Valerie Austin is a consultant hypnotherapist, international trainer, lecturer and author of 5 best selling hypnosis books, including Self Hypnosis and Hypnosex. Her highly successful books, published by major publishers, have been sold in over 20 countries worldwide and translated into many languages including Japanese, Hebrew, Spanish, Polish and Bahasa Malaysia.

Valerie is considered an expert in the field of hypnosis with a world-wide reputation as a smoking cessation and regression specialist. Working from London's prestigious Harley Street, Florida, Malaysia and Australia, Valerie has an enviable reputation within the hypnotherapy community and is known as the therapist to turn to when all else fails. Valerie Austin's expertise in relationship therapy spans over 20 years. As one of the world's leading hypnotherapy experts with specialist relationship therapy skills, she's worked with thousands of couples and singles on their relationship problems throughout the world. Valerie's relationship expertise was developed and honed at a 5 star Honeymoon Hotel in Langkawi, Malaysia, where she ran a successful and renowned hypnotherapy training school and practice.

With her focus on helping couples fix and improve their relationships, she also wrote her best selling book, Hypnosex, in this idyllic setting.

Valerie was the first hypnotherapist to coin the term Stop Smoking in One Hour, and developed the highly successful programme from her Harley Street, London practice in 1989. Twenty years later almost every hypnotherapist that can stop someone smoking in a One Hour hypnotherapy session is either using her technique or using a method based upon it. The technique applied correctly has achieved a 95% success rate and has since been used to help thousands quit smoking worldwide.

Valerie's extensive personal experience treating difficult and unusual problems with thousands of clients has gained her an impressive personal reputation in the hypnosis community. And as one of the world's most respected people in her field of hypnotherapy expertise, her clients have included high level executives, well known Captains of Industry, Royalty and celebrities.

She has developed an inspiring and rewarding career as a trainer and teacher for hundreds of people and businesses across the world. In 2004 alone, Valerie trained over 1,000 people in the safe and effective use of self-hypnosis during intensive sessions of 2-day workshops.

She was also commissioned in the late 90's by the Dean at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia to teach her Advanced Hypnotherapy course to a selection or teachers students and a professor at this leading University of psychology. The Health Minister and leading academics were televised giving their approval for her Stop Smoking Technique as her graduates were personally presented with their diploma for her 7-day advanced hypnotherapy course by the Health Minister.

She also teaches specialist hypnosis courses in business relationships, personal relationships and couple therapy.

Valerie is married to fellow hypnosis trainer and medical hypnosis expert, James Pool. For more detailed information on Valerie's work and extensive experience, please visit her personal website at www.valerieaustin.com