Welcome to my site!
I am very well known for my holistic therapy and coaching approach to working with anxiety, stress, confidence, and motivation. Working “holistically” means to take into consideration the client’s physical, mental, emotional and social factors surrounding their issues, which I feel treats the root causes and not just the symptoms causing a problem. No matter where you are located, you can have access to sessions online or in person at my office in Brunswick Square in Hove.
I have been training in therapies since the age of 17 when I took my first counselling course. I have a huge passion for understanding how the mind works and I have been exploring which therapies and strategies would have the most positive impact on the mind ever since.
Along the way I have trained in many therapies which include being an Integrative Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and IEMT (Integral Eye Movement Therapist) as these for me proved to be very successful in my holistic approach in facilitating the change clients were looking for.
I have also had training in CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) and Mindfulness which I have blended with my training to get the most out of these fantastic tools.
My mission is to share with as many people as I can the strategies, techniques and perspectives which can make the biggest impact on changing anxiety, stress, low confidence, depression and motivation. I promote simply being ourselves more often for a better quality of life and it helps makes the world a much healthier place to live in.
I suffered with low confidence and anxiety issues from a young age and I got myself lost trying to fix myself. Traditional talking based therapy didn’t work and I felt I needed a tool belt of strategies to help me manage my mind and take back control.
The biggest difference to my life came when my perspective on anxiety changed forever. You see I had been told and taught it was a mental state causing physical symptoms and yet it was the opposite. Physical issues with low serotonin, an inflamed nervous system linked to an overactive limbic system (the survival and emotional centre of the brain) were causing my mental state and symptoms. This epiphany finally helped me heal and work towards sharing this information with people in similar situations.
Feeling lost or stuck with life can feel depressing which is why seeking the right help is so important. The biggest barrier can be pride as that can stop someone even exploring what help is out there. People don’t tend to feel embarrassed turning to a Personal Trainers to help maximise gym workouts nor would they feel embarrassed to go on courses to develop new work skills and yet Life Coaching or Therapy can be seen as something for the weak. It’s an old fashioned view thankfully many are throwing away. Working with the mind to become more calmer, focused, motivated, confident and resilient are skills we all need to develop. It’s an incredibly brave step to take in beginning to look for the right kind of help.
The more people I can share my work with the better and you can find my growing and evolving Podcast library which is free to listen and subscribe to from Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud or Tunein from my podcast page or on YouTube which is part of my mission to help as many people as possible right now.
The Podcasts are not a replacement for Personal Therapy and Coaching but they are very powerful in helping you get an idea of what you can do to begin changing your mind to change your life.
Life’s too short and precious to struggle with a few rogue outdated brain patterns or an inflamed nervous system. The Coaching and Therapy sessions are very proactive so that from the word go, together we can focus on creating the change you are looking for and help you live the life you want.
If you would like a realistic, direct, no-nonsense and simple approach then contact me for a consultation. You can come and meet me, have it online or even by phone. I then encourage you to think about it and let me know later what you would like to do.
I abide by a strict code of ethics which can be found on the General Hypnotherapy Register.
I am also listed on the NHS Directory of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners and CNCH too.
I look forward to working with you!
Paul Sheppard