Mark R. Davis,
BSc. Psy & Phil, Dip CBH
College Principal and Lead Trainer
Mark is a cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist with a practice in Central and North London. Mark trained in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy at The UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy with Donald Robertson back in 2006 and has had a full time practice since 2007. He has a diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (Dip. Hyp.) and a Dual Honours Degree in Pyschology and Philosophy from Sheffield University. He is also the Chairman of the Register of Evidence-Based Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy.
He has an extensive background in yoga philosophy and meditation, spending 5 years studying and practising in India and a further 10 years studying and teaching full time for a yoga foundation in the United States. He has been meditating regularly for over 25 years.
Diploma Teaching Team
Joining Mark to teach our courses we are lucky to have a number of dynamic, smart, passionate trainers – all who have completed the Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy and run therapy practices either full time or side by side with their academic or professional work. They all deeply embrace the Hypno-CBT® model and are able to teach with wisdom, care, adaptability and creativity.
Shelley Cushway
Dip CBH, Dip I Hyp Nlp
Prior to training in hypnotherapy and NLP, Shelley has had a career spanning 30 years in Human Resources and Recruitment where she managed, trained and coached her own teams. She now balances her time between seeing clients, teaching and coaching for UKCHH and running corporate workshops focusing on stress management and wellbeing.
Tim Grimwade
Dip CBH, MNCH
Prior to being a full-time CBH Therapist Tim worked for eight years for a leading international Investment Bank in London, an education itself in human nature, behaviour and different strategies for coping in a highly pressured environment. Tim specialises in, and is passionate about, helping clients with anxiety.
Sue Sawyer
BA (Hons), Dip CBH
Sue is an experienced trainer, coach, CBH Therapist and NLP Master Practitioner.
She originally trained as an actress and successfully worked in The West End. Sue also runs a complementary private clinic using a holistic approach to health and wellbeing with particular attention to anxiety, unresolved emotional conflict and stress management.
Mimi Fakhri
MSc Psych., Dip CBH
With a BSc and Masters in Psychology, Mimi is passionate about prioritising our mental and physical well-being and providing people with the tools and skills to help them help themselves. She uses a combination of hypnotherapy, CBT techniques and mindfulness-based approaches. Mimi runs clinics in Surrey / South West London.
Theresa Brockway
MA, Dip CBH
Theresa offers Hypnotherapy, Creative Psychotherapy and Public Speaking Coaching to her clients and has a background in performance, touring theatre, Shakespeare and G&C.
Alongside her private practice, Theresa works as a Mental Health Specialist for the NHS and has facilitated group sessions, training and workshops for over 20 years in diverse settings.
Emma Coffey
Dip CBH
Emma has a background in working with children and young people both as a teacher and with organisations including ChildLine and TeachFirst. In 2016 Emma made the transition to therapeutic practice when she trained with the UK College.
Drawing from evidence-based approaches Emma offers individually tailored support for children, young adults and parents.
Jana Martiskova
PhD, Dip CBH
Dr Jana has a PhD in Interventions in Autism and an Advanced Diploma in CBT/REBT and is working towards an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Therapy. She currently lectures at Regents University. Her field of expertise is Child Development and Life Span Development.
Jana trained with the UK College in 2016 and specialises in the integration of hypnosis with behaviour therapy and REBT.
Hui Bee Teh
MSc, Dip CBH
Senior Trainer, Asia Branch
Hui Bee is a trained clinical psychologist with the Dip CBH and a Masters in Clinical Psychology & Mental Health. She has worked within the NHS in the UK and now runs her own practice in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hui Bee is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese & Hokkien and assists the UK College in preparing, translating and teaching our Diploma Course in China and South East Asia.
Bill Sheate
Dip CBH, GQHP, GHR Reg, Dip SMRB
Bill has spent over 35 years working in environmental policy and decision-making, and 27 years as an academic at Imperial College London, where he continues to work part-time alongside his CBH private practice. His passion has always been in the teaching and pastoral support of students, and he sees CBH as a natural extension of this, providing a very well equipped tool-kit for dealing with the common personal issues that arise in higher education (and beyond)
Senior Guest Teachers
Daniel Mirea
MSc, Dip CBH
Daniel is a senior psychotherapist, lecturer and a fellow alumnus of King’s College and a senior associate at The Royal Medical Society. He is an experienced consultant clinical supervisor within the South-East London trust and a CBT course leader with NSPC – Middlesex University and Regents University. He has a particular interest in integrating hypnosis with CBT in the context of trans-diagnostic approaches
Dr Donald Meichenbaum
PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Donald is Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of Waterloo in Canada. He is one of the founders who put the C in CBT nearly 40 years ago, and in a survey reported in the American Psychologist, he was voted “one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the 20th century.” He is research director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment.
Prof. David Attard
PhD, Dip CBH, D.D., EAHP, ECP, WCP
David is a leading European Logotherapist and accredited Existential Analyst, Practitioner, Supervisor and Scholar on the subject of meaning and purpose. He is the president of the Institute for Logotherapy & Existential Analytic Psychotherapy in Malta. He seeks to help people, therapists and inter-disciplinary professionals achieve well-being by learning and finding their meaning and purpose.
Coaches for the Online Diploma Course
Along with the trainers we also have an excellent team of Coaches providing 15 hours of 1-to-1 coaching for Online Diploma students. Each coach has taken the Diploma, achieved the qualification and has taken a special Hypno-CBT® Supervision training. They are all experienced, practising Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapists, and selected for their skill, care and knowledge.
Slee Parrish
Slee is a CBH therapist and a consultant nurse within the NHS. With the onset on Covid-19 her practice has changed to concentrate on frontline staff and the very particular anxieties, fear, and stressors they face during the pandemic. She is one half of the partnership that created www.nhsinmind.co.uk – a collection of free resources put together for frontline workers during Covid-19.
Philip Makatrewicz
Philip qualified as a hypnotherapist with the UKCHH in 2015, and has been in private practice ever since. His varied background and interests inform his therapeutic approach: his time in the media helped him to understand the anxieties and stress of a fast-paced lifestyle, while his writing background aids him in finding creative approaches to problem-solving.
Andrea Haggerwood
Andrea is a CBH and Stress Management and Resilience Building (SMRB) Therapist. She has worked in a range of educational settings, predominantly with children with SEN, learning difficulties or severe and complex medical needs. She also works in Primary Education, a charity for carers, and provides SMRB strategies for patients in a private cardiology clinic.
Edwina Reason
Edwina’s professional background is in the entertainment world: she was a singer, actress and children’s TV Presenter. She is now a CBH therapist and works part time for the UK’s biggest Private Rehabilitation Centre for addiction, leading group sessions and 1-to-1s. She also runs meditation and relaxation sessions and is a trained faciliator for the not-for-Profit Women Empowering Women Organisation.
Jolene Pang
Jolene is a clinical psychologist with the Dip CBH and a Masters in Clinical Psychology, She runs her own private clinic in Sabah, Malaysia. Currently, she is doing a PhD researching using a Hypno-CBT model for treatment for clinical depression for her PhD study. Jolene is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay.
Celia Griver
Celia has a background in behaviour change working in the NHS and prior to that in international development. She specialise in issues around disordered eating, food and weight, in particular working with people who have struggled with out of control eating. Celia also works with people with cancer. She is based in Kent and has clinics is Sevenoaks and Tonbridge, as well as online.
Kevin Patton
Kevin has worked extensively in the Public and Voluntary sectors supporting individuals and groups of people with complex needs. He focuses on strategies and techniques grounded in the best available scientific evidence to help cultivate people's skilful practice to free themselves from the tyranny of self-limiting thoughts, overwhelming emotions and self-defeating behaviours.
Barry Bray
Barry was a secondary school teacher and Assistant Principal for 20 years before re-training to become a CBH therapist and coach. He is a stress and anxiety specialist with a special interest in self-care. Whilst he works with people of all ages he also freelances as a therapist in a secondary school working with students aged 13+. Barry runs a private practice in Bath and also provides mental health workshops for schools and businesses.
Chris People
Chris launched his practice in 2017 alongside a sister initiative, The Resilience Project Brighton, with the intention of improving access to evidence-based therapy and resilience coaching in Sussex and beyond. His main therapeutic interests are in addressing those mood and motivation sticking points that can sometimes prevent us from our most valued living.
Chris has a background in environmental science and martial arts.
Louise Coyle
Louise is particularly interested in helping midlife women cope with the changes and unpleasant symptoms of menopause. As well as seeing private clients she runs group workshops in relaxation and stress management, how to cope with exam stress, and how to manage the menopause. Before becoming a hypnotherapist Louise worked for many years as a medical journalist.
Namita Bhatia
Prior to setting up her practice in North West London, Namita worked in the Legal sector for nearly 15 years. She runs her practice with particular attention to stress and anxiety, anger management, unresolved negative emotions, insomnia, weight loss and menopause, using a combination of hypnotherapy, relaxation skills training, NLP, standard CBT and mindfulness.
Kate Mitchell
Following 30 years in Education during which she focused on special educational needs and emotional wellbeing, Kate trained as a CBH hypnotherapist in 2018. Since then, she has built a practice focusing on anxiety and insomnia, and is working with a growing number of people in their late teens and early adulthood. She has trained in ACT therapeutic approaches and online hypnotherapy skills.