Department Staff
Gavin Emerson
BST Foundation Academic Director
Gavin Emerson is a founder member of the BST
Foundation and has many years experience in the
fields of clinical hypnosis and brief therapy.
He has been instrumental in teaching mental
health care professionals in these areas and is
primarily responsible for designing the Diploma
of Higher Education in Clinical Hypnosis. In
conjunction with Dr Robert Dupe and Dr Tig
Calvert he has also developed a number of
specialist training programmes in clinical
hypnosis and brief therapy that have
subsequently been awarded post-graduate credits
for Psychiatrists and other healthcare
professionals. He is regularly engaged as a
consultant in brief therapy for Medico- Legal
cases of post traumatic stress.
Dr. Robert
Dupe Medical Director BA, BSc, FRSM, PhD, FSBST, BCSHA,
DCHyp
Robert Dupe is a co-founder and the medical
director of the Foundation. Robert lectures in
Brief Strategic Therapy and Clinical Hypnosis
and provides relevant clinical input for the
Foundation’s courses. He has spent considerable
time in the field of cardiovascular medicine and
is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He
also has a considerable experience in the pharmaco-biology of psychosomatic illness and
applies the practice of clinical hypnosis within
NHS and private settings.
Gavin Emerson and Robert Dupe are both engaged
in an advisory capacity to national
organisations on behavioural problems and appear
on national television and in the press.
Dr Tig Calvert
Programme Director BSc PhD CPsychol DCHyp
Tig Calvert is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology
at St Mary’s University College and is the
Programme Director for the Diploma of Higher
Education in Clinical Hypnosis. With a
healthcare background and a PhD in emotional and
behavioural problems following traumatic brain
injury, she currently specialises in how the
brain produces and responds to emotions, and the
interaction between mind and body. She has a
private hypnotherapy practice in Oxford
utilising her academic and clinical skills to
help clients to overcome anxiety based problems
and develop their full potential in life. Tig is
a regular specialist psychologist on a number of
TV programmes including Paul McKenna and Diet
Doctors.
Andy McCann
Senior Lecturer BA Hons, MA Ed PGCE, DCHyp, MSBST
Andy is a Senior Lecturer on the DipHE in
Clinical Hypnosis. He has a background in sport
and education and has worked as a teacher and
lecturer in both the school and university
sectors. Andy trained in clinical hypnotherapy
with the BST foundation and is a Licensed
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner.
He runs a private hypnotherapy practice in
Cardiff and has a particular interest in the
application of clinical hypnotherapy to sport
and regularly works in collaboration with other
healthcare professionals and sport coaches. Andy
is also Director of AMCAN Consultancy &
Training, which specialises in overcoming
limiting beliefs and fulfilling potential.
AMCAN’s clients include charities, corporate
business, schools and individuals. In addition,
Andy writes and has written an acclaimed
healthcare book which has been released in the
UK and US.
Dr Richard
Martin MBBS. FRCA. DCHyp. MSBST
Dr Richard Martin is a Consultant in Paediatric
Anaesthesia and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at
Great Ormond Street Hospital. Having graduated
with distinction from the foundation’s
practitioner diploma course, he joined the
department & associates as a medical education
adviser. While maintaining an interest in
general applications of clinical hypnotherapy,
he has a particular interest in performance
enhancement, anger and stress management. He has
extensive experience and is an expert in the
management of anxiety in children.
Dr. Karl Drewek
Lecturer BSc (Hons), PhD (Psych), DCHyp, MSBST, FRSA
Dr Karl Drewek is a clinical hypnotherapist and brief
strategic therapist with a private practice in Harley
Street and Surrey. Having trained at the BST Foundation,
he is a senior lecturer and student supervisor. Karl's
background includes ten years experience as an independent
consultant to the healthcare industry, improving the performance
of sales and marketing teams and providing executive coaching.
With a doctorate in psychopharmacogenetics, he is also
commissioned by healthcare companies to meet with experts
to report on their recent advances in medical research
and neuroscience. He has published several books for psychiatrists
and neurologists. www.karldrewekhypnotherapy.co.uk
Gordon Paull
Lecturer & Teacher BEd (Hons), DCHyp, A.Cert.CSHyp,
MSBST
Gordon is an Assistant
Headteacher at a boys' school in South East London and
was previously a Head of English. As a teacher of thirty-three
years standing he is acutely aware of how language can
both damage and motivate people and children in particular,
influencing change in a variety of ways. He originally
trained in hypnosis in the late 80's, but re-trained with
the BSTF in 2007; he now lectures for the Foundation and
St. Mary's University College, Twickenham and runs his
own practice in South East London. The Queen Mary's NHS
Trust Hospital, SE London has contracted Gordon to work
in their Pain Clinic supporting patients with chronic
and persistent pain. He also receives referrals from GP's
and reviews current literature on hypnosis for a publishing
house. His particular interests are in pain management
and child development though; he is equally interested
in the full spectrum of hypnotherapeutic applications.
Damian Hamill Senior Lecturer DCHyp. DMH.
A.Cert.CSHyp. MSBST
Damian Hamill has been interested in the fields
of hypnosis and human change for over fifteen
years. After qualifying in 1997 he has studied
to an Advanced Level with the BST Foundation.
Damian has also trained in Symbolic Modelling,
an approach derived from the metaphor therapy.
Damian is a therapist in private practice and
provides student supervision for the BST
Foundation. Damian is also involved in a number
of ongoing book projects on the subject of
clinical hypnosis and human change.
Zee Jabbar
Lecturer BA (Hons). DCHyp. MSBST
Zee Jabbar has been a teacher for twenty years
and now lives and works in the Spanish Pyrenees.
He is an Advanced graduate of the BST Foundation
and after working for it in London both as a
course lecturer and student supervisor is now
the Director of the BST Programme in Spain. His
interests include understanding the way words
can heal and communicating the art of
hypnotherapy to students.
Dr Lucy Atcheson. BSc. (Hons) MSc. Psych. PhD.
C. Psychol. DCHyp MSBST
Dr Lucy Atcheson is an accredited brief
strategic therapist, clinical hypnotherapist as
well as a counselling psychologist, and a
coaching psychologist. Dr Lucy has seven years
of experience working as a psychologist, five of
these have been working in independent practice.
She is also a qualified as a critical incident
stress management practitioner since 2003. She
is a psychological specialist and external
examiner. Dr Lucy runs her own practice in
Harley Street, London. Lucy has written two
books: Dr Lucy Atcheson's Guide to Perfect
Relationships, and Free Yourself From Fear (both
published by Hay House). Lucy specialises in
working with panic disorders and has done a BBC
program on overcoming phobias. In addition, Dr
Lucy is a regular contributor on the radio and
in the national press, she has also made several
television appearances.
Dave Costello
BA(Hons) DipCOT DCHyp GPQH MSBST
Dave Costello has been an Occupational Therapist
for 17 years, and has worked in a variety of
clinical areas in mental health in the NHS. Dave
is also a guest lecturer at the University of
West of England. In recent years Dave has worked
outside the context of the NHS, and has designed
and delivered Condition Management Programmes
for Depression through the New Deal, as well as
providing rehabilitation and case management to
the Insurance industry, supporting and enabling
individuals to return to work following illness
or injury. Dave regularly utilises clinical
hypnotherapy in addition to employing more
traditional therapeutic approaches such as
cognitive behavioural therapy and solution
focused approaches. He is a teaching associate
for the BST Foundation.
Glenda Lewis
RGN DCHyp MSBST
Glenda is a Registered General Nurse with more
than thirty years of clinical experience. For
the past eighteen years she has worked in the
primary health care sector as a practice nurse.
Assessing the needs of clients with chronic
illnesses is a major aspect of her role. This
entails formulating and promoting positive life
style changes to enhance clients’ health and
well-being. She is a member of the R.C.N. (Royal
College of Nursing) the N.M.C. (Nurses and
Midwives Council) and the Society of Brief and
Strategic Hypnotherapists. Glenda is a
healthcare adviser for the BST Foundation.
Alison Holloway
BSc (Hons) DCHyp MSBST
Alison trained in Cardiff as a speech and
language therapist. She is employed by North
Glamorgan NHS Trust and also works independently
in South Wales; based in Newport. She is a
specialist in the area of stammering, public
speaking, confidence building and self esteem
issues. Alison includes hypnotherapy in her
independent practice having studied with the BST
Foundation who she has since joined as a
teaching associate.
Dr Robert J
D Beattie Administation BSc PhD
Bob Beattie is the administration manager for
the BST Foundation providing professional
administrative systems. He plays an integral
role in the course admin staff. Bob also has 35
years wide-ranging consultancy and business
management experience, with a successful track
record in several different professional roles
for clients in UK and abroad, including :
project management; devising and effecting
innovative IS strategies and results-orientated
operating practices; development and expansion
of a medium-sized, multi-disciplinary management
consultancy.
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