As the author of numerous articles in professional journals, I set up the IBS Treatment Centre in Bromley (Greater London) in 1994 where I work with hundreds of IBS sufferers each year. I also see people in Aylsham, Norfolk. The IBS Journey To Health package evolved from the work at the Bromley Centre.  

Achieving the first British degree in hypnotherapy attracted much publicity and proved a milestone in the recognition of hypnotherapy as an aid in treating IBS and other stress related conditions.

A graduate of London University, I am a former policy advisor to the 31,000-member British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and have served on the Governing Council of the National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists.

In the late 1990s I played a leading part in presenting a nationwide series of courses - funded by the UK's Lotteries Commission - to help IBS sufferers manage and reduce their symptoms. Subsequently I gave a keynote address at London's Royal Academy to the annual conference of The Gut Trust - the UK's national support organisation for IBS sufferers.

I am a former senior lecturer in counselling at a large UK college and an ex-IBS sufferer.                                                                                

Details of my general psychotherapy work can be found at my other website www.adrianblake.co.uk