Sonia Richards

“Mental Space and Time Elements used in Integral Eye Movement Identity Work” 

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Presentation description:

There are now several eye movement modalities out there in the therapeutic world. As with NLP, people have taken the basics and developed modalities with reference to the core principals, based on beliefs and experiences. Can the use of eye movements help people to integrate aspects of identity that may be problematic and update or even down date these aspects to the present time? This talk will explore the possibilities.

 

Bio:

Sonia began her career as a Biomedical Scientist in Pathology and Genetics. Whilst researching non-pharmaceutical approaches to treating pain during for her BSc dissertation, she discovered the use of acupuncture, hypnosis, aromatherapy and reflexology, eventually training in the latter three.

After gaining her MSc, she became a trainer and assessor for the Institute of Biomedical Sciences plus a visiting University lecturer in Biomedical Sciences. Sonia helped introduce HypnoBirthing® into the UK and  became a trainer and visiting lecturer in HypnoBirthing®.

Her therapeutic skills are extremely diverse in the mind-body therapeutic fields. She has written the only book available on Integral Eye Movement Techniques and was the first International Chair of the Association for IEMT Practitioners. She also enjoys writing short stories with her next project being a novel and has been a singer of various genres of music for many years. Sonia’s approaches to all aspects of her work are empathy with directness, honesty, and humour. Oh and of course some music