Ann Jaloba

I'm glad you're here and I hope you enjoy my books.

I've had an interesting journey to get to this point. I spent most of my early career as a health journalist, most notably as deputy editor of Nursing Standard, the weekly publication of the Royal College of Nursing.

I then trained as a therapist and still work with clients, using hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and NLP.

I love talking, I love helping people reach their goals and doing what fulfils them in life and I hope my books reflect this.

I wrote FirstDays: how to build a therapy business and stay sane as a direct response to problems I knew I had dealt with and I saw others grappling with. It is not easy setting up your own business and I know how many mistakes I made - this book might help you avoid them.

My next book was The Hypnotherapy Handbook - the idea came to me when I was talking to some of the therapists I supervise. They said that on their training courses they had never been guided through how to structure a course of treatment. So I went to the very top people in various areas and asked them to write how they did it. This book was the result, and judging by the sales, much needed and appreciated.

Weight off the Mind came directly out of my practice, helping people to lose weight. It will give you some simple, easy to follow ways of changing your mindset if you have difficulties with controlling your eating. It is useful for both therapists in the field and for the general public.

Just out is the Pocket Book of Stress Busters. I am so excited to have published this with my colleague Kim Wilson. Kim and I work closely together in our training company PractisePlus and this useful little book came out of our belief that you can overcome stress if you know how. The know how is here, in 80 easy to read pages. I hope you enjoy.

I am now bringing together both my old career in health journalism and my newer career in therapy by working on a book to help nurses who care for us so well care for themselves as well. Watch this space.