Please see Psychotherapy page to understand how I work
UKCP ... UK Council of Psychotherapy
NRHP ... National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapist
Thank you for coming to my web site. I am an Existential Psychotherapist, that means that I teach people how to release their experiences from the past to discover the magic of the moment then guide them to create their future. I have been trained to use many different processes and techniques because my work has shown me that we are all different and what works for one person does not necessarily work for another. The core of my therapeutic practice is a unique process that I have developed and used since 2003/2004 called Dynamic Thought Transfer Process TM. I teach my clients the DTT process, and from that foundation, the change begins, and all the other healing processes that I teach build the magic that is you. I work with individuals and with couples,as well as families, helping to heal the past, find solutions to personal issues and resolve conflicts. I teach clients how to meditate and then how to hypnotise themselves to change their behaviour; a skill that can be used for life. This is achieved using Brainwave Entrainment Techniques.
Inspirational Books|Books to help you change your life| Motivational books
Recommended Reading:
Enki's Story ... The Beginning
Trapped in Amber
The Screwedup Letters: Your Past Does Not Equal Your Future
The Screwedup Letters: Why you should lose your mind to lose your weight
You have arrived here for a reason. Are you looking for help to make changes in your life?
- One day it will all come to an end.
- There will be no more sunrise.
- There will be no more hours, minutes, seconds or days.
- All you have collected will pass to someone else or be discarded.
- Your wealth, fame, power will fade and shrivel to nothing no matter what you owed or owned.
- Grudges, resentments, frustrations, jealousies will all disappear with no meaning or purpose.
- All your hopes, ambitions, and to do lists will expire.
- The wins and losses that in this moment seem important will fade away.
- It will not matter where you came from; your gender and skin colour will be irrelevant.
- Not what you bought, but what you built.
- Not what you got, but what you gave.
- Not your success, but your significance.
- Not what you learned, but what you taught.
- Not your competence, but your character.
What will matter?
A life lived that matters is not by circumstance, but by choice. It is not where you start it is where you finish.
From this moment how are you going to live your life?
Ask yourself four questions:
- How much of your world is due to the way that you think?
- Can you be absolutely sure that what you believe is true?
- Are your feelings and behaviour affected by what you believe?
- Who could you be without your current belief system?
Therapy should not be just a reflective process or just a talking process. It should be a learning process. Reflecting and talking may identify alternative strategies for existing behaviour, which will need to be implemented with your existing skill-set. Education will establish new skills and techniques, enabling change in your belief system and behaviour, empowering you to make new choices for the rest of your life.
I have a programme of change based on educating and teaching; who you are, how the mind and body connection works, and how to control thoughts, thus changing your belief system and invoking new behaviour. My methods are unique to Mind For Life as they have been developed from personal experience, and over many years of working with clients. I have hard evidence to demonstrate that my methods are very effective, can be taught in a short time period, and work. The Dynamic Thought Transfer Process has been effective with:
Abuse (sexual / physical / mental)
Addictions … including alcoholism, drugs, tobacco, food, sex, negative habits
Anger Management
Anxiety
Bereavement
Bullying (work place, school, family, friends)
Confidence
Depression (severe)
Emotional issues
Illness (including cancer eczema, psoriasis IBS, migraines)
Jealousy
Insecurities
Insomnia
Pain relief
Panic attacks
Phobias
Relationship issues … emotional problems
Stress
Trauma
Weight issues … eating disorders
Do not think of therapy as a cost ... it is an investment in your life. Do not put a value to learning how to find and live your dream. You are not a consumable item ... you are a Child of the Universe. I will show you how to know this and work with this knowledge. You will not believe ... you will know. Belief demands faith in someone or something else, knowing demands self-responsibility.
If you live in the UK you will want to know what is the best psychotherapy or hypnotherapy process for you? I use many techniques, all of which I will teach you so that you can improve your health, well-being and life choices. The techniques include, NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Relaxation, Meditation, DTT (Dynamic Thought Transfer), Energy Medicine.
I originally began my Psychotherapy practice in Cheshire (UK) in 2002; working throughout the Greater Manchester (UK) and Cheshire areas. My clients have come from as far away as New York, London, Edinburgh. I have now moved back to the North East of England and I am available for anyone who requires hypnotherapy, hypnosis, hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, psychotherapy living in, Annfield Plain, Barnard Castle, Birtley, Bishop Auckland, Blaydon, Brandon, Burnopfield, Carlisle, Castleside, Chester le Street, Consett, Corbridge, Cornforth, Crook, Darlington, Dudley, Durham, Easington, Felling, Ferryhill, Gateshead, Gosforth, Haltwhistle, Hartlepool, Haswell, Heburn, Hetton le Hole, Hexham, Houghton le Spring, Jarrow, Lanchester, Leadgate, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newton Aycliffe, North Shields, Peterlee, Ponteland, Prudhoe, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, Sacriston, Seaham, Shildon, South Shields, Spennymoor, Stanley, Stockton on Tees, Sunderland, Thornley, Trimdon, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Washington, Wheatley Hill, Whickham, Whitburn, Whitley Bay, Willington, Wingate.
I am privileged to have worked with many wonderful people sharing their journey as they changed their lives. Client problems range from alcohol addiction, anxiety, bereavement, self-esteem and confidence building, depression, eating disorders, emotional issues, IBS know as irritable bowel syndrome, pain relief, panic attacks, phobias, stop smoking, relationship problems, stress. losing weight and finding a balance between work and life. I work with children I use many techniques to help my clients, CBT, dream work, dynamic thought technique, EFT known as emotional freedom technique, EMDR know as eye movement desensitisation reprocessing, used in the NHS for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Hypnotherapy, hypnosis, as I am a hypnotherapist as well as psychotherapy. I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist. I work with children and young people who suffer with panic disorders, stress, behavioural issues, bullying. concentration, lack of confidence and other issues including addictions and lack of consequential thinking. I also work with couples and families on relationship and marriage issues.
I am the author off four published inspirational and motivational books on how to change your life from what it is, to what you desire it to be. (Click on the word 'books' above or Books in the left hand panel for more information)
Click here to read about the process and see the framework for the initial programme of therapy
Click here to see Psychotherapy page to understand how I work
Destiny
Why do we value material wealth,
More than we value mental health?
Why do we value the advent of speed
Over the value of growing the seed?
Why do circumstance and event,
Affect our mood and behavioural intent?
Why allow our life’s course
To be controlled by an outside force?
Only I can raise my arm ...
With thought internal anger or calm.
When I live for others to control,
I disempower my being and soul.
Can I be sure my thoughts are real?
My behaviour determined by the deal.
What could be, to change my mind?
That single act could save mankind.
To grow the rose, we plant the seed.
I plant my thoughts to grow my greed.
What I allow determines my life.
Without responsibility I walk in strife.
What changes everything is not without
What changes everything is within.
Illusion is the world I see,
What I create for me will be.
The force inside shapes the trait ...
Regret, doubt, fear insecurity and hate.
How did they get there? Not by circumstance or event,
We put them there with purposeful intent.
This is my life, my time to be,
Whatever I desire of me.
It is within; I have the key,
To shape my own destiny.
Copyright Gordon F Gatiss (April 2010)
(To print a copy of 'Destiny' and see more Poems click here)
IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.
I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.?
I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more 'I love you's' More 'I'm sorry's.'
But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute; look at it and really see it; live it and never give it back. STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!!
Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what, instead let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.
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I have developed a Tool which records the client's feelings at the start of therapy, the higher the score the greater negativity and time spent in that modality. This enables me to measure the effectiveness of my therapeutic programme in a dynamic and powerful way throughout the process. This is hard evidence that my programme of healing and change really works in a short time frame of 6 weeks. All it takes is full participation in the programme.
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As a Psychotherapist qualified in Psychotherapy & Hypnotherapy I can help with: panic attacks, anxiety, stress management, weight loss, smoking cessation, changing habits, removing fears and phobias, IBS, overcoming depression, study and memory habits, improving confidence, anger, rage, sexual problems, stopping smoking, sport performance, drink problems, substance abuse, pain control, anorexia, bed wetting, bereavement, bulimia, dreams, fear of flying, phobias, fears, public speaking, presentations, stammering, stress, eating disorders, self esteem, addiction to chocolate, addiction to cannabis and cocaine, anorexia nervosa, anxiety attacks (general anxiety disorders), anger management, binge eating and drinking, bulimia, concentration, confidence, depression, driving phobia, dizziness, excessive sweating, fear of flying, hypertension, insomnia, jealousy , nightmares , migraines, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), pain relief, post traumatic stress disorder, relationships, sexual problems, social phobia, stage fright, shyness, sporting ability, wedding nerves, weight control, abuse, body image, over-eating, child issues, comfort eating, exam nerves, fear, grief, guilt, habits, memory improvment, pain relief, panic attacks, post traumatic stresss, psychosomatic illness, quit smoking, smoking cessation, rejection, weight loss, weight gain.
