Martin Lawson loves to set his clients free! Free from old habits, emotional baggage, negative thinking, phobias, society & family expectations, poor decisions and controlling or destructive behaviours. Free to dream, to live their lives, and to be who they want to be, [not at some point in the future, but] right NOW. His favourite sayings are that “life is too LONG” to live an unhappy or unfulfilled, angry or frustrated life, and that his clients [can] “choose to LIVE their life NOW”.
Martin is a fully qualified Master Practitioner of NLP, Time Line TherapyTM and Hypnosis, and also a Master NLP Coach. Martin is skilled in helping his clients to relax and to quickly feel at ease, allowing his coaching sessions to be highly effective.
Martin has always had a fascination for human interaction and is a natural “people watcher”, observing interactions between people wherever he goes, at cafes, in meetings, even at airports – a great place to watch people interact! After a career spent in Corporate IT, Martin felt that it was time to better utilise his people skills. In 2002 he set up his own company teaching outdoor skills to young adults, and guiding tourists in the mountains of Scotland, during which he discovered his talent in listening to people in a way that made them feel very comfortable, whilst disclosing often quite personal information. He decided to train in Neuro Linguistic Programming so that he could help people to resolve their issues, and subsequently set up Ascent NLP in 2008. Since then, Martin has helped numerous clients overcome their fears, phobias and negative thinking, as well as coaching people in their career and life choices.
Martin’s main philosophy is that before you can move forward in your life, you need to let go of the things from your past that are holding you back – things that you are often unaware of consciously. Once rid of this emotional “baggage”, clients are then free to move on with new energy and focus. He is highly skilled in the use of Time Line TherapyTM, a very powerful technique to resolve unwanted negative emotions. Martin is a strong believer in the “mind / body connection”, that our physical ailments often have their root cause in poor emotional health, and he has a particular interest in helping clients to improve their physical issues by first resolving their emotional issues.
Martin’s partner Caroline (also a Master Practitioner) joined Ascent NLP in 2010. Together, they provide coaching at locations across central Scotland, including Edinburgh, West Lothian, Glasgow, Perth and Kinross. Coaching can be carried out in your home, at one of many coaching venues, or where appropriate, by telephone. Ascent NLP run a series of public workshops in subjects as diverse as losing weight, motivation, getting control of your life, relationships and communication skills, and they also provide in-company training, specialising in advanced communication skills, team profiling & recruitment, and facilitation.
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