John is a NGH Board Certified Trainer. The Washington School of Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis (Scotland) is a satellite school of the internationally renowned Manchester based hypnotherapy training school run by Shaun Brookhouse. Shaun is a leading light in the hypnotherapy scene on both sides of the Atlantic and is considered an expert in many fields of the discipline especially Ericksonian Hypnotherapy. He is the Director of Training for both schools. Please visit his web site at: www.hypno-nlp.com
There you will be able to view his impressive c.v. and the course prospectus for the school.

The Dip. CAH is held part-time over an academic year. There are around 450 hours of both directed independent study and weekends (10) of practical work. These weekends provide plenty opportunity to practice the new skills contained within this comprehensive and leading edge approach to modern clinical advanced hypnotherapy. The course incorporates the National Guild of Hypnotists (USA) core curricula. The Certified NLP Practitioner training is included in this course. This gives graduates two internationally recognised credentials. In addition the brand new externally accredited Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma will be awarded to candidates who successfully complete this course. As we move towards the provision of integrated healthcare in this country the HPD should prove to be a benchmark qualification. It will be the first hypnotherapy qualification to be recognised within the National Qualifications Framework. For further details on this course visit: www.hypno-nlp.org
Last session 2005/2006 over twenty hypnotherapists from all over Scotland graduated through WSCAH (Scotland) This academic years training started in Perth in September (2005/6). We currently have ten students registered and enquiries from as far a field as India and the USA in the pipeline. Our Linlithgow base started training six students in May 2006 and we have scheduled trainings in Perth and Elgin for a September 2006 start. Please note we do not hard sell our courses. We are about training professional and practical hypnotherapists within Scotland. We have trained a broad spectrum of individuals throughout Scotland from G.P.s, psychologists, counsellors, teachers to housewives and career changers. So far we have had a steady student base since we started teaching within Scotland in 2001. It is our belief that if you are serious about hypnotherapy then you will find us. Our courses are small, select and intense. We make no apologies for interviewing all our prospective students before training commences. When it comes to hypnotherapists, then a caring attitude, good character and ethics carry more weight in the Washington School than any qualifications you may hold. To avoid disappointment please register an interest now.

Provides a blend of cognitive and behavioural science. It is basically a model of communication focussing on the identification of the thought patterns influencing a person's behaviour. Naturally if these patterns are negative and damaging learning how to reframe them will be of great benefit. Reframing these patterns can bring forth an increase in your personal effectiveness and life quality. Given its ability to bring about rapid change the principles involved prove popular to individuals and organisations looking for excellence within their internal communications system. The school offers both the Practitioner and Master Practitioner level courses. Those attracted to this training should be aware there are ample and regular opportunities to attend courses and learn NLP throughout Britain. Very good some of them are too. However WSCAH (Scotland) provides a very pragmatic approach focussing on the every day use of NLP skills for people and organisations. It is very much based on sound learning rather than spectacular experiences and outrageous claims for the efficacy of NLP. I am afraid attending a course on NLP will not make you millions. Using and applying the principles from a foundation of solid learning, regularly in every day situations will improve your life skills though. Such an improvement can only be welcomed for both individual and organisation and who knows you might just end up earning millions if you put that in to practice, but let's get real, no guarantees.

This is becoming an essential tool in the modern therapist's box. A bit like acupuncture and acupressure EFT Meridian Therapy works by influencing directly upon the body's own energy flow. This is fairly simple to learn and teach to your clients, once you have mastered it of course, you can use it on yourself for therapist maintenance. A technique that is gentle, rapid and effective on pain, phobias, depression, addictions and past psychological pain and trauma. This is a simple and painless treatment using affirmation like statements and finger pressure or tapping on specific meridian points about the body. Yes unconventional, but no known side effects and a therapy that is evolving daily as more and more is learned about the body's energy systems. Taught on weekend courses and remember you don't have to be an existing therapist to come along and learn this fast, simple and highly effective procedure. Taught within the Association for the Advancement of Meridian therapies syllabus. This is a very useful technique for health professionals of all persuasions and even just for people who like to connect with their own energy.

Therapy can be a lonely profession. Having an independent and supportive ear to call upon can be of immense value. If you are a newly qualified therapist or a more experienced one, remaining truly objective within therapy can prove difficult (yes, therapists have feelings too!). John is an Accredited Hypnotherapy Supervisor (NCH). Supervision provides an opportunity for that third ear to therapists allowing them to discuss their concerns in confidence with a suitable person. It allows therapists to evolve their practice and gain invaluable objectivity in the process of therapy. Because John is a process based supervisor it means that not only can he offer supervision to hypnotherapists, but to all complementary therapists as he tackles the dynamic process of therapy (i.e. what is going on in the sessions with your clients). Supervision can be offered on a face to face basis if you live in the North of Scotland or on a telephone or e-mail basis. So if you are looking for formal supervision arrangements as part of your professional body requirements (i.e.post qualification) or you are an experienced therapist looking for an informal arrangement for occassional supervision, just simply complete the contact form on this site and he will be in touch.