EPISODE Five: Look into the Eyes Hypnotherapy what is it? Does Hypnosis work? Well in this episode we talk about what to expect and what hypnosis can do. Dougie decides he wants to experience his first Hypnosis session and shares his experience with you. Episode Highlights: What exactly is Hypnosis Examples of Hypnosis Can everyone […]
EPISODE Four: Part Two – The impact of making small changes In episode four we continue to discuss the role of personal responsibility when dealing with our mental health. What are those little things you need to do to maintain good mental health. Episode Highlights: There is no magic pill Where does motivation come from
EPISODE THREE: The impact of making small changes In episode three we discuss the impact that small changes in our lives can make. Exercise, diet, sleep and routine all play a part in our mental health. Episode Highlights: The small steps to recovery There are no quick fixes Escaping your own head Coping Mechanisms Transcript:
EPISODE TWO: Anxiety In episode two we talk about dealing with anxiety during lockdown. Why is it when our brains go idle they start to create problems. How do we get our brains working for us rather than against us. Episode Highlights: Why does our brain over think and create anxiety Our brains negative bias
EPISODE ONE: Welcome to the TicketyBoo Podcast In the first episode Andy talks about his battles with anxiety and panic attacks and how this led him to become a therapist. Episode Highlights: Health Anxiety Panic Attacks How do we end up with anxiety issues Your anxiety is your anxiety Transcript: Please note this is a
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Tagline: Grounded, real and genuinely hard to forget.
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Ian is an experienced therapist whose work spans trauma, addiction, anxiety and recovery. His approach is shaped as much by lived experience as by professional training and that combination makes him exceptionally relatable to the people he works with.
People who’ve worked with Ian consistently say the same thing — he gets it in a way that goes beyond what most trainers can offer. He doesn’t just understand the subject. He understands people.
Within Piece of Mind Training, Ian also plays a key role in business and strategic development, bringing a practical, grounded perspective to how the organisation grows and evolves.
Training & Development
Tagline: He’s seen mental health crisis at its most acute. And he knows what actually helps.
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David’s background is probably unlike anyone else you’ll meet in a mental health training room.
Twenty-three years on the frontline of emergency services first as a police officer, now as an HCPC-registered practising paramedic. He hasn’t studied stress, trauma and burnout from a distance. He’s carried them, in uniform, responding to people at the absolute worst moments of their lives. He understands the culture that makes asking for help feel like the hardest thing in the world because he’s lived inside that culture.
That frontline experience sits alongside his clinical practice as a qualified hypnotherapist and accredited EFT practitioner. David works with real people navigating real challenges every single week. What he brings to Piece of Mind Training isn’t theoretical. It’s current, grounded and built entirely from the inside out.
As part of the team, David delivers training, practises as a therapist and plays a key role in the development and direction of the organisation making sure that everything Piece of Mind produces is professionally rigorous and genuinely human.
David is responsible for development and ensures that Piece of Mind Training programmes are grounded in real-world application. Not what the textbook says should happen. What actually works when it matters.
Growth & Partnerships
Tagline: She’s written the book. Literally.
Iona has spent more than twenty years working at the intersection of human potential and real-world impact — across psychology, coaching, education, broadcasting, the charitable sector and social policy, in both the UK and the USA.
She is a Master Positive Psychology Coach and twice bestselling author who has supported hundreds of people through coaching qualifications and worked alongside some of the most respected names in positive psychology and personal development. As a keynote speaker and leadership advisor, she helps organisations rethink what success and human flourishing actually look like.
But what drives Iona’s commitment to mental health work goes deeper than her professional background. She lost her brother to suicide. That experience — and everything it taught her about the gap between what people are going through and the support available to them — shapes everything she brings to Piece of Mind Training.
At Piece of Mind, Iona leads our partnerships, builds community impact and drives our growth across Scotland and beyond. She brings commercial insight, deep human understanding and a personal reason for being here that no CV can fully capture.
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Tagline: The person who makes sure the learning delivers every time.
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Ann has spent her career helping people make sense of the things that are weighing on them and finding a way forward when everything feels tough.
Her background is genuinely rare. A qualified teacher, certified hypnotherapist, coach and First Aid for Mental Health practitioner, Ann brings together an understanding of how people learn with a deep, practical knowledge of how people struggle. She still works directly with adults and young people every week supporting those experiencing anxiety, low confidence, emotional distress and the kind of quiet difficulties that don’t always have a name but make everyday life feel impossibly hard.
As a trainer, Ann knows that the best mental health training doesn’t just inform people, it changes how they see themselves and the people around them. She brings that belief into every session she delivers, whether she’s working with a room full of HR professionals or a team who’ve never talked about mental health at work before.
As a therapist, trainer, teacher and mum of three, Ann understands that most people are dealing with far more than anyone around them realises. That understanding is the foundation of everything she does.
At Piece of Mind Training, Ann leads on training quality and consistency, making sure that what we promise is what every learner experiences, every time.
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Tagline: The man who built this because he needed it himself.
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Andy is a practising therapist, clinical hypnotherapist and the founder of Piece of Mind Training. He’s spent over a decade working with clients across anxiety, trauma, panic disorder and complex mental health presentations not as a theorist, but as someone who has experienced many of these challenges himself.
His personal journey through mental health struggles, panic disorder and years of pretending everything was fine is the reason Piece of Mind Training exists. He built what he wished had existed when he needed it most.
As a trainer, Andy is known for his directness, his warmth and his ability to make people feel genuinely seen. He doesn’t stand behind a slide deck and talk at people. He brings the subject into the room.
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