Colin Barron was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1956 and was educated at Greenock Academy and Glasgow University where he graduated in Medicine in 1979. He worked for the next five years in hospital medicine eventually becoming a Registrar in Ophthalmology at Gartnavel General Hospital and Glasgow Eye Infirmary.

In 1984 he left the National Health Service to set up Ashlea Nursing Home in Callander which he ran until 1999.

Colin has a special interest in writing - his non - fiction book "Running Your Own Private Residential and Nursing Home" was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 1990. He has also written about 150 articles for various publications including "This Caring Business","The Glasgow Herald","Caring Times","Care Weekly" , "The British Medical Journal" ,"The Hypnotherapist", "The Thought Field" and many others.

Colin has always had a special interest in hypnosis and alternative medicine. In 1999 he completed a one -year Diploma course in hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming with the British Society of Clinical and Medical Ericksonian Hypnosis (BSCMEH) . He has also trained with the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis (BSMDH) and with Valerie Austin, who is a top Harley Street hypnotherapist. Colin has also trained in NLP and is a licensed NLP practitioner. In 1992 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health (FRSH)).

Colin has been using TFT since early in 2000 and in November 2001 he became the first British person to qualify as a VT practitioner. He works from home and at the Glasgow Nuffield Hospital.

Colin lives in Doune, near Stirling and has many interests including cycling, aircraft, Military History and photography.

Colin can be contacted by telephone 01786 821019, at this web site (http://www.colinbarron.co.uk/), or by e mail: colin.barron@ukonline.co.uk

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