Name:Henry Whitfield
Location:London, United Kingdom
Email:henry@tir.org.uk
Website:http://www.tir.org.uk
  • VV: How long have you been a TIR trainer?
    Henry: I became a certified TIR trainer February 2004. However, I led seminars and TIR workshops (with supervision) regularly for a year before that.

  • VV: What inspired you to become a TIR trainer?
    Henry: Taking TIR training myself. I was astonished at the process of teaching others this extraordinary subject. I decided to set up TIR UK and The Humanistic Education Network because it was the most worthwhile thing I could find to do.

  • VV: What do you find rewarding about it?
    Henry: The looks on people's faces when they let go of something that has plagued them for decades - especially when it's something they have already tried 10 different therapies on. Hearing the successes during supervision days from trainees who have only just started practicing, and seeing the delight that it brings them.

  • VV: Are you willing to travel to deliver training, if so under what conditions?
    Henry: Absolutely. I spent 6 years of my life at university studying foreign languages full time so that I could do just that. I am happy to work in French or Italian. In the not too distant future I hope to get my Spanish good enough too. I am currently interested in working anywhere that is not much more that 3-4 hours flight from London.

  • VV: Do you have a private practice?
    Henry: I certainly do.

  • VV: Besides TIR, what other things are you interested in?
    Henry: Music, competitive Latin dancing - I think the concept of the dance can be applied to enhance how we do many things. In the field of philosophy/personal development I am a fan of Eugene Gendlin's Focusing, Buddhist philosophies, Sufism, the Landmark Forum, the Theosophical Society, the Scientific and Medical Network and a whole host of other things. I like my bicycle a lot too.

  • VV: Describe your professional background?
    Henry: The most common thread through my career has been teaching. I began with teaching English as a foreign language, and have since taught: Arabic, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Comparative philosophy, Rock singing, French literature, Piano and musical harmony. Doing all that was a great lead in to teaching TIR and its related techniques. I have always greatly enjoyed teaching, but nothing seems to compare to teaching TIR. I have also worked as a translator, in steel trading and exporting electronic components from the Far-East to Europe.

  • VV: What other courses are you currently teaching?
    Henry: Basic TIR - A one day introductory workshop to TIR. Thematic TIR and Unblocking - this workshop completes the level 1 TIR training after the Basic TIR workshop. Schema workshop - this is a metapsychology workshop that teaches procedures for clarifying our goals and for aligning the various parts of ourselves and our environment, so that we can actually reach our goals. When people see clearly what stands between them and their goals it is a great motivator. Goals seem much more within their grasp.

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