Peter Delves MCIPD, MNCH (Acc.), CTAMT
Q. You seem to provide a diverse range of services. How do they all fit together?
Peter.
Well I divide my time between three areas, notably seeing private
clients, professional training for therapists and delivering in-house
training courses for organisations. The common theme throughout is
enabling people to overcome limitations and develop skills. So while it
may seem a diverse range it all does fit from my point of view!
Q. How did you arrive at doing what you do now?
Peter.
About 20 years ago I was working as a Human Resources Manager for a
Social Services Department. My role included ill-health visits for
staff who were on long-term sickness absence due to stress. In many
cases they had to retire on ill-health grounds. I felt at the time that
there were other options available to help people recover and started
to explore the whole nature of stress and different approaches to
resolving it – even if they didn’t seem conventional.
This led me to taking training in clinical hypnotherapy and subsequently joining the National Council for Hypnotherapy.
After qualifying I set up my private practice and continued to learn
new techniques and approaches, notably NLP (Neuro-Linguistic
programming). My human resources background (CIPD
qualified) had equipped me with training skills and experience and a
former employer, Leicester City Council, approached me to run a stress
management training course for them.
It
turned out to be a great success and I have continued to run courses
for them, and many other organisations, ever since. In 1998 I started
to hear about new techniques which apparently were getting incredible
results. These came under the umbrella of “meridian energy therapies”
and I trained in TFT (Thought Field Therapy) and then EFT
(Emotional Freedom Techniques). I discovered that what I had heard
wasn’t just hype and started to get impressive results with clients
very quickly. From 1999 I became an appointed trainer for the AMT (Association for Meridian Energy Therapies) and subsequently a trainers’ trainer.
Q. How long have you been practising in Kenilworth?
Peter. I’ve
been here since 1999. Prior to being in Kenilworth I was running the
practice in Leicester from 1990. In that time I reckon I've worked with
over 4000 clients.
Q. What issues do clients see you for mostly?
Peter. Although
I work with a variety of problems, the most frequent issues that I help
resolve are anxiety states of one type or another. These can be
experienced in the form of panic attacks, phobias and work-related
stress problems. It is very rewarding when I receive feedback from
people who find that they can be relaxed in previously threatening
situations, whether that is in the workplace, social situations or
flying in a plane. It’s also great to help people stop smoking too!
Q. How do corporate clients respond to your more unorthodox methods such as EFT?
Peter. I don’t always include EFT on my stress management training for corporate clients
if I think they would prefer a more conservative approach. When I do
introduce it, people are very enthusiastic. They just can’t ignore the
results. Warwick University Business School even commissioned me to run stress management workshops based around EFT which was very successful.
Q. Who are your associates?
Peter. My principal associate is Julie Gallimore. Her specialist
areas include delivering training to organisations in Work-life
Balance, Stress Management Skills, Coping with Change and Counselling
Skills at Work. She also provides career consultancy for organisations
whose employees are experiencing change, or needing to develop skills.
There
are other associates who assist me from time to time with the delivery
of training in EFT and the other meridian energy therapies.
Q. How do you see your work developing in the future?
Peter. I
am already bringing some new ideas to fruition. For the corporate world
I am working on a training called “Working Smarter” which will be about
updating time management techniques for the 21st Century to help reduce stress and be more efficient.
Another new development is “EFT & The Enneagram.” The Enneagram
is a fascinating model of human nature which provides great insights
into personality styles, motivation patterns and directions for
personal development. One more area of work which I will be developing
further is helping sports men and women and musicians to maximise
performance.
So the next 20 years looks as busy as the last!
You can contact Peter by calling (01926) 856746 or by e-mail
