Where this book is concerned, there are many people to whom I’m incredibly grateful. Most of all I’d like to thank my trusted friends and family who believed in me sufficiently to take the time out of their busy lives to read and comment on the multiple drafts. Their constructive feedback and unending support gave me the confidence to take this project forward. Amongst these people I especially thank my husband, Charlie, my two daughters, Tess and Billie, my mother, Eleanor, my friends Sarah, Diane, Sue, Rod and Helen, my sister Liz, my nephew Joe and my cousin Loopy. And then there’s John, without whose publishing expertise I would have been lost.
I’d also like to thank Darton, Longman and Todd for having the vision to publish this book, and to Nicola of The Institute of Clinical Hypnosis for her thorough and stimulating hypnotherapy training.
Please consider yourselves well and truly appreciated.