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The National Society Of Professional Hypnotherapists Advisory Council

The NSPH Advisory Council is an independent society, drawn from practising members of the NSPH.

Chairman: John Hamley

Further information to follow

Vicki Watson Founder NSPH

Vicki Watson
RGN FNSPH FNCP MGHR SQHP

Founded the original Clinical Hypnotherapy Centre, Blairgowrie in 1978 and, the Clinical Hypnotherapy Training Course, as a natural progression, in 1989 .

At this time Vicki, with her husband Neil, also co-founded the National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists (NSPH) as a support organisation for those therapists who had completed the clinical hypnotherapy training course facilitated by her.

Vicki, as a recognised and well-respected authority on Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Training remains on the Advisory Council of the NSPH and continues to have a deep involvement in hypnotherapy and the administration of the NSPH.

Moreover, having put a Mentoring system into place back in 1989, she maintains the responsibility of allocating Mentors to new graduates for a minimum period of six months. Vicki also collates, publishes, and distributes a very extensive tri-annual Journal to all NSPH members. The Journal incorporates such topics as case studies, scripts, members' news, articles and training news relative to continued personal development.

Although having stepped down from the forefront of full time hypnotherapy training a few years back, Vicki continues as an external lecturer at The Scottish School of Hypnotherapy, the Only accredited Clinical Hypnotherapy Training Course for the NSPH. Her lectures address such subjects as hypno-healing, colour interpretation & analysis in relation to the unconscious mind, exercises for opening up the intuitive process, seeing the aura, body language interpretation.

In 2001 Vicki was awarded a Life Fellowship of the National Council of Psychotherapists. This prestigious award was given in recognition of Vicki's long and unstinting dedication to the field of psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. She continues unrelentingly to promote hypnotherapy for the superbly influential tool that it is in the fight against illness. Vicki is also on the board of the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council.

 

Neil Watson
BSc CBiol MIBiol FNSPH. SQHP
Secretary

Neil is a Chartered Biologist with a wide range of interests. He is also highly skilled in the art of dowsing and regularly lectures on this subject at training venues for top-line Management, Leadership & Personal Development workshops

In addition, he is an external lecturer on biorhythms, compatibility, dowsing and past life regression techniques at Corsebar Clinical Hypnotherapy Training School, the Only NSPH accredited Clinical Hypnotherapy Training Course .

Neil has a deep involvement in hypnotherapy having been closely involved in the setting up and running of the Original Twa Acres Clinical Hypnotherapy Course and, with his wife Vicki, is Co-Founder of the National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists (NSPH).

He works tirelessly in his position as NSPH Secretary to promote the interests of the NSPH, which has members at home and abroad and from many different professions and walks of life.

Although significant changes in the collection of Professional Indemnity Insurance premiums have been put in place this year, Neil continues to be seriously involved in negotiations with the NSPH Insurance Company to ensure the most advantageous transaction possible for all practising NSPH members.

 

Stan Gerard


Stan Gerard
DSNU (H), MNSPH., MNFSH., GQHP, GHR.(Reg). COSCA Registered.

 

Stan is a registered healer and hypnotherapist. With a strong interest in complementary medicine research he is a published author and, with eighteen years experience of listening to patients, is COSCA registered. Also a thought field therapy practitioner he is in private practice in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Trained by Vicki Watson at the original Twa Acres Clinical Hypnotherapy Training Centre, Blairgowrie, in 1994 he serves as a member of the Advisory Council for the National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists and is an External Supervisor for the National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists.

You can contact Stan at - www.hypnotherapy-aberdeen.co.uk

Catherine Orr
RGN, BA, MSc, MNSPH, SQHP

A background in nursing provided Cath with considerable experience in helping people explore and overcome the health and personal challenges they faced.

It was an interest in stress management and personal development that was instrumental in her undertaking several training courses, including, Stress Management, Reflexology, Crisis Counselling and Life Coaching. While researching the benefits of several complementary therapies, Cath came to see the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in many conditions. As a result, in 1998 Cath trained at the original NSPH training centre which was then TWA Acres Hypnotherapy Centre in Blairgowrie.

Cath's special interests in practice are stress related conditions and self-development. Cath is also keen to see greater utilisation of hypnotherapy in mainstream medicine. She believes the profession is moving towards wider recognition through the advocacy of continuing professional development and the more robust self-regulation practices within the profession.

Cath is very active in promoting mentorship within the NSPH.

 

Sheelagh Cameron MNSPH

 


Sheelagh was born and brought up in Northern Ireland, where she lived till almost three decades ago. She then moved to Scotland with her husband and family.

Having always had a deep interest in complementary / alternative therapies Sheelagh trained as a Reflexologist in 1994. Within a year, and as a natural progression to the reflexology qualification, she graduated as a Clinical Hypnotherapist at the original Twa Acres Clinical Hypnotherapy Training Centre, Blairgowrie, in 1995.

Besides running a very successful Complementary Therapy clinic, Sheelagh is an External Supervisor for the National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists.

She also is qualified and practises in ON-site Massage, Skenar Therapy, and Indian Head Massage


Carol Ann Gordon
RMN, RCN, MNSPH


As a registered mental nurse of some years standing Carol gained extensive skill in helping people investigate and surmount the health and personal challenges they faced through this medium.

Conversely, she was also extremely interested in how complementary and alternative therapies might help others and to this end qualified as a Reflexologist in 1996 . Practising in this methodology and seeing the results it achieved encouraged her to further investigate her long-standing interest in hypnotherapy.

Carol trained as a hypnotherapist at the original Twa Acres Clinical Hypnotherapy Training Centre, Blairgowrie, in 1997 under the tutelage of Vicki Watson. She presently serves as a member of the Advisory Council for the National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists and is an External Supervisor for the National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists.

Carol also achieved a registered qualification in the specialist nursing of Sick Children.

 

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