Archive report of meeting Thursday 18th January 2024

Practical, efficient advice on boosting and improving your hypnotherapy business

A talk by Dr Kate Beaven-Marks

It was a double delight for the James Braid Society as it marked the start of 2024 with its first real, live, face-to-face, actual, in-person meeting since before the Covid pandemic.
Not only were members, guests and visitors once again able to meet each other, chat and share a drink, but we resumed our activities with one of the society’s favourite speakers on a topic of intense interest to every hypnotherapist. Dr Kate Beaven-Marks – or simply “Dr Kate” – was our guest who superbly re-launched the club with an intensely inter-active evening which involved evryone who had gathered back at the Carpenters Arms. Kate set out to both explain and demonstrate effective ways in which hypnotherapists can promote their business and attract more clients across a range of mediums. Explainig how hypnotherapists can seize every opportunity, often unexpcted and impromptu, to demonstrate the ease and efficacy of hypnosis as a practical therapy, she literally brought her audience to its feet and participants face-to-face.		Dr Kate Beaven-Marks In the past this website has described her as a ‘portfolio career’ a claim underlined by the extraordinary long line of qualifications she has acquired/ EdD, MSc, AdvDipH, PDCHyp, PDCBHyp, BCH, MPNLP, SQHP, ADPR, CI, ATCL, FHEA, MBPsS, DBSCH, FFHT, FACCPH, MNGH, FRSM, FSET, C.P.H., CMIOSH, CFIRM, MInstLM As well as being a hypnotherapists and NLP Master Practitioner, Kates has advanced degrees in management, psychology and education. Her Doctorate of Education was based upon the educational aspects of hypnosis from a professionalism perspective.  She has advanced qualifications in pain management and anxiety, working with a range of client’s goals including performance enhancement (such as sport, public speaking), change-work and personal development.
Bolstering and expanding one's business is a subject which naturally grips the attention of therapists, whether recently starting out or old hands with years of experience behind them.
So Kate’s advice covered a range of methods by which the individual therapist can promote their pracice – from talks and demonstrations to groups, in-person and on-line, as wekk as the best use of social media and the importance of clear communications. Recognised as one of hypnotherapy’s most qualified practitioners, she has built-up a well-deserved reputation as a communication expert and one who has an innate ability to convey ideas to her audience.