About Me…
I am a hypnotherapist and coach…
I spent 25 years in criminal justice and leadership roles within Local Authority bodies and police before I ever set foot in a therapy room. I have my own lived experience of what it means when your nervous system stops behaving the way it should. These things are not separate. They are exactly why I do this work — and why I do it the way I do.
I am a compassionate and knowledgeable practitioner, but I am also, without question, the worst patient.
I was not looking for a new career when I found hypnotherapy. I was medically retired after struggling with a deteriorating body and mind. I had various medical explanations and diagnoses, but very little treatment. I needed to find something that worked. I had tried the standard routes — the ones you are supposed to try, the ones that feel reasonable and sensible and that everyone recommends. And some of them helped, up to a point.
What I discovered was that the approaches that helped me most were the ones that worked with the nervous system. Understanding the difference between what the body is doing and what it is saying — and crucially, talking to the subconscious to understand it, learn from it, and nurture it.
Learning that nervous system regulation is a skill, not a personality trait — and one that can absolutely be taught. I am still finding my way to steady ground. It still shakes sometimes.
Before I was a hypnotherapist…
I was a Police Inspector. I joined through the Direct Entry scheme — transferring my knowledge and skills from senior leadership in the Local Authority directly into policing. Dropped straight into police leadership, whilst at the same time navigating everything that comes with being a police officer. It was, to put it mildly, a steep learning curve.
What I found, fairly quickly, was that the thing that made the difference — in custody suites, in crisis situations, in rooms where the stakes were very high and people were not okay — was not process or procedure. It was the ability to read what was actually happening underneath what someone was saying. To hear the thing behind the thing.
I spent 25 years doing that. Risk assessment. Safeguarding. Sitting across from people in some of the worst moments of their lives and figuring out what they actually needed. That is not a hypnotherapy qualification. It is something different, and I think it matters.
25 years of reading people under pressure…
Through years of working with vulnerable people, running groups using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, supervising, coaching other practitioners, I developed a way of working that draws on everything — my qualifications and experience in psychology, the Probation Service, Local Authority and the Police. I added the hypnotherapy qualification to my toolkit, and it is the piece of the jigsaw that has transformed my life and my practice.
The qualifications matter. But working across all of those disciplines for 25 years means I can flex and use the technique that you need — not what the manual says, not what the therapy model says. That is what makes the work land. That is what makes the difference.
I do not follow a script. Every session is built around you — your language, your metaphors, your pace. If a word does not fit, I will ask you what word does. If something is not landing, we find another way in.
The Practice…
My therapy room is a calm, comfortable space. My husband made sure of that. He has been my biggest supporter — he has seen my body and mind crash, and he has watched me rebuild. Watched me find a way to help others when their internal systems needed a little TLC. I am no longer able to work in a high-pressured, high-volume criminal justice environment. But I will not let that stop me from living my life in the best possible way. I have not started again. I have just evolved.
Why Mohans Mind?
I thought for a long time about what to call this practice. I wanted something that was mine — not generic, not corporate, not a wellness brand.
Over the years I built frameworks for my own mind — ways of thinking, processing, and settling that actually work. And they do work, because I still use them. When I share them with you, I am not reading from a manual. I am handing you something that has already been tested from the inside.
You aren't broken. You never were. You just need someone to help you take that first step toward finding your steady ground. I am not going to push you faster than you are ready to go. But I am also not going to let you stay stuck when there is a way through.
Qualifications & accreditation
IAPCP Accredited Practitioner (MV-0126, valid January 2028)
BSc (Hons) Psychology & Criminology
Training and experience in CBT, NLP, Motivational Interviewing and Appreciative Inquiry
Hypnotherapy & Coaching practitioner
25 years criminal justice & senior leadership
Balens Professional Indemnity Insurance
ICO Registered (ZC131879)
Get in Touch…
If something in this has resonated — if you recognise yourself in any of it — I would love to hear from you. A free 30-minute call is a good place to start. No pressure. No jargon. Just an honest conversation about where you are and whether I can help. Drop me an email and we can go from there.