Rue has been a qualified Hypnotherapist for the last 16 years, originally training as a Hypno-Psychotherapist at the National School of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. She is a registered member of The National Society of Hypnosis, Psychotherapy & Mindfulness and uses a combination of the Eriksonian model of hypnosis - an advanced form of traditional hypnotherapy, NLP and Brief Strategic Therapy. Rue gained her Advanced Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma in 1997 becoming a member of the Central Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists (CRAH)- a training body affiliated to the institute for Complementary Medicine (British Register of Complementary Practitioners), Member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and member of the British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA). Part of her weight loss training was undertaken on a one-to-one basis with Michelle Hague, international primary trainer at the London College of Clinical Hypnosis and specialist in Gastric Utilisation Therapy and Hypno-Band practitioner. She has successfully completed further training through Zest4Life - Introduction to Nutrition and taken part in an 8 week course of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) taught by Michael Chaskalson.
