About Bill
I bring decades of experience in psychology, psychotherapy, and contemplative practice to this work.
Because of the breadth and depth of my experience and training, my work often goes beyond the bounds of traditional coaching or psychotherapy to encompass a much wider view.
Please bear in mind that my focus has moved away from simply fixing or managing problems, and towards supporting people to live with greater presence, honesty, authenticity and inner coherence.
I now work exclusively online, offering depth-oriented, one-to-one conversations for those who are ready for this kind of engagement.
Outside of the bounds of my professional life, I am very fortunate to be living with my beloved wife, the artist, Trish Mitchell, in the endless beauty of the English Cotswolds. Photography is my creative joy.
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A comprehensive professional training in clinical psychology that included in-depth instruction in counselling and psychotherapy. My Master’s thesis was on an understanding of wilderness experience from a Jungian point of view.
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A two-year post-graduate part-time training in a form of psychotherapy that integrates a spiritual perspective with more traditional psychotherapy.
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An intensive year-long part-time training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – a practical form of psychotherapy that is particularly useful in dealing with anxiety issues and depression.
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A year-long part-time training in psychotherapy supervision.
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This is the two-part practitioner training in a form of psychotherapy (EMDR) that is extremely effective in putting any traumatic memory to rest. Most types of psychological difficulty are caused or precipitated by a trauma of some sort. Both of these trainings were with the originator of EMDR – Francine Shapiro.
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Both EFT and Matrix Reimprinting use a combination of eastern medicine and western psychology to treat traumatic memories. Matrix Reimprinting is an extremely effective development of EFT. I was fortunate to train in both methods with the originator of Matrix Reimprinting – Karl Dawson.
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A vision quest is psychological and spiritual process during which people fast in a natural environment after careful preparation and under proper supervision. The vision quest is a very powerful ritual that is frequently life-transforming. I was very lucky to be trained in the USA by the late Steven Foster and Meredith Little, exceptional teachers in this tradition. Since then, I have run many vision quests both in Africa and in the UK.
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This arduous training as a traditional healer took more than five years to complete. Although I no longer practice as an African healer, I have integrated very valuable elements from this training into my work.
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This was my first graduate qualification and was followed by employment in Microbiology, Medical Biochemistry and Industrial Chemistry laboratories. I later returned to university to study psychology. I am very grateful for this training because it affords me a deep understanding of the scientific perspective - its great value and its limitations.
All the training has been part of my search for the models, tools and processes that have enabled me to develop the Deep Insights Approach.
Bill’s Qualifications
Bill’s Professional Journey
The work that we do is about you, not about Bill but, if you are curious about his professional journey so that you have a better idea of who he is the scope of possibilities, please click here.