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So.....you are stressed, anxious, fearful, overwhelmed, confused, shattered, angry, hurt, plagued by the past or in emotional turmoil?

Read on...
 
A few years ago I was running a course on happiness when one of the participants said:  "Oh it’s ok for you, what you know about real problems -you've probably had a perfect life".     I never said anything at the time but was inwardly thinking "wow - she couldn't be more wrong!"   You see I may be a therapist and a coach but I am also a wife, a mother, a carer, a friend, a neighbour and, just like you, a human being living in a very stressful, often overwhelming, modern world.  
It’s not because I have led a charmed, perfect life that I choose to do this amazing work but because I have been right where you are right now.....and, if I can come out smiling then believe me you can too.
 

You see, a happy person isn't someone who has had a perfect life but rather someone who has learnt how to deal with their problems, overcome them and then move on.
 
My own search to find the peace and happiness I craved has enabled me to do just that.....move on.  I hope I get the opportunity to share with you the skills, the techniques, the knowledge and the insights I have discovered on my journey.
Over the last 25 years I have read many books, attended numerous lectures, seminars and webinars, completed hours and hours of courses, listened to endless audios and recordings but I believe the fundamental most important aspect of the work I do with clients comes from who I am on the inside - from my own personal journey and very much from my heart. 

If you are keen to know more about the more formal details then here they are:

 I am a private Psychological Therapist offering a range of therapeutic interventions including Neurolinguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, Medical Hypnotherapy and Meridian therapies such as EFT.  I also incorporate other techniques including a very recent one called Heart Conscious Healing and also Integrated Eye Movement Therapy (similar to EMDR)

I hold a 1st class BA (Hons) in Health and Psychology and a post graduate certificate in Family Therapy from Leeds University School of Medicine.

I am fully qualified, hold professional indemnity insurance and belong to The British Institute of Hypnotherapy and The Association of Meridian Therapies.  I abide by their standards and codes of practice and regularly undertake CPD.

Having been in private practice since 2002 I have seen many hundreds of clients and had excellent feedback and results. 

Currently I have clinics in a pharmacy in the northeast (Marton Pharmacy) and a busy GP’s Practice in Boroughbridge (Church Lane) North Yorkshire.

I have worked in the health and social care field for around 25 years and have held posts in a number of areas including for example mental health, child protection, domestic violence and youth crime.  I have also worked as a volunteer therapist at St Michael’s Hospice Harrogate .

I have appeared on local radio and regional TV discussing a number of issues however I was mainly known in the Northeast as “The Happiness Expert”.  I also wrote a column in the local newspaper which dealt with readers’ problems. 
​Currently, I work a great deal with people suffering from anxiety and stress although I also work with fears, phobias, panic, traumas, PTSD and many other issues.
 
Lesley Walker BA (Hons) MBIH EFT-ADV AAMET
 
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