Duncan Murray, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist
B.Sc. (Hons), DCHyp, A.Cert.CSHyp, GQHP, GHR reg
Profile of Duncan
Promoting mental
well-being and good mental health have been a long-term passion for me having had a background as a manager in the voluntary sector
working both in the areas of mental health and homelessness for about 10
years in London and
Hampshire.
My training
was undertaken with the highly respected
Brief Strategic Therapy & Clinical
Hypnosis Foundation
in London, achieving a Distinction with Merit in my
Diploma, that was externally examined by the
United Kingdom Clinical
and Strategic Hypnosis Examination Board and is validated by the
General Hypnotherapy Standards
Council (GHSc).
I continued my hypnotherapy training with the BST Foundation
successfully completing the Advanced Certificate in Clinical and
Strategic Hypnotherapy.
My
other hypnotherapy websites include
www.ibshelp.org.uk and
www.the-ibs-treatment.com my Blog is
ibstreatment.wordpress.com
I am a member of the NHS Directory of
Complementary and Alternative Practitioners (No. 6578). I am also course
author and tutor for the
College of Integrated Therapies 'Treatment of
IBS through Gut Orientated Metaphor' which is being upgraded to a
Diploma level course by
expanding the therapeutic use of
the Garden Metaphor at the end
of the Summer; and a further
Diploma course for
non-hypnotherapists on Mind-Body
Therapy and the Garden Metaphor.
Professional qualifications include being registered with the
General Hypnotherapy
Register with a
General Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice
and am a fully insured practitioner of
Hypnotherapy
and
Smoking Cessation Therapy; being bound by
the ethics and codes of conduct of the GHR.
Whilst working in the voluntary
sector I was trained in alcohol counselling and as a facilitator for the Pacific
Institute's community based cognitive behavioural programme 'STEPS' ™ (Steps
to Excellence for Personal Success). I often make use of the principles of the
STEPS course in the application
of self-image, self-talk and
goal setting in changing a
client's self-perception and
cognitive thinking.
Studying
hypnotherapy
and becoming a fully
qualified hypnotherapist completing not just the Practitioner's Diploma gaining
a Distinction with Merit but also the Advanced Practitioner's Certificate in
Clinical and Strategic Hypnosis. Becoming GHR &
National Regulatory Register registered and a
NHSTA Directory member, was a natural progression.
There are
certain issues such as
pain management and reactive depression
where a client should discuss the use of
hypnotherapy with
their GP first.
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