About Me:
My name is Brian Howard, DHP Acc. Hyp.
(Working in Partnership with West Herts NHS Trust)
Member of the PHPA.- Professional Hypnotherapists Practitioners Association
click this link for more information. I am based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
I have gained experience and competencies from a diverse working background. This has enabled me to broaden my horizons and I use these factors in my hypnotherapy practice to treat my clients.
Qualifications:
- Professional Diploma in Hypnotherapy -DHP Acc. Hyp.
- Diploma in Sports Psychology - Newcastle College
- Diploma in Performance in Business - Newcastle College
- Coaching Certificate - Football Association (FA)
- Golf Teachers Diploma - European Golf Teachers Federation (EGTF)
Broadly speaking I work with my clients so that they can make the necessary adaptions in the following areas:
Suggestion Therapy: This is used to help my clients make positive changes in their life. So typically they might want to manage their weight, stop smoking etc. While they may be motivated to lose weight, their existing way of looking and feeling about their eating style is ingrained in them. Using suggestion therapy we alter the way they look and feel about their eating habits. They are then able to attain their weight goal but sustain their new eating style, rather than typically fall back to their 'old' eating regime and revert back to their unwanted size.
Analytical Therapy: This is used where the issues are maybe more complex. Lets say that as a child, a person experienced a traumatic event.That event may or may not be remembered. This past traumatic situation if left untreated (most likely) could surface as some issue or phobia. So imagine a 3 year.old child that smelt smoke coming from an over heated chip fryer in the downstairs kitchen.The smoke woke them up (their protective subconscious kicked in).They walked to the top of the stairs and called out anxiously for their parents.The parents had been putting out the fire but the smoke was still present in the house.They said to the child 'its ok you can go back to bed, its all under control'.The young child goes back to bed and eventually forgets the event.Years later as an adult they suffer sleep problems. These problems are affecting different aspects of their life. They try various remedies but none really correct the problem. Using hypno-analysis I can uncover the original cause of the symptom and resolve the the sleep disorder for my client.
Personal Change Coaching: Sometimes clients have issues around relationships, careers, etc.or they are unsure in what direction to take their life forward .Often that requires coaching to establish the real need. This type of coaching can be very effective especially if the coaching and the possible attached issues can be treated with hypnotherapy as a combined solution.
Business Performance Coaching: Business is very competitive and to be successful can mean improving your performance continuously. Even a small % gain can make all the difference. My experience in the business environment and the ability to use hypnotherapy to facilitate the necessary improvements in a client, has proven very successful. For example I had a client who was a very good salesperson, earning up to a 6 figure income. Whilst he had excellent presentation skills, he did not feel comfortable in a group of new customer contacts. There was no logical reason for his thinking, however it was 'real' for him. So we worked on his thinking using NLP. (Neuro Linguistic Programming) techniques under hypnosis.I am glad to say the uncomfortable thinking has now disappeared. My client's confidence in this particular area has now been strengthened.
Sports Performance Coaching: Just like business, sport is naturally competitive. Formal coaching in each discipline is essential to achieve a sportsperson full potential. Learning all the skills and techniques necessary to execute the physical elements of the sport, is a must. Top sportspeople are mentally strong, either naturally or have been working with sports psychology principles to combine with their the physical competencies.to attain personal best performances. At every level of sport the mental side of the sport can be enhanced by deploying the correct psychology. Delivering that psychology with the use of hypnosis can produce quicker, better adaptions.