About Peter

My name is Peter Dryden (CB Hypnotherapy Dip, Msc, BSc, FHEA, Dip HE) and I trained and gained a Diploma in Hypno-CBT® at the UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. My background was working with adults with learning disabilites and mental health issues within the HNS from 1992. I then qualified as a children's nurse in 1998 working within the NHS in the North East of England. More recently, I have worked as an Associate Professor for 10 years at a Northern UK University. I will be a full time hypnotherapist from July 2024, having worked part time for a number of years in therapy. I am passionate about helping adults, children and young people (CYP) to address issues that are affecting their day-to-day functioning. Gaining the Diploma in Hypnotherapy, along with training in other therapeutic techniques such as counselling, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Havening among many others,, has given me the expertise and knowledge to really help clients to make positive changes to their lives.

My Promise To You

• I am always 100% dedicated to you and your challenges. My main aim is to give you the skills and confidence to achieve your goals

• I will bring my warmth, empathy and a caring personality to every session with you

• I always work in a climate of trust, openness and honesty. You will see the authentic me and I’d like to see the authentic you

• I am acutely aware that anxiety and embarrassment can stop people attending for therapy (including me when I had therapy). I’ll always be non-judgemental and confidential of whatever you bring to sessions

• You already have all the resources that you need to create change. My role is to help you access them.

• I will only use therapeutic interventions that have robust, empirical evidence to support its efficacy

• I undergo clinical supervision myself to ensure I am working to the best of my own abilities and in line with being a registered hypnotherapist. As such, I regularly attend Continual Professional Development (CPD) events – with so many developments happening in this field, you would not want to work with someone who has not done anything else since training

• I’ll always ask your permission to use techniques or exercises with you to help you progress

• I’ll support you every step of the way. I want you to succeed and believe you have everything within you to enable you to do so.