My story of how I became a Hypnotherapist & Healer by Lisa Pryce-Jones

The first time I experienced hypnotherapy was over 25 years ago — it gave me the strength to divorce my now ex-husband, who was emotionally and physically abusive, and raise my two children as a single parent.

Since then, I have used hypnotherapy throughout both my personal and professional life to navigate challenges and achieve goals including qualifying as an accountant and completing a Master’s Degree in Leadership and Management.

Around that time, I also developed a deep interest in spiritual matters. I joined a spiritual group, completed Reiki for Beginners, and observed live group hypnosis sessions for smoking cessation, weight loss, and past life regression, led by the world’s leading Past Life Regressionist and Hypnotherapist Tony Rae.

After spending over 20 years in financial management roles — across both the corporate and education sectors — the stress began to take a toll on my health. I faced a bladder cancer scare. Thankfully, it wasn’t cancer, but I was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition where my body was attacking itself.

The prognosis was devastating: I was told I would need an operation, ongoing medication, and repeat surgeries every two years — and that I was effectively classed as disabled. But I refused to accept that as my future.

I took time out to reflect, ended an unhealthy relationship, and after a six-month break, briefly lectured at a college — only to realise finance wasn’t what I wanted to teach. I then returned to financial management at the local university, but once again, it felt deeply unfulfilling.

That’s when I had my lightbulb moment.  I realised I wanted to help people overcome their struggles with hypnotherapy just as I had been helped years before.

I nervously shared what I thought was my “mad idea” with someone I had only just met and to my surprise, they told me they knew a doctor, a hypnotherapist, who had recently helped their friend and also trained others. Conveniently, he was just a few miles away, someone I had never even heard of!

I made the call, and by the end of that same week, I had begun one-to-one training with the late Dr. Lyn Bateman, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and one of the most experienced hypnotherapists of his time. I went on to qualify as an Advanced Hypnotherapy Practitioner and later trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) at local universities.

Around this time, I also met spiritual healer George Stone and experienced a crystal healing session so powerful I saw a kaleidoscope of colours and felt sensations move powerfully through my body. I then joined his weekly healing group, focusing on my own self-healing. I was so inspired that I went on to train as a Spiritual Healer myself and completed the second level of Reiki with another teacher from the healing group, June Wilkinson.

It was the powerful combination of hypnotherapy and healing — along with my determination to live as fully as I could — that eventually led me to become medication-free, symptom-free, and no longer in need of surgeries.

Through past life regression, I came to understand that my unhealthy relationships were tied to karmic debt from a previous life. Once I resolved that, my life transformed. Soon after, I met my partner David and I’m delighted to share that we’ve been very happy together for the last eight years!

David is also a trained Spiritual and Reiki Healer, and together our healing journey has taken us as far as Japan, where we completed our Reiki Masters training with Tina Riebl, enabling us to teach Reiki ourselves. It was incredible to visit the birthplace of Reiki — not just once, but twice, as we returned a couple of years later to attend The Reiki Event of the Century, where, for the first time ever, over 300 practitioners from 29 countries came together to share new Reiki knowledge. We also travelled to New Zealand, where we trained in Māori healing.

We have additionally completed specialist training to deliver healing within hospital settings, including training with Angie Buxton-King (known as the NHS Healer who introduced healing into over 30 UK hospitals) and Raven Keyes (who pioneered Reiki in hospital theatres). This enables us to support clients before, during, and after surgery.

Whilst working with some clients we recognised that some clients’ lack of progress may stem from a spiritual source, so we also completed Spirit Release Therapy training with the late Dr. Terence Palmer.

Most recently, we expanded our toolkit further by training in Breathwork with Patrick McKeown of Oxygen Advantage in the beautiful Swiss Alps.

I absolutely love my one to one work helping clients overcome their obstacles and achieve their goals using a range of complementary modalities.  I also enjoy teaching both hypnotherapy and Reiki healing.

If you would like a complimentary consultation to find out how I could help you personally or to find out more on our courses simply get in touch as I would be delighted to chat further – lisapryce-jones@outlook.com / 07427 451992

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Warmest wishes

Lisa