About Jennifer Charles

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About Jennifer

Introduction:

Jennifer is a self-employed clinical hypnotherapist and has been in practice for over 30 years. During the course of her career, she established successful practices in Oxford and Bristol.

Jennifer is a full member of The National Council for Hypnotherapy and accredited by the Council in supervision as such she is able to provide this facility for students of hypnotherapy as well as professional therapists.

Jennifer feels that she has been very privileged to have helped and learnt from a wide variety of people, experiencing a wide variety life issues and challenges.

She is also an advanced Metatronic practitioner; having trained with Philippa Merivale and over the years has studied many complimentary therapeutic approaches. She believes in personal and spiritual development and regularly attends to this in her personal life.

Many of Jennifer’s clients come from the caring professions, teachers, doctors and nurses as well as many complimentary therapists. She has sometimes been referred to as ‘the therapist’s therapist’, other clients have affectionately nicknamed her ‘Yoda’.

In The Beginning...

Jennifer Charles’s parents studied metaphysics and were interested in the potential of the mind. She was always encouraged to think and view life in different ways.  Her parents trained as hypnotherapists when she was aged 11.  They helped to develop within her an understanding of hypnotherapy and alternative therapeutic principles at an early age.

Jennifer was educated in the United States up to the age of 15 when she came back to England to complete her education.

Personal Life:

Jennifer has five adult children, she is enormously proud of them. Jennifer lives in the beautiful Royal Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire and has a deep love of nature, especially trees with great respect for their healing power.

In her spare time she enjoys helping out on her daughter’s farm, playing with her grandson and walking the dogs. She believes in miracles and is passionate about the wonder of life and the planet.

Qualifications & Continued Professional Development (CPD)

Qualifications & Continued Professional Development (CPD):

• Self-expression and Leadership Programme, Landmark Education 2010
• CPD Metatronic Cosmic Course 2010.
• Landmark Education Advanced 2010.
• Upgraded, by Phillipa Merival, to teach Metatronic Healing (foundation level) 2010.
• CPD Divine Manifestation (Metatronic Healing), 2009.
• CPD Healing the Family Tree (Metatronic Healing), 2009.
• CPD Past Life Healing (Metatronic Healing), 2009.
• Certificates in Metatronic Healing to advanced level, 2009.
• Landmark Forum, 2007.
• Silva Mind Method, basic level, Silva International Inc., 2005
• Certificate, Working With Self-Harm, Henderson Hospital & Crisis Recovery Unit NHS Trust, London 2002.
• Diploma in Hypnotherapy Supervision, National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH), London 2001.
• Trained at the school of Chanelling, Runnings Park, West Malvern, 2001.
• Diploma in Ericksonian Hypnosis, The International Institute for Humanistic NLP and Hypnosis, London 1999.
• Certificate for the treatment of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), The National Council of Hypnotherapists, Birmingham 1998.
• Diploma in NLP, practitioner level, John Seymour Associates, Bristol, 1997.
• Qualified as a trainer and facilitator through Redwood Women’s Training Association, founded by Ann Dickson, London 1991:
  • Diploma in Equal Opportunities Training the Trainers, 1994.
  • Diploma in facilitating sexuality groups, 1993.
  • Diploma in facilitating assertiveness groups, 1992.
• Studied Co-Counselling through the Phoenix Association, 1992.
• Diploma in Aura Soma Colour Therapy 1984.
• Studied Natural Child Birth with Sheila Kitzinger 1983.
• Diploma in Hypnosis & Psychotherapy Blythe College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, Chester, 1977.
• Certificate in Consultation and Pre-treatment, Dr L.J. Beuret MD, London 1974.
• Was taught the theory and application of Radionics to practitioner level whilst working for the Delawarr Labourites, Botley, Oxford 1974- 1977.
• Registered Mental Nurse, (RMN) Littlemore Psychiatric Hospital, Oxford, 1974.
• Colour Healing at Hygeia Studios with Theo Gimble, 1973.

Further Professional Accomplishments

Courses & Workshops:

Jennifer has created and facilitated workshops in Bristol for the deaf and hard of hearing, ‘Women’s Sexuality’ and ‘When & How to say NO’ for people with learning difficulties. She also created and facilitated courses on ‘Assertiveness and the Inner Child’ and ‘Through Your Fear into Your Joy’.

She has accumulated over 650 training hours, facilitating personal awareness and personal development training programmes, through 1991 to 2001. One of these was an equal opportunities awareness workshop for the physical fitness trainers within the Metropolitan Police Force, 1994.

Involvement Within the Community:

Jennifer started up several community initiatives:

• TringLets; a local exchange system in Tring, Hertfordshire, back in the early 90’s when there were only a few in the country.
• Founder member and secretary of her local Green Party, Tring Hertfordshire, in the early 90’s.
• Established Oxford Quest; a group which provided interesting lectures of a social/spiritual & alternative nature to the enquiring minds of Oxford City.