In 1987 he employed his own Personal Development Coach and, with personal training, became a Coach in his own right a year or so later. He is able to give added benefit by integrating his Financial & Lifestyle Planning experience when coaching clients.

By the late 1990s Peter realised that coaching was one step up the ladder from counselling. He knew that there was a real need to help a significant number of people to overcome emotional and psychological problems before they could effectively benefit from the development and life skills coaching process. Peter embarked on another journey of education and learning, becoming qualified and experienced in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Integrative Counselling and Psychology.

He has a BSc (Honours) in Psychology, Certificates in Counselling and in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and teaches CBT and Counselling to trainee therapists at two Local Authority Adult Education Centre. He is continuing his education programme, including a further Diploma in Coaching and is furthering his specialisation in anxiety disorders, particularly Social Anxiety Disorder.

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As her own search for meaning and self definition continued she trained in Existential Psychotherapy at the New School of Psychotherapy. Other trainings include The Transpersonal, Energy Psychology, Emotrance, Psychodrama, EFT, CBT and Supervision. She believes that being a Therapist is a lifetime’s work. She is passionate about relationship, finding common ground between her own experiences and the experiences of her clients. Whilst the core of her work is humanistic she is aware of the importance of integrating a number of approaches in her way of being with clients. She has 23 years of experience as a Therapist and as a human being 55 years

Homeopathy was Caroline’s first choice for her health and emotional needs during this illness as she did not wish to take medication because of possible addictive qualities or side effects. She also wanted a system of medicine that gave her relief from her symptoms but also allowed her to process and become stronger as a result of the life events rather than suppress them. Caroline found that homeopathy was of such benefit to her during this time of illness that she wished to have further understanding of it and be able to use it to assist others, so started her homeopathic training in 1996 in London. After primary qualification she continued frequent and continuous professional development, and is now a practitioner and supervisor. She is registered and licensed with the Society of Homeopaths.