Alan Wick DHP, HPD, RN, MNCH (lic), LAPHP
Alan gained his diploma at the
renowned Clifton Practice in Bristol.
He trained in a style of hypnotherapy
called Solution Focussed Brief
Therapy (SFBT), and believes that a
positive, forward looking approach to
treatment is the most effective way to
help people back to happy,
productive lives. He says;
"......effective therapy requires a
partnership between client and
therapist, and every client I meet
already has the resources they
need to get better......this is a
method of therapy that is
absolutely enjoyable, it will put a
smile on your face!"
renowned Clifton Practice in Bristol.
He trained in a style of hypnotherapy
called Solution Focussed Brief
Therapy (SFBT), and believes that a
positive, forward looking approach to
treatment is the most effective way to
help people back to happy,
productive lives. He says;
"......effective therapy requires a
partnership between client and
therapist, and every client I meet
already has the resources they
need to get better......this is a
method of therapy that is
absolutely enjoyable, it will put a
smile on your face!"
Alan is originally from Liverpool, and his background is in general nursing. He has a
wife and two young sons, with whom he lives in Wrexham. He has been a Senior
Charge Nurse for BUPA, a Director of a Liverpool based Nursing and Care Agency,
and he continues to work with young disabled people, at a specialist neurological
centre on the outskirts of Wrexham.
Combining the two areas gives Alan a broad range of expertise, and influences, and
a wealth of experience that he brings to each encounter with his clients. He believes
that his own broad life experience can be useful in helping others to overcome their
problems. Experience brings empathy and understanding;
"......I smoked for 25 years, stopping 8 years ago, and I am only too aware of
the difficulties people have in stopping smoking cigarettes, and of the
importance to their quality of life...I've seen a business go into liquidation,
and I've fought my own battles with weight, so I can empathise with much
that my clients will present with..."
Alan is a very 'down to earth', ordinary person, and is well aware of what people's
expectations can be when approaching practitioners of so called 'alternative
therapies'. He believes that hypnotherapy has had a particularly bad press, mainly
because of unscrupulous public performers. His subscription to the National Council
for Hypnotherapy's (NCH) Code of Ethics, specifically excludes him from carrying
out these sort of performances for entertainment, as well as binding him to a whole
other raft of measures intended to protect the public, and he feels this should act as
a reassurance to potential clients;
".....I would recommend anyone choosing a hypnotherapist, to avoid those
who are not members of a strong, professional, regulatory body. I would
personally look at least for membership of the NCH...."
Alan believes that a lot of people isolate themselves when they feel unwell or
stressed, not realising just how ordinary their reactions are. He believes that
realisation of how common nearly all of the problems he sees really are, can be the
first step towards recovery. From exam nerves to obsessive compulsions, they are
all normal responses to the clients' circumstances, and often simply understanding
this, and the cause/s of their responses, is sufficient to set people on the road to
recovery, before hypnosis even starts! Alan says;
"......every client that sees me gets acceptance and a smile as
standard, and from there we move on. If I could send out just one
message to people struggling with aspects of their lives, from
stopping smoking, to weight control, to depression and anxiety, it is
this; 'there are a lot of other people in just your position, you're
perfectly normal, in fact, you're in good company!'......"
wife and two young sons, with whom he lives in Wrexham. He has been a Senior
Charge Nurse for BUPA, a Director of a Liverpool based Nursing and Care Agency,
and he continues to work with young disabled people, at a specialist neurological
centre on the outskirts of Wrexham.
Combining the two areas gives Alan a broad range of expertise, and influences, and
a wealth of experience that he brings to each encounter with his clients. He believes
that his own broad life experience can be useful in helping others to overcome their
problems. Experience brings empathy and understanding;
"......I smoked for 25 years, stopping 8 years ago, and I am only too aware of
the difficulties people have in stopping smoking cigarettes, and of the
importance to their quality of life...I've seen a business go into liquidation,
and I've fought my own battles with weight, so I can empathise with much
that my clients will present with..."
Alan is a very 'down to earth', ordinary person, and is well aware of what people's
expectations can be when approaching practitioners of so called 'alternative
therapies'. He believes that hypnotherapy has had a particularly bad press, mainly
because of unscrupulous public performers. His subscription to the National Council
for Hypnotherapy's (NCH) Code of Ethics, specifically excludes him from carrying
out these sort of performances for entertainment, as well as binding him to a whole
other raft of measures intended to protect the public, and he feels this should act as
a reassurance to potential clients;
".....I would recommend anyone choosing a hypnotherapist, to avoid those
who are not members of a strong, professional, regulatory body. I would
personally look at least for membership of the NCH...."
Alan believes that a lot of people isolate themselves when they feel unwell or
stressed, not realising just how ordinary their reactions are. He believes that
realisation of how common nearly all of the problems he sees really are, can be the
first step towards recovery. From exam nerves to obsessive compulsions, they are
all normal responses to the clients' circumstances, and often simply understanding
this, and the cause/s of their responses, is sufficient to set people on the road to
recovery, before hypnosis even starts! Alan says;
"......every client that sees me gets acceptance and a smile as
standard, and from there we move on. If I could send out just one
message to people struggling with aspects of their lives, from
stopping smoking, to weight control, to depression and anxiety, it is
this; 'there are a lot of other people in just your position, you're
perfectly normal, in fact, you're in good company!'......"
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