Hypnotherapists In London

Steve Burns - Kentish Town Practice

Throughout his career, Steve's primary passion has been the motivation, development and success of people. He has always been fascinated by what makes us tick and how to help people achieve their most significant goals and realise their true potential.

Prior to starting The Therapy Lounge, Steve enjoyed a successful career in business, latterly floating his own publishing company on the London Stock Exchange.

His fascination for personal development led him to finally leave the corporate zone in 2004 to pursue a full time career as a therapist and mind coach.

After training as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner, Steve created The Therapy Lounge, with its first clinic based in NW London. And he has subsequently gone on to build The Therapy Lounge into London's most respected Hypnotehrapy and NLP centres of excellence.

Steve is 42 and lives in Hampstead with his wife, two kids and Robbie & Lennie (the dogs!).

Tim Smale - Charing Cross Practice

Tim Smale runs our Central London Hypnotherapy Practice.

Tim studied languages at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne before spending 20 years in the media and communications industry holding a number of senior management positions within high profile media companies. During this time he developed a keen interest in people motivation, leadership and training.

Tim first learnt about hypnosis and the amazing power of the unconscious mind when his son was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 - quite simply, hypnosis helped him cope. As a result, he left to the corporate zone and trained to become a Clinical Hypnotist, graduating from the Lifeforce School for Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy in London. He is a member of the Hypnotherapy Association, the Hypotherapy Society, the national Hypnotherapy Register and the Psychotherapy and Counselling Society.

Tim specialises in all forms of positive performance and behaviour modification for professionals, broadcasters, entertainers and business people as well as running a clinical practice for the general public, successfully dealing with all aspects of life improvement through hypnosis.

Tim was official Mind Coach to Alastair Campbell's London Triathlon Team 2004 in aid of the Leukemia Research Fund.

Tim lives in Chiswick W4 with his wife and two children.

Kirsten Dahlerup - Westminster

Kirsten Dahlerup, who runs our Westminster Hypnotherapy Practice, is an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner who has trained extensively in both London and Copenhagen.

Beyond her impressive list of qualifications, Kirsten now has several years of experience and has helped literally thousands of clients to overcome a multitude of emotional, behavioural and cognitive issues. In the past she has specialised in weight loss hypnosis and phobia treatments.

In her native Denmark, Kirsten is a well known media pundit and has been featured on numerous television shows, magazines and newspapers. She has also built up a reputation on the corporate talk circuit where she has worked with some of Denmark's largest companies and government agencies.

Having relocated to London full time, Kirsten is now bringing her very unique and special brand of warmth, compassion, inspiration and skill to clients across London.

Christine Neillands - East Dulwich & The City

Christine runs our East Dulwich and City Practices.

She has been a clinical hypnotherapist since 1994 having trained at The London College of Clinical Hypnosis, Birkbeck College, University of London where she received a distinction.

Since then Christine has built an incredibly successful private practice treating clients across a wide range of emotional and behavioural issues.

And as a result of her wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise, Christine has become one of the UK's most respected therapists.

She is also a coach and supervisor of students at the Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy in London, where she is employed to mentor new therapists during their education and formative years.

And being Scottish, Christine manages to combine her warmth and compassion with a typically tough Scottish edge. Enough said!

Gemma Bailey - Hertfordshire Practice

Gemma runs our Hertfordhsire Practice. She is an extremely creative, successful and busy (!) therapist, specialising in helping clients conquer symptoms of depression and low self esteem.

Gemma also works with children teaching them the basic principles of NLP and how they can use their thoughts positively and effectively. Her CRB check and NNEB qualification have allowed her work one to one with children helping them overcome problems such as low confidence, social anxiety and exam nerves.

Gemma also provides NLP and Hypnotherapy training to qualify other therapists.

She has a popular podcast focused on NLP and Hypnosis which is in the top 10 alternative-health download chart on itunes and, she has written a book about hypnosis which will be released in July 2009.

As I said, Gemma is an extremely creative, successful and busy therapist!

Ash Ravji - Canary Wharf Practice

Ash Ravji runs our Canary Wharf Practice.

He is an experienced and well respected Clinical Hypnotherapist who has undergone extensive training in Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), NLP Coaching and Timeline Therapy.

His passion is to bring out the best in his clients by helping them to overcome a wide range of emotional and behavioural challenges.

Having originally trained as an accountant (!), over recent years Ash has operated as an independent business consultant, undertaking roles such as a senior business analyst and project manager.

Through unlocking the past and creating more compelling futures, Ash's intuitive approach enables him to help clients achieve deep and long lasting change.

Darren Marks - Wembley Park Practice

Darren Marks runs our Wembley Park Hypnotherapy Practice.

Darren trained as a hypnotherapist with The Institute of Clinical Hypnosis for whom he is now a tutor running courses for the ICH at Kings College in London. Indeed, in recognition of his contribution to the Institute and the profession as a whole, Darren was elected as a Fellow of The Institute of Clinical Hypnosis.

Over the years, as a result of Darren's hypnotherapy work, he has been written about in both the specialist and popular media and as result of his work for with cancer sufferers, he was recently asked to demonstrate his skills for The Prince of Wales.

Darren is a highly skilled and very well respect hypnotherapist whose passion for helping client's change is second to none.

Nicole Airey - The City Practice

Nicole is a Clinical Hypnotherapist who graduated from the prestigious Essex Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy (EICH) having studied closely with Terence Watts (the UK's only hypnotherapist to be made a Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine).

Whilst Nicole has been involved in various forms of therapy for over ten years now, she originally comes from a background in Corporate Banking. As a result, Nicole truly understands the challenges faced by professionals in today's fast paced commercial world.

This insight helps her create tailor made programs for individuals wanting to improve their performance or overcome stress.

Nicole currently lives in central London where she runs a successful
hypnotherapy practice, co-chairs an independent charity for self harm and depression - The Silent Cry - and also teaches yoga in her spare time. She is one busy lady!