What I offer as coach:
Knowledge, experience and a honed approach
I studied engineering and worked for 30 years in aviation, ultimately as a manager. I retrained in 2010 and am now a registered psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice.
My breathing approach draws from the Buteyko Method and my own experience and research. I keep it as simple as possible, teaching people what they need to know and how to breathe to alleviate and manage their symptoms.
NHS Approved Service Provider
As well as working with people online from all over the UK, I deliver mental health services to NHS staff: counselling, psychotherapy (CBT), as well as breathing, and have done for the last five years.
In therapy, I work with people who need a bit more help, on a range of issues from anxiety and stress, ADHD, trauma and chronic pain.
You can find details on my therapy website ActiveCBT.com
My main areas of expertise:
Asthma
COPD Support
COPD Support
Having worked with asthma for over five years, I now use other techniques as well as Buteyko. My aim is always to teach people how to manage their symptoms and safely reduce their dependence on inhalers.
COPD Support
COPD Support
COPD Support
People with COPD often say their GP said little could be done. Yes, it requires sessions to be spread out over time, but improving breathing patterns with a gentle approach can make a real difference.
Better Sleep
COPD Support
Better Sleep
Sleeping well is a challenge to many of us today. My approach involves combining breathing techniques with hypnotherapy recordings before bedtime to calm the mind and set up the nervous system for rest.
Snoring
Fitness, exercise and/or EIB
Better Sleep
Learning to breathe well always improves sleep, but reducing or eradicating snoring literally changes lives. Both partners discover what it means to feel fully refreshed.
Fitness, exercise and/or EIB
Fitness, exercise and/or EIB
Fitness, exercise and/or EIB
A runner myself, I work with asthma and/or EIB (exercise-induced bronchoconstriction). Cardio fitness and runs make progress rapid. Performance improves, stitches end and symptoms reduce or often disappear.
Golf
Fitness, exercise and/or EIB
Fitness, exercise and/or EIB
Rory McIlroy said breathing helped him win at the 2025 Masters. For club level golfers, breathing techniques offer us a safe swing, health benefits, and enjoying our golf more.
Certified Instructor since 2020
Dr Konstantin Buteyko was a Ukrainian doctor who developed his method in the fifties. He suffered with life-threatening high blood pressure, which he cured by changing his breathing. He opened clinics in Russia and the Buteyko method is now taught by qualified instructors all over the world.
Advanced Instructor since 2020
The Oxygen Advantage is a breathing method developed by Patrick McKeown that improves oxygen delivery, endurance, and overall health. It focuses on various techniques to enhance athletic performance, reduce breathlessness, improve sleep quality, and support better physical and mental resilience.
