Jonathan is a senior accredited therapeutic counsellor (NCS), supervisor and senior qualified hypnotherapist. He runs a busy private practice in South Manchester (www.calmminds.com) He has lectured at Stockport College and for The Northern College of Creative Hypnotherapy. He offers companies, schools, and charities well-being training and compassionate/assertive leadership workshops. He has an advanced diploma in Hypnotherapy and a Doctorate in counselling.  He also runs a training organisation with his friend and colleague Dr George MacDonald, see www.mindsite.co.uk . He is the author of ‘Whales in the Desert: The use of metaphor in therapy.’