About David Owen

David Owen:

Full name: David Allen Owen.
Born: Blackpool 1949
Practicing the Alexander Technique, Counselling, Psychotherapy,
Hypnotherapy and NLP since 1990.  

(Not to be confused with David Owen, the NHS counsellor working in the South Hams
and is no relation to Lord David Owen. )

 

Professional Memberships

• Member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique,

• Accredited Member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy

• Member of the Association of NLP

• Licensed 'Phoenix/Courtville System' Smoking Cessation Specialist

• and a Trainer and Licensed Master Practitioner of NLP,
  Trained and certified by Dr Richard Bandler, Paul McKenna, Michael Breen
  and by the Society of NLP.

 

My Background

Prior to my training in the Alexander Technique, NLP and Hypnosis, I had a 20 year career in engineering. This included work on metal detectors, gyros, sonar, radiotherapy equipment and kidney machines.

It culminated in working for 8 years as an engineer with BBC Wales, including work on TV outside broadcasts, TV studio electronics and Special Electronic Video Effects (making people disappear etc) for which I received national credits.

My BBC training also included TV and Radio production techniques including producing and directing etc. I have also been interviewed on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Devon and Plymouth Sound.

In 1987 I went to train as an Alexander Technique Teacher.
During this training I became deeply fascinated by Psychology and Psychotherapy, in the course of which I came across NLP and through that, Hypnosis.

 

Training

My training has included:-

•  Transpersonal Psychotherapy: TP. Psychotherapy Centre. Culmstock. 1988 to 1989

• Person Centred Counselling: Exeter College. 1989

• 3 years training as an Alexander Teacher, Dartington, 1987 to 1990

• Counselling Certificate, Exeter College 1990

• NLP Diploma with John Seymour Associates in 1990.

• Hypnosis and NLP, Harrisonian Institute, 1992.

• NLP Practitioner and

• NLP Skills for Trainers with John Seymour Associates in 1994.

• Hypnotherapy and NLP Diploma with British Hypnosis Research 1995 to 1996

• NLP Master Practitioner with Sensory Systems Training in 1996.

I then took courses with Paul McKenna, Michael Breen and Dr Richard Bandler, the creator of NLP as follows:-

• NLP Licensed Practitioner, 1997

• NLP Licensed Master Practitioner, 1997

• DHE Licensed Practitioner, 1997

• Personal Coaching Course, Michael Breen 1997.

• NLP Licensed Trainer, 1999.

• Personal Enhancement Workshop, Richard Bandler 2000.

• DHE Level II, 2001

• Learning Hypnosis In Depth, Michael Breen 2001

• Training Design and Facilitation, Michael Breen 2001

• Licensed NLP Business Practitioner Course, Michael Breen 2001.

I have also assisted extensively on McKenna, Breen and Bandler courses (15 courses since 2000.)

I have also trained as a Licensed 'Phoenix/Courtville System' Smoking Cessation Specialist and taken over 40 other relevant courses, bringing my total Alexander Technique, Counselling, Psychotherapy, Hypnosis and NLP related training to well over 4600 hours.

This puts me among the most experienced and highly qualified practitioners in the whole of Devon and Cornwall, which means that if anyone can help you, I probably can.

 

Training Others

I have presented over 600 hours of public NLP training, including four NLP Practitioner courses.

More recently I have been doing business NLP training and facilitation in IT recruitment, telephone sales, schools, the health service & the construction industry.

I am currently involved as one of the main authors of PowerSense: a comprehensive and versatile business and NLP training product. While at the same time I am also writing a course for people to get the maximum benefit in the absolute minimum of time from the Alexander Technique.

 

Family

Currently single. I have two sisters and two (I believe) wonderful children:
My daughter and her husband have two bright energetic young girls and a young happy baby boy, and my son and his wife have just returned from two years studying in Canada, with a very young bright daughter and also with a son on the way.

 

Interests

As well as my continued study in, and enthusiasm for my work:

I love travel, experiencing different cultures, seeing magnificent scenery, exploring ancient ruins, admiring splendid or unusual architecture, savouring exotic foods, swimming in clear warm waters and meting interesting people.

(The picture shows me at Apollo's temple at Side- pronounced 'Seeday'- in Turkey for the total eclipse of the sun of the 29th of March 2006; which was spectacular.)

I have done gliding, hang-gliding, a little bit of flying, sailing, canoeing and now like to wander the Tamar and the nearby coast in a small boat.

I like a wide range of music from energetic up to date popular, through to serious classical, with diversions into ethnic on the way.

I also like to dance, including Salsa, Merenge and Tango.

 

For a Richer, Healthier Life, Book an Appointment

with       David Owen        Now on

Telephone 0845 2068 705 Local Rate or
Plymouth   01752 361 576  land line.

To Stop Smoking F0R G00D,
you can also use the easy to remember Local Rate
Telephone 0845 F0R G00D
which is   0845  307  4003

Please, if possible, call during normal working hours or early evening.
Home visits available.

Serving Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall, including Carradon, Torpoint, Looe, Liskeard, Calstock, Callington, Saltash, Tavistock, South Hams, Ivybridge, South Brent, Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Totness, Salcombe and Kingsbridge.

 

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