Annette obtained her Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy in 2013 and in Advanced Hypnotherapy in 2015 and carries out regular continuing professional development training. She uses her skills in hypnotherapy to help others overcome a wide range of issues including anxiety, self improvement, fears and phobias, weight management, stop smoking, plus much more.
Annette holds the following professional qualifications: Advanced Diploma in Hypnotherapy (AdvDipH), Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy (DHP), Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (HPD) and Hypnotherapy Specialist Practitioner Diploma (DipHSP). She has been in full-time hypnotherapy practice for over 10 years, both in Truro, Cornwall and Winchester, Hampshire since 2021, where she now offers hypnotherapy and life coaching sessions online and at Unit 12 in Winchester. Annette also established a Hypnotherapy school in 2017 offering accredited training for a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy.
Annette is passionate about hypnotherapy, hypnosis and the psychology behind it. Her experience, research and study into hypnotherapy has demonstrated to her that hypnotherapy can achieve results in a relatively short space of time, and it can be a powerful way to take back control and to resolve, manage and find solutions to gain more success in life.
Prior to training as a Clinical Hypnotherapist Annette worked for many years in learning disability and mental health services. She completed a BSc Nursing and Social Work Studies in 2001 and a Masters Degree in Health Services Research with merit in 2012.
Annette is an accredited member of the National Council of Hypnotherapists (NCH), a full member of the Association for Coaching (AC) and an Anxiety UK approved therapist. As a member of professional organisations she is bound by the NCH and AC code of conduct and undertakes regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities, such as training and self-study. The NCH and AC act as a regulators to hypnotherapy practitioners and coaches and Annette adheres to strict codes of conduct and ethics as outlined by them. She also hold full public liability insurance in line with the NCH requirements. She is DBS checked.
Annette take a huge amount of satisfaction being able to see her clients achieve outstanding results, resolve their problems and regain control and experience a better quality of life. Though hypnosis she is able to achieve this and to help people, and for Annette this is incredibly rewarding and why she is a hypnotherapist.