We speak to Daniel McDermid, from Leeds Hynotherapy Clinic, which is helping people conquer fears and issues - including former Whites player Chris Kamara.
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00:00I'm Daniel McDermid and I run Leet Hypnotherapy Clinic.
00:04Can you just tell us a little bit about the business?
00:06Well, I've been running it for just under 16 years and through those years I've worked with tens of thousands of people
00:13and I've helped many, many people overcome a variety of conditions from anxiety, depression, lots of OCD,
00:24helped lots of people lose weight and I've written books on smoking cessation and I've helped many people become non-smokers as well.
00:32What sparked your interest in the business?
00:35Well, I was always interested in human conditions since I was a child.
00:39It always interested me, why do people respond like they do in life?
00:44And I enjoyed history as a child because of that.
00:47And then when I got to college I decided to do psychology and I wasn't the most academic but I managed to get through those years as a child
01:01and I then developed into doing psychology at university.
01:07Now, it was a bit different because I wanted to understand why hypnotherapy works, I wanted to demystify it in fact when I got into it.
01:15So, I'm a bit different from other therapists because of that.
01:18So, I went to learn with the London College of Clinical Hypnosis and I learnt a lot there and I realised there's something really profound about this type of treatment
01:26and I'm going to utilise it and help people. So, that's how I got into it.
01:31Has the industry changed?
01:33The industry has changed. Like every industry there's fantastic builders out there and there's what you call your cowboy builders.
01:44But it doesn't mean architecture is a bad thing just because there's some people who are not as competent as others.
01:50So, it can be quite a saturated industry at times.
01:53So, there's lots of therapists out there and there's some incredibly good people out there who really do life-saving work.
02:01And are you able to tell us a little bit about the work that you've done or your involvement with Chris Kamei?
02:07Well, Kamei came in and the first thing I want to say, what a wonderful human being.
02:13He really is an incredible person and when he first came in to see me he was in a desperate situation.
02:22He hadn't told anybody about his condition as he's already told the media about and he wanted a cure.
02:33I had to be very ethical and explain, I can't cure your condition because it's a biological condition but I can help you adapt to it.
02:41I was trying to get him to come out to the public, explain what's happening but he felt ashamed of it which we all know he shouldn't have done.
02:52From day one he acknowledges that now I should have come out on day one and just told everybody what was happening.
03:00So, I had to help him build his confidence and I hope that I achieved that with him to help him build his confidence.
03:07I hope that he can feel happy and secure and he's doing such incredible work now.
03:12I'm so proud of the man that he's taken on board what we discussed in the treatment and he's now a pioneer helping other people with speech difficulties.