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My Training and Experience

My Training and Experience 

With over twenty years of coaching and guiding people in adventure sports, and seven years training in the psychological components of the head game, I have the following qualifications and further training and experience to help you get that edge.

  • British Caving Trainer and Assessor
  • British Canoeing Trainer and Assessor.
  • Senior Associate Coach and Guide for Derby University Degree Courses in Outdoor Leadership BA and Adventure Sports Coaching BSc.
  • Dozens of national and international expeditions led with great emphasis on the psychological aspects of performance in technical and arduous environments. 
5416m and a major goal achieved
Including:

Jordan, Romania, Thailand, Nepal, Ladakh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Ecuador, Tanzania, Croatia, Madagascar, Zambia, India, Borneo, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, France
Mental Game Training
    • Advanced Hypnosis for Sports Performance 
    • Certificate in Clinical Hypnotherapy
    • Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy
    • Diploma in Neuro Linguistic Programming
    • Certified Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming
    • Certified Practitioner of Intrinsic Neuro Linguistic Psychology
    • Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming
    • N.L.P. Coaching 
    • Clean Language for Hypnotists
    • Epistomological Metaphors 
    • Wounded Child Within 
    • Core Transformations
    • Rossi – Ideo Dynamic Communication “Mirroring Hands” 
    • Fast Inductions for Hypnosis
    • Training in Emotional Freedom Technique (E.F.T.)
    • Training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprogramming (E.M.D.R.)
Sports and Adventure Training
    • Cave Instructors Certificate inc National Mines Module (No. 86)
    • U.K.C.C. Five Star Leader Canoe
    • U.K.C.C. Wilderness Guide
    • U.K.C.C. Wilderness Guide Trainer and Assessor 
    • U.K.C.C. Aspirant Advanced Coach 
    • B.C.U. Level 3 Canoe Coach
    • British Canoe Union White Water Safety and Rescue for Canoeists
    • U.K.C.C. Advanced White Water Safety and Rescue
    • Institute of Outdoor Learning Bushcraft Practitioner
    • Leave No Trace Awareness Trainer
    • Local Cave Leader Trainer and Assessor
    • Summer Mountain Leader Award
    • M.L.T.B. Single Pitch Award
    • First Aid Remote Wilderness Care
    • I.T.A. Introductory Transactional Analysis 101
    • Winter Mountain Leader
    • P.A.D.I. Open Water Diver
    • P.A.D.I. Advanced Open Water Diver
    • P.A.D.I. Rescue Diver
    • P.A.D.I. Deep Diver Speciality
    • M.L.T.B. Disability Awareness Seminar
    • Health and Safety.
    • Training in the Children Act
    • Training in Child Protection
    • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention: Basic.
    • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention: Staff Recovery
    • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention: Effective Confrontation
    • Prevention, Assessment, Management of Violence and Aggression
    • Fairbridge Training: Difficult Behaviour Practitioner tool kit
    • Visually Impaired Awareness Training RNIB 2012
    • UK Sports Coach Safe guarding and Protecting Children 2011