Looking for a career change? We also offer fully accredited training courses in London, Central London, Milton Keynes and Brighton for Hypnotherapy, NLP and CBT through Training Alliance Group

MINDSET
A person's way of thinking and their beliefs

SYNERGY
The power of the total being greater than the sum of its parts

Through learning a few simple yet highly effective mindset techniques that re-educate your outlooks and feelings, then putting them together and utilising them correctly, you will create an incredible force to affect permanent change.



Robert Russell has 20 years of experience in the field of personal development to know what to do and how to support you in making that change. Take the first step toward a new you and contact Robert now by emailing info@mindsetsynergy.com or even calling him personally on 07973 288988 for an informal no-obligation chat about how he can help you achieve your personal, business or sporting goals.


Let's work together to get you where you want to be. We CAN achieve success through two promises. My promise to you is that I will offer you the full range of all my expertise and 20 years experience, accepting you just as you are, without judgement, and giving you my total support, encouragement and enthusiasm to get you there. Your promise to yourself is that you will take my support along with the proven therapeutic approaches that we will work on together, and use them and put in the necessary effort and outlooks that will enable you to achieve your success.

So what are we waiting for, let's put the obstacles behind and move forward to a brighter future. If you really want to make this happen, call me now on 07973 288988 - if I'm busy with a client or training people, simply leave a brief message with your number and I'll be back to you very shortly afterwards. I will be happy to have a discussion and if you want to work with me, we can talk about the ways I can support you to do that and then look at when it is best for you to start to achieving it.

Robert Russell PhD DipStressMan DipHyp SQHP GHR(Reg) EMDR Specialist, a highly experienced and qualified Personal Development Trainer, is the founding member of the well renowned and highly successful company, Mindset Synergy offering Personal Development, Business Development, Sport Development Training and Sport Psychology, Goal Setting, Motivation, Life Coaching, CBT, NLP, EMDR and Hypnotherapy in London and Central London and in North Finchley, London. Robert has been in practice since 1991 having been professionally qualified through the College of Stress Management in Derby, UK. He is a Senior Qualified Hypnotherapy Practitioner with The General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) and an Accredited Member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH), as well as being a qualified trainer for both of these organisations. He also a registered supervisor for the GHR.

A little more about Robert for those who would like further support

If personal development, business development or sport psychology training is to be successful, a professional relationship needs to be created where trust exists on both sides. This is called Therapeutic Alliance. Positive outcomes will invariably require the trainer to be aware of the client's relevant personal history, so that appropriate effective support and solutions can be given. The client however has to feel comfortable about divulging this, often intimate, information and will only do so if therapeutic alliance exists.

As a result of the client offering up that trust, Robert feels it is fair, and indeed helpful, for clients to know a little bit about his personal history. A therapeutic trade off so to speak, that will help to build on the alliance that is so vital for successful outcomes.

Robert was born in Malaysia, due to his father taking up work and living in that country. His mother unfortunately died in a car accident over there when he was just 4 years old, but aside from the initial devastation and upset of this loss, Robert's early years allowed him to focus on other exciting and new experiences that a young boy of this age tends to absorb in life, and so gradually he was able to move on from this tragic event.

Robert continued to live in the Far East until the age of 8 years when, as was the custom for expat children overseas, he was sent off to boarding school in England, returning initially only for the summer vacation, spending the remaining holidays with family and friends either in the UK, or sometimes in the USA. It seems that boarding schools can either make or break you, however apart from a natural sense of homesickness for the intitial few days of his first term, Robert really enjoyed his time at school, making new friends and learning and absorbing the new culture in which he found himself .

At 13 years Robert moved to a senior boarding school. By this time he was able to return to Malaysia for every school holiday. There he would meet up with old friends who similarly flew backward and forward from different schools around the world. In essence it created two secure but totally disparate lives, where he would have close friendships with various people in two different countries, but because these two sets of social communities never came together he would have to oscillate between the two cultures. Robert finally finished his secondary schooling at 19 years, having taken and passed his A Levels.

These parallel lives, along with the diverse cultures and experiences that shaped Robert's world, created within him a wide comprehension and acceptance that life, backgrounds and attitudes come in many varied forms. He learnt understanding and tolerance, as well as a respect for different values. Although he was not to go straight into personal development work, Robert's life so far had created an ideal foundation for the career that was yet to come.

After leaving school Robert wanted to travel the world, and did so for several years, going to Europe, USA, Asia and Australia, taking up numerous part-time jobs along the way on farms, in activity centres, doing bar work, ski-boat driving and various other casual employment positions to fund himself. At 23 years he finally embarked on tertiary education undertaking a 3 year course in Rural Estate Management at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, UK with a view to joining the family tea growing business in Malaysia when he had completed the course.

Upon graduating Robert decided to work in Singapore instead, joining international real estate company Jones Lang Wootton, now known as Jones Lang LaSalle. He married in 1984 and returned to the UK in 1985. Robert started a family and continued in property until the 1989 crash. At this stage he thought he could either ride the storm or consider a completely new career. He chose the latter after having become more and more interested during the preceding 5 years in studying, reading and attending seminars covering the field of personal development.

At the beginning of 1990 Robert retrained at the College of Stress Management in Derby, which now ceases to exist under that name, as it has merged into other educational establishments over time. During his 2 year period of training, Robert worked as a financial advisor in the evenings for Allied Dunbar, which was subsequently acquired by Zurich. This allowed him to attend lectures and study during the day and thus helped provide an income for his family. During the latter part of his course, Robert took on occasional practice clients as a student therapist. He finally commenced working full-time as a professionally qualified personal development consultant by end-1991, initially under his own trading name of Robert Russell, offering Hypnotherapy, NLP, CBT, Stress Management and EMDR.

At this stage Robert had three young daughters and a new career, which although was totally absorbing, also needed to prove successful so that he could continue to look after his family. He quickly threw himself into his new passion and started taking further relevant courses, particularly certified courses in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), in order to advance his knowledge and ability to help clients. By 1995 Robert was lecturing students in Hypnotherapy, NLP, CBT, Stress Management and EMDR.

After taking on numerous celebrity clients, Robert managed to showcase and discuss his work in the media through TV, newspapers and magazines. It was a busy and rewarding time but placed a strain on his marriage and unfortunately he divorced in 2001.

Robert then expanded his work further and in doing so set up Mindset Synergy to promote Hypnotherapy, NLP, CBT, Stress Managment and EMDR, along with Business Motivation and Development, Goal Setting, Team Building and Sport Psychology. He progressed his career through contracts with several companies, Flight Centre being one of the main clients of Mindset Synergy, offering them bespoke corporate programmes on motivation, goal setting, presentation skills, team building and business development. He still sees individual clients and supports them on personal issues and continues to undertake student lecturing.

Robert maintains a closeness with his children and now enjoys a stable long term relationship. Along with two other experienced personal development trainers, he has set up Training Alliance Group to offer excellence in Hypnotherapy, NLP, CBT and Personal Development training for those wishing to study to become therapists through professionally recognised and accredited courses. He is enthusiastic about his work and his future in the years ahead, along with the support he can bring to others aided by his life experiences and training. As such, Robert really welcomes helping you move forward on any issue where you have reached a road block.

Mindset Synergy supports private individuals, sports personalities, celebrities, companies and organisations throughout the UK. Among some of the specialist treatments offered by Mindset Synergy are Weight Loss or Weight Control programmes and Stop Smoking or Smoking Cessation programmes in London and at our Central London Hale Clinic, plus also in North Finchley, London.


Weight Loss with Robert Russell at Mindset Synergy as a member of the Hypnodieting organisation is a highly effective method of weight control. "I work using the incredibly successful 6 session Hypnodieting approach, where we focus on your relationship with food. The Hypnodieting Programme allows you to lose weight naturally and understand how to keep it off permanently. Please contact me to find out how Hypnodieting at Mindset Synergy can effectively support you."

Stop Smoking with Robert Russell at Mindset Synergy as a member of The National Smoking Cessation Institute is probably the most successful way you can quit. The NSCI is UK's pioneering and leading smoking cessation centre, which has been conducting research for the past 20 years into the most effective methods of stopping smoking. "I used to smoke and find it fantastically rewarding to help people stop with a proven effective method. I offer a free booster session if needed. Most clients will quit smoking immediately and stay stopped. Once you have remained a non-smoker for 28 days, you have tamed your cravings. In order to support you to achieve success, I am happy via Mindset Synergy to offer you unlimited free booster sessions throughout the 28 day period of first coming to see me to help keep you on track."

Resolving or Healing Traumas (PTSD) with Robert Russell at Mindset Synergy is a speciality of his, using the highly effective trauma therapy technique known as Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), which also works well with phobias. Robert is a fully qualified EMDR specialist, being one of the first in UK to train in this method back in 1995. "Whether it's past physical, sexual or emotional abuse; conflict or event trauma; or indeed any other type of experience that has created a traumatic response, along with flashbacks and nightmares, you don't have to continue living with it. EMDR blended together with other appropriate and effective interventions can totally eliminate the shackles of PTSD from your life forever."

Overcoming Phobias with Robert Russell at Mindset Synergy is another of his specialities. Robert has helped many celebrities and clients totally overcome their fears. "It is very rewarding to see people leave these fears behind and free themselves to live life to the full. I've covered so many phobias with clients. Fear of Flying, Claustrophobia (especially Fear of Tubes and Fear of Lifts), Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Fear of Presentations, Fear of Spiders, Fear of Birds, Fear of Snakes, Fear of Insects, Fear of Buttons, Fear of the Dark, Fear of Death, Fear of Disease, Fear of Driving are some of the many I have helped people overcome."

Robert is also a founding member and Senior Partner of Training Alliance Group (TAG), training students in Great Britain to become therapists. TAG courses are considered to offer the highest standard of training in this field in the UK. They are independently validated and accredited by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council. Training Alliance Group offers courses in Hypnotherapy, NLP and CBT with its training centres located in London, Central London, Milton Keynes and Brighton. If you wish to train to become a personal development therapist, please visit our website Training Alliance Group for further details.


TAG Senior Partners are:

Robert Russell: Mindset Synergy

David Holmes: Watford Hypno

Erika Keat: EK Therapies


TAG is also allied with the following organisations:

AAH Group

Hypnodieting

Waterloo Therapy Rooms


Robert has treated many high-profile public and sporting personalities. He has appeared on a variety of television and radio programmes both in this country and overseas, as well as having articles in the national and international press covering his work. He has also recorded a series of personal development CD’s which are available for sale on this site.

"The therapies and models I apply are CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), Clinical Hypnotherapy, Stress Management, Clinical Psychotherapy, Health or Lifestyle Coaching, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Motivation Training, Performance Training, Sport Psychology, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and Personal Development Programmes.

My greatest asset is my ability to associate and interrelate well with people at all levels on a wide range of issues. I enjoy communicating benefits and solutions and successfully conveying them to others. You will find me very supportive and empathetic to your concerns. However I believe that real problems need workable solutions, so rather than simply supplying an emotional prop, I veer towards practical resolutions and the provision of permanent real-life answers."


Robert specialises in:

■ Anger Management
■ Anxiety, Fears & Phobias
■ Bedwetting
■ Business Leadership
■ Confidence
■ Corporate Training
■ Depression
■ Eating Disorders
■ Enhancing Studies
■ Habits
■ Goal Setting
■ Insomnia
■ Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
■ Jealousy
■ Life Coaching
■ Managing Pain
■ Meeting Targets
■ Motivation
■ Negativity
■ Obsessions
■ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
■ Pain Control for Childbirth
■ Panic Attacks
■ Performance Enhancement & Optimisation
■ Positive Mindset supporting Orthodox Medicine
■ Positive Mindset supporting Conception
■ Positive Outlook
■ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
■ Regression
■ Relationship Problems
■ Self-Esteem & Self-Belief
■ Sexual Conditions
■ Sports Motivation
■ Stopping Smoking
■ Stress
■ Stress Related Conditions eg Eczema/Psoriasis
■ Team Building
■ Trauma
■ Weight Control through Hypnodieting
■ Work Motivation



What to do next
If something concerns you that you wish to resolve, contact me directly on 07973 288988, if you are unable to get through either leave a message and I'll call you back, or contact reception at The Hale Clinic on 020 7631 0156 and book in a convenient appointment with Robert Russell if you wish to see me in Central London. Should you prefer to start by discussing your situation and finding out more, book a 25 minute initial consultation. If however you want to commence a resolution programme immediately, book a standard 50 minute appointment.



How it works
Simple problems such as stopping smoking require only a session or two. More deep rooted concerns may take longer. After taking a relevant history of your issue, a suitable programme will be undertaken through one or a combination of CBT, Corporate Training, EMDR, Health or Lifestyle Coaching, Hypnotherapy, Motivation Training, NLP, Performance Training, Personal Development Programmes, Psychotherapy, Sport Psychology and Stress Management. The programme will involve relevant exercises and approaches undertaken both during the session and sometimes in your own time, which will support the alleviation or resolution of what you want to address.

Where we are
The Hale Clinic, Central London is within easy reach of Regents Park and Great Portland Street tube stations. It is also readily accessible from most districts in North London and South London, including the following locations: Battersea, Brixton, Camberwell, Camden, Charing Cross, Chelsea, Chiswick, Clapham, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Holborn, Holland Park, Islington, Kensington, Kings Cross/St Pancras, Knightsbridge, Marylebone, Mayfair, Oxford Street, Paddington, Piccadilly, Primrose Hill, Putney, Richmond, St John's Wood, Shepherds Bush, Soho, Swiss Cottage, The City, Victoria, Wandsworth, Waterloo and Westminster.

Orchid Retreat, North Finchley is within easy reach of Finchley Central, West Finchley, Woodside Park, East Finchley, Mill Hill East and Totteridge & Whetstone tube stations. It is also readily accessible from most districts in North London, including the following locations: Alexandra Palace, Barnet, Bishops Avenue, Brent Cross, Colindale, Cricklewood, Crouch End, East Finchley, Finchley, Friern Barnet, Golders Green, Temple Fortune, Hampstead, Hendon, Highgate, Mill Hill, Muswell Hill, Southgate, Totteridge, Whetstone and Wood Green.

Full contact details for Personal Development, Hypnotherapy & Life Coaching in Central London with Mindset Synergy at the Hale Clinic are outlined below. For an appointment at our new North Finchley Clinic, located at Orchid Retreat, 366 Ballards Lane - call Robert on 07973 288988