendlin's Six Steps in my role as a university chaplain, approaching it as a secular partner to my Experiment with Light meditations that fitted into an existing meditation programme at the Chaplaincy. I also offered more conventional mindfulness meditations. During the COVID-19 pandemic I decided to train as a hypnotherapist, and then as a Focusing Practitioner, having already completed the Skills Certificate with Suzi Mackenzie.

Qualifications

MPhys(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics
Certificate in Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills (Cert Hyp CS)
Focusing Skills Certificate
Focusing Practitioner
Mental Health First Aider
Certified and experienced Meditation Teacher

How do I practice?

• In person
• Phone
• Online

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