Sophie is a member of the NHS Directory of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners, a full licenced member of the NCH - National Council for Hypnotherapy, and the UKCHO - United Kingdom Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations and practices according to their professional code of ethics. Sophie is fully insured with Towergate Insurance, is CRB police checked and is supervised as required by the relevant regulatory bodies. (all documentation available on request). Sophie has worked in the field of Early Years Development, Personal Development and Community Development for 22 years with Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Social Services and Norfolk County Council, Education Department and more recently as a freelance consultant to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in relation to their Henry (Health Exercise and Nutrition for the really Young) programme for reducing obesity in young children.