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After graduating in chemistry, John followed a career at Shell, mainly personnel roles. Following early retirement in 1990 he studied and took up counselling as a second career, followed up with a qualification in Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy.
Currently he treats clients at the Kaleidoscope Drugs Centre in Kingston and works from home in private practice.
John also worked as a mediator for 10 years with Kingston Friends Mediation.
He is married with three children and plays the violin in a ceilidh band and the Kingston Philharmonia. John also enjoys golf, bridge and gardening.
John studied counselling at the Central School of Counselling and Therapy and at Kensington Consultation Centre (both individual and family courses).
His diploma in Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy was awarded by Uncommon Knowledge.
John is a member of the Hypnotherapy Association
He attends training courses, reads widely about therapy and hypnotherapy and regularly meets a colleague with whom he discusses case studies.
There are a number of considerations which inform John's general approach.
He doesn't work with an overall theory which clients ‘fit-in’ to. He treats each person as a unique individual and uses the information they supply to him during the early part of the consultation to design and develop strategies to use in trance which help the client achieve their aims.
He always accepts and starts from where the client/patient is – it’s quite useless to say you shouldn’t do this or that or mustn’t act in this or that way. He accepts and respects the way the client is when they came and helps them to change in ways they want to (provided they are legitimate and safe!)
John uses ‘reframes’ constantly throughout the session, offering new, alternative and more positive ways of seeing and experiencing events.
When appropriate he helps clients realise they are ‘normal’ and not so different from the many people who suffer from the same problems – often very reassuring.
Recent problems/conditions that John has had success in treating after only 1 or 2 session include stopping smoking, weight loss, sleeplessness, nail biting, pain reduction, scratching in sleep, confidence to pass driving test, seasonal depression and helping stop hard drug use. (See Testimonials)
John is not keen on a long series of sessions and in the event that a sixth session was required, it would be used to assess what's working, what's not, what's missing and who else might be able to help.
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