“As well as lecturing for CPHT, I also run Hummingbird Hypnotherapy, a Hypnotherapy Clinic based in Bourne, Lincolnshire.

I have spent most of my career working with people. 8 years of that in venue management in Leicester managing football crowds and wedding receptions. But my call has always been to work with people with additional needs and challenging behaviour in particular working with children. Spending 11 years working for the local authority with children with autism, sensory processing and development delay I thought my career was going to be here forever.

7 years ago we decided to start a family and things changed quite a lot. After my son was born my anxiety hit the roof and so I had some sessions with Gary which helped immensely. I then decided to have another baby and spoke to Gary about self hypnosis for childbirth. Changed my mind and became a life changing moment for me. We had our perfect day, perfect home birth and daddy delivered our bundle of joy.

4 months later I joined CPHT Peterborough. I had no idea how much things were going to change. 10 months later Hummingbird Hypnotherapy opened its doors and hasn’t looked back. In 2017 I was awarded Peterborough New Small Business award in my first year of trading.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy has changed my life direction and I became a sole trader in May 2018 after my job position closed for the Local authority.