LCCH News Autumn / Winter

Before we let Jonny speak for himself about his professional development and efforts to set up a practice in Newquay, Cornwall, we want to congratulate him on his recent marriage to Carol and wish both of them all the best for their future. There is no lecturer or examiner, be it from London or anywhere else, who will not remember Jonny Alcock vividly. Known as the 'tall, blond, tanned, funny guy who surfs and took part in ‘Gladiators', he delighted and confused many of us with his unusual sense of humour and unconventional ways of perceiving things, while being an exceptionally conscientious and hard-working student, determined to achieve distinctions in assignments and exams. It seems that he is applying the 'broad' spectrum of his personality and professional interest successfully in Cornwall.

Jonny Alcock writes:

After passing the LCCH Practitioner Diploma in the early summer of 2001, I have been a busy boy. I opened the Newquay Hypnotherapy & Reiki Clinic in October 2001. It was largely dependent on word of mouth clients and posters to start with as my adverts did not appear in the Yellow Pages until January. Since then I have had a steady stream of clients coming to see me. In July this year I got married to my long-term girlfriend Carol, which was nice, especially considering Christa and David Mackinnon, and two other students and their wives could make it to the wedding. During June and July I also went through my Reiki Master attunement, which is ongoing as it is very much mastery of the self. I feel I should add that, on applying the preparation I use for Reiki to Hypnotherapy, I tune in to clients more easily. In addition, I find the words best suited to help the individuals I deal with in this way come effortlessly and without thought (conscious or unconscious). For two days a week throughout the summer I have been working as a beach lifeguard for the RNLI, and occasionally coach groups of individuals to surf.

With regards to my clinic, I have been involved in several open days this year, which have all helped raise public awareness of complementary therapies, and raised the profile of my business. Most recently, I was one of nine practitioners to offer taster sessions and information, at Treliske Hospital in Truro, at their Postgraduate Centre. Many doctors, specialists, nurses and assistants were invited to experience what was on offer. The day was organized by the Complementary Health Initiative (or CHI as they’re often known), of which I am a committee member (and for whom I carried the Queen’s Jubilee Baton for the Commonwealth Games in June). The open day at Treliske went well, with many staff from the hospital attending and experiencing the benefits of complementary therapies.

Some of you will already know of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) which has similarities to EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). This technique is a brilliant tool to use at open days, as you do not have to take full case histories, or deal with topics of a sensitive nature in front of crowds of onlookers.


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Following the progress of an LCCH student: Jonny Alcock Before we let Jonny speak for himself about his professional development and efforts to set up a practice in Newquay, Cornwall, we want to congratulate him on his recent marriage to Carol and wish both of them all the best for their future. There is no lecturer or examiner, be it from London or anywhere else, who will not remember Jonny Alcock vividly. Known as the 'tall, blond, tanned, funny guy who surfs and took part in ‘Gladiators', he delighted and confused many of us with his unusual sense of humour and unconventional ways of perceiving things, while being an exceptionally conscientious and hard-working student, determined to achieve distinctions in assignments and exams. It seems that he is applying the 'broad' spectrum of his personality and professional interest successfully in Cornwall. Jonny Alcock writes: After passing the LCCH Practitioner Diploma in the early summer of 2001, I have been a busy boy. I opened the Newquay Hypnotherapy & Reiki Clinic in October 2001. It was largely dependent on word of mouth clients and posters to start with as my adverts did not appear in the Yellow Pages until January. Since then I have had a steady stream of clients coming to see me. In July this year I got married to my long-term girlfriend Carol, which was nice, especially considering Christa and David Mackinnon, and two other students and their wives could make it to the wedding. During June and July I also went through my Reiki Master attunement, which is ongoing as it is very much mastery of the self. I feel I should add that, on applying the preparation I use for Reiki to Hypnotherapy, I tune in to clients more easily. In addition, I find the words best suited to help the individuals I deal with in this way come effortlessly and without thought (conscious or unconscious). For two days a week throughout the summer I have been working as a beach lifeguard for the RNLI, and occasionally coach groups of individuals to surf. With regards to my clinic, I have been involved in several open days this year, which have all helped raise public awareness of complementary therapies, and raised the profile of my business. Most recently, I was one of nine practitioners to offer taster sessions and information, at Treliske Hospital in Truro, at their Postgraduate Centre. Many doctors, specialists, nurses and assistants were invited to experience what was on offer. The day was organized by the Complementary Health Initiative (or CHI as they’re often known), of which I am a committee member (and for whom I carried the Queen’s Jubilee Baton for the Commonwealth Games in June). The open day at Treliske went well, with many staff from the hospital attending and experiencing the benefits of complementary therapies. Some of you will already know of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) which has similarities to EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). This technique is a brilliant tool to use at open days, as you do not have to take full case histories, or deal with topics of a sensitive nature in front of crowds of onlookers.			Many of the doctors, nurses and locums who attended the Treliske open day were impressed with the use of EFT as it brought their stress levels down from 100% to 0% in minutes. As a result, they have asked for a display of EFT in mid-October, and have been asking their personnel to take on board complementary therapists to help in their workplaces. I have been using EFT in conjunction with my Hypnotherapy for about eight months now and I find it useful for nearly all problems that I encounter. It can also be used on children and the elderly,saving hours of rapport building and explanation. I must say that since I started Hypnotherapy back in 2000, life has just kept on improving, but this summer has been phenomenal, and I am glad to say it’s a million miles away from my old occupation as a Senior Private Quantity Surveyor. So, Christa Mackinnon and LCCH Staff and students keep up the excellent work, and see you in the future. A chance meeting in my local village public house looks as though it is going to lead to some interesting work. Pete Lewis is a Consultant Surgeon at Torbay Hospital, and the father of two young girls who go to school with my youngest son. His wife and I often ride together and we all often meet at various school and other social events. On this occasion he was with another surgeon from Trinidad and we soon got on to the subject of work. I mentioned that I had just treated five clients in the previous two weeks for smoking cessation, all of whom had been referred via one lady I treated in February. They were all either related or worked together and all knew each other! And they had all successfully stopped smoking! Of course,there is nothing like blowing one's own trumpet, but I really enjoy to treat clients who want to stop smoking. As an ex-smoker, I take it very seriously, and feel very committed about the whole subject. Pete asked if I would be interested in doing a small research/pilot project with him, as he and his team were under great pressure to get their patients to stop smoking. He was talking about patients with arterial disease and, of course, smoking is one of the biggest contributory factors, significantly affecting their recovery and life expectancy. As he said, he tells them quite bluntly, '..if you don't stop, you will die.' Well, we all know it is not as easy as that for a vast majority of people, so he is keen to see if hypnotherapy can be of value to some patients. I have now also spoken to the vascular nurse in charge of his clinics, and the next step is for the three of us to meet in early October to begin making some plans. She says that she tells the patients she does not care how they do it (give up smoking) just as long as they do! She also says she has a massive amount of potential clients, so in the first instance we need to identify a suitable group to work with. I imagine there will be two fairly distinct groups, those who are already highly motivated due to their illness, and those, who despite their poor health, will still need to be motivated before any further work is attempted. So, it will be a matter of watch this space, hopefully I will be able to report in more scientific detail on the project being set up and running in the next issue! Oh, Pete even says he has a budget for something like this, so I may not even have to do it for love! Julie Wood LCCH Lecturer

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