ABOUT US

Hypnosis Works Ltd has been in practice for eight years and is located in London

The practice is run by Paul Tecklenberg and Melissa Tecklenberg. Between the two of them, they have over 10 years of experience. They are registered and certified as Austin Technique and Phoenix Technique Practitioners and their qualifications are recognised by the General Hypnotherapy Register. The practitioners are also members of the General Hypnotherapy Register and hold NHS independent provider codes.

Paul Tecklenberg
Hyp. Dip. Austin Trained Advanced Hypnotherapist
M.A.B.C.H. Atkinson Ball College of Hypnotherapy
Phoenix Technique Specialist Hypnotherapist
M.F.A. Slade U.C.L.

Melissa Tecklenberg
Hyp. Dip. Austin Trained Advanced Hypnotherapist
Phoenix Technique Specialist Hypnotherapist
B.A. Hons.

Both Melissa (Alley) and Paul initially trained as artists and met twelve years ago. Paul received a masters degree from the Slade, UCL where he became interested in psychotherapy and the connection between art and the subconscious. Melissa's paintings draw upon the collective subconscious and are influenced by Freudian and Jungian Analysis.

Paul became a passionate advocate for hypnosis when he stopped smoking with Christine Green six years ago. Melissa also worked with Christine Green for pain free childbirth and enjoyed a relatively comfortable home birth for their first son. Paul and Melissa then went on to train with Dr. Barry Neale who taught them the Phoenix Technique for stopping smoking. This technique is successful in 95% of people as shown by follow-up phone calls after six months in a controlled trial involving 300 people.

They set up Southwark Stop Smoking Practice because they wanted to help people reduce the risk of cancer since Melissa's parents both died of cancer and Paul's grandparents died of cancer and heart disease. (They changed their name to Hypnosis Works to reflect the growing number of conditions they treat.)

Paul wanted to broaden his practice and studied with Cherith Powell and Greg Forde at the Atkinson Ball College of Hypnotherapy. He graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Hypnotherapy and gained a thorough grounding in different hypnotherapy techniques. He then studied medical hypnosis with James Poole and gained the skills to create hypnotic anaesthesia with a client in an operating theatre who had a 15 mm cyst cut out. She had no chemical anaesthetic and she felt no pain! The client was discharged from hospital two days early.

Paul and Melissa then trained with Valerie Austin and learnt the Austin Technique. With Valerie, they learnt a thorough protocol that focuses the mind of the client to get back control of their life so that they can live to enjoy a richer and more satisfying life. Melissa has helped clients who have been in 'therapy' for a number of years to permanently overcome their problems within five sessions.

Melissa and Paul have set up "LIFE+CARD saving lives
with language". It is a fascinating project that gives any individual the opportunity to say the right words to a trauma victim, potentially making the difference between life and death. You can find out more by clicking onto www.life-card.co.uk .