I come from an extremely eclectic background, as do many hypnotherapists. I first qualified as a therapist in 1989 and was almost instantaneously successful - for the first time in my life, in fact, because before that I was what can be best described as a serial poor-achiever, in spite of monumental efforts.

Those efforts included: TV engineer, electronics design, tailor, carpet-layer, computer programmer, furniture shop assistant, factory hand, salesman (fire extinguishers and alarms) and part time rock 'n' roller (lead guitar)... some of those 'callings' overlapping with my life as a professional ballroom and latin-american dancer, running my own school for some thirty years.

I discovered the world of hypnotherapy by accident but took to it instantly and at 48 years old suddenly realised that I had most definitely found my niche!

Since that time, I have lectured extensively at home and abroad, published a few books, written several manuals and training courses, and made far more friends than enemies - all of which has been the most enormously rewarding and enliberating experience.

Current and past memberships

I am proud to be a Freeman of the City of London as well as the following:

First in the profession... In October 2007 I was privileged to be the first person from any of the psychotherapy-related professions to be achieve the level of 'MCGI' - Member of the City and Guilds Institute. This is deemed to be comparable to a British Masters degree. The MCGI was awarded for my work on the creation and implementation of a specialist hypnotherapist course in psychosexual disorders. If you wish to read it, you can download my presented thesis as a pdf file (260kb).

Terence Watts at the MCGI Award ceremony in 2007