Meet our NLP Trainers and Life Coaches


Dawn Flockhart, Head Trainer, Brain Train Academy

Dawn Flockhart - BSc, MPNLP, MSNLP, MBIH

Licensed NLP Trainer(SNLP), NLP Master Practitioner, Life Coach & Hypnotherapist

Since 2002 Dawn Flockhart has been working and studying with the most renowned "Healers" and Personal Development Gurus in the world. She is an extensively qualified NLP Trainer, Master NLP Practitioner, Executive & Personal Coach. Commonly known as the "Therapist's Therapist", she trained in Neuro Linguistic Training (NLP) with its creator, Dr Richard Bandler and John La Valle (President of the Society of NLP). For 5 years, she assisted on Richard Bandler's Society of NLP Practitioner/Master Practitioner Training courses and also assisted for 5 years on Paul McKenna's Hypnosis and Training Seminars. Dawn, also a qualified hypnotherapist/psychotherapist trained with Paul McKenna and the National College of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy.

Her business projects have taken her work into organisations where she researched the dynamics of peak-performance. She has coached and mentored top teams to explore new ways to explore authentic and sustainable levels of individual and collective achievement.

As a trainer she supports teams in building and expanding skills to peak performance levels through increased self-awareness, developing core communication skills that border on "mind reading" to influence win/win situations.

Her passion is working with individuals who desire to live uncommon lives and excel beyond their dreams and expectations. She gives clients commitment, passion for growth and an encyclopaedic knowledge and direct experience of state of the art coaching technologies.

Dawn is a certified member of the Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming set up as a quality control measure by Dr Richard Bandler, the creator of NLP. She is also a certified member of British Institute of Hypnotherapy/Psychotherapy (BIH), - one of the longest established associations of hypnotherapists/psychotherapists and NLP Practitioners, committed to the highest standards of ethical practice and professional competence, available for inspection at the consultation. The BIH is a member of the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council, also a member of the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO), a national umbrella confederation.

She is a certified Yoga Teacher - studying Yoga with the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta and with Pattabhi Jois, the Astanga Guru, in India. She is a graduate of the Anthony Robbins Mastery University and is committed to both personal and professional excellence.

Dawn has a scientific background with a Degree in Computing Science and a teaching qualification from the University of Cambridge.

She has competed for both Scotland and Great Britain in Athletics and takes an integrated approach to a healthy body, healthy mind.

These combined qualifications enable Dawn to offer professional well-rounded programmes that are unique and fast-working.

Dawn is also a Director Yoga Alchemy: www.yoga-alchemy.co.uk, and brain-train: www.brain-train.co.uk


Steve Wichett, Trainer, Brain Train Academy

Steve Wichett - ANLPTS, MPNLP, MSNLP

Licensed NLP Trainer (SNLP), NLP Master Practitioner, Advanced NLP Therapeutic Specialist & Master Hypnotherapist

Steve co-trains with Dawn on most of the NLP courses. He is an NLP Master Practitioner, Advanced NLP Therapeutic Specialist, and Licensed NLP Trainer (SNLP). With over 17 years professional experience, he has trained with the both co-creators of NLP - Dr Richard Bandler & Dr John Grinder, as well as the very best Master Trainers, including Paul McKenna, Michael Breen, Michael Neill, and John La Valle. He has also assisted Dr Bandler and teamin training others over many years.

Highly respected within the field of NLP, Steve counts many Master Trainers as his personal friends and colleagues, and continues to offer his own interventions and developments to the field.

Steve’s prestigious Harley Street practice was established five years ago, and his clients have included many famous fashion models, singers, restaurant owners, surgeons, clergy, military, stage and screen artists, authors, sports people, musicians, bankers, fund managers, comedians, composers, entertainers, accountants, lawyers and barristers, police officers, security consultants, band members,investment advisers, doctors, tv personalities, psychologists, journalists, club owners, motivational speakers, scriptwriters, actors, actresses, counsellors, public relations experts, psychics, astrologers, chief executives and property developers!

He recently “coached” national bridge player Susanna Gross (who has played bridge with Omar Sharif and Bill Gates) helping her win her Ladies Bridge Cap.

Steve’s work has featured in The Times, The Independent, Holland & Barretts “Healthy” magazine as well as many other famous publications.

"...A rather brilliant lifestyle coach.... called Steve Wichett..." The Independent (June 2009)

"...I conquered my depression with NLP..." Natural Health Magazine, (May 2009)

Steve is also a Director of NLP Change Works - www.nlpchangeworks.com



Mark Hayley, Master NLP Trainer, Brain Train Academy

Mark Hayley - ANLPTS, MPNLP, MSNLP

Licensed "Master" NLP Trainer (SNLP), NLP Master Practitioner, Advanced NLP Therapeutic Specialist & Master Hypnotherapist

Guest NLP "Master" Trainer - On the NEW IMPROVED NLP Master Practitioner - Mark Hayley is a Licensed Master Trainer of NLP™ and he served a 5 year apprenticeship with Dr. Richard Bandler, the co-creator of NLP and the creator of additional human behaviour technologies known as DHE™ and NHR™.

He first began reading self-improvement books in 1986. Over the next 12 years he read all of the major titles (literally) and enthusiastically persisted with the exercises that many of these books recommended. He made gradual progress and became more of who he was supposed to be and got more of what he wanted, although he felt that progress should be more definite and certainly faster.

In January, 1998, he enrolled on a hypnotherapy and counselling course and progress was pretty good. As he began working his way through the required reading list, he noticed that there were books by a Dr. Richard Bandler on a topic called NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). He read those books and that was it... He was hooked!

Predictable, effective and lasting change, and the process was fun! This is what he had been looking for. He knew he had to get first-hand experience by attending the next available workshop. He left the hypnotherapy and counselling workshop and attended the next NLP Practitioner course in London, England. It was September of 1998. Over the next five years he attended many NLP and hypnosis workshops, all of them taught by people considered to be leaders in the field. He also attended ten of Richard Bandler's workshops, at various locations around the world.

He purchased and listened to, or watched (many times) almost all of the available audio and video products and most importantly, he practiced NLP a lot. For example, from October, 1998 to January, 1999, he worked with ninety people - all of them outside of the workshop environment.

By the beginning of 2003, as driven as ever, he had gotten the opportunity to become a personal apprentice to Dr. Richard Bandler himself. This he did! He travelled around the world, attending all of the workshops and seminars, a total of 80+ in all!

He worked with all of the people he was directed to learn from, plus a few extra. He read all of the books he was directed to read, many of them on a surprising variety of topics, and he worked with hundreds and hundreds more people, inside and outside of the seminar environment.

The apprenticeship was a combination of a very intense, amazing personal enhancement program, and an in-depth methodology for working with individuals and groups for both remedial and generative change, utilising conscious and unconscious learning. An incredible learning process that has to be experienced to be truly appreciated, an experience which Ihehighly recommends!

At the end of the five years, the apprenticeship was successfully completed... This is where the adventure moves to a different level. His style of teaching may well be different to what you would expect. You will have fun learning! He believes strongly in the inalienable right of all to feel really good for no reason!

His skills and abilities have reached a new peak. He is going to share some of what he has learnt with you on our NEW IMPROVED - NLP Master Practitioner

Mark is also a Director of Mark Hayley Events - www.markhayley.co.uk



Gary Flockhart, Trainer, Brain Train Academy

Gary Flockhart - MPNLP, MSNLP, MBIH

Assistant NLP Trainer (SNLP), NLP Master Practitioner, Life Coach & Hypnotherapist

Gary's career as a high achieving Sales Manager means he is well versed on the the best NLP tools and techniques used for persuasion and negotiation. He is currently Property Manager for Richie Neil Solicitors and does NLP Trainings as a guest speaker to allow him to pass on his incredible Professional NLP business knowledge. A talent that seems to "run in the family"...

He is a Master NLP Practitioner, trained to the highest standard by Dr. Richard Bandler (Creator of NLP), John La Valle (President of NLP Society), and Paul McKenna (Europes leading Hypnotherapist), and has therefore learnt from, and modelled, the most respected people in the business. He now assists wherever possible on personal development seminars with the aforementioned masters.

Gary is also a qualified Meridian line therapist, well versed in the uses of EFT and TFT - killing fears and phobias fast. Gary is an Anthony Robbins Mastery University graduate, committed to excellence in every area of life, and continually looking for new ways to get as much fulfillment from life as possible. Gary believes that the key to a fulfilled life is freedom. Freedom from fears, freedom from restrictions, and freedom from limiting beliefs.

He is a certified member of the Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming set up as a quality control measure by Dr Richard Bandler, the creator of NLP. He is also a certified member of British Institute of Hypnotherapy/Psychotherpay (BIH), - one of the longest established associations of hypnotherapists/psychotherapists and NLP Practitioners, committed to the highest standards of ethical practice and professional competence, available for inspection at the consultation. The BIH is a member of the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council, also a member of the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO), a national umbrella confederation.

Gary is also a Director of brain-train, www.brain-train.co.uk


Lesley Waddell, Trainer, Brain Train Academy

Lesley Waddell - PNLP, MSNLP

Assistant NLP Trainer (SNLP), NLP Master Practitioner, Life Coach & Hypnotherapist

Born 1973, Norwegian/English heritage. Educated in England. Having completed her A'levels, she went on to a foundation course in art and design, this led to a degree in Jewellery design, from which she graduated with a First Class honours degree.

Following graduation she produced her premiere collection, which was bought in it's entirety by Harrods. This developed into a successful worldwide ready to wear business. In addition to this she worked as a consultant with Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood and Cartier and as a contextual artist showing in an exhibition worldtour with the Crafts Council of London.

Lesley began working with healing and Reiki 10 years ago. Her creative talent and spiritual imagination have been prevalent throughout her life and this has developed into healing through NLP. She has found this to be an amazing way to help people change their lives.

Currently Lesley is working as an NLP Mater Practitioner in Kent and is in show-jumping training with her horse Dylan.

Lesely is also a Director of brain-train. www.brain-train.co.uk



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