Throughout my teenage years, I suffered from a debilitating claustrophobia that led to full blown panic attacks. At that time, and like most people, I felt powerless to prevent them. As an adult, I found my body's readiness to go to ‘red alert’ and flood my system with cortisol (the chemical that causes us to feel anxious) entirely unacceptable. I discovered that my fight/flight response was releasing this dreadful chemical in an attempt to warn and protect me. Sadly, cortisol, and its negative effects, had become the only thing I needed protection from. I reasoned that the only way to prevent this from continuing was to let my fight/flight response know, instantly and unequivocally, that I did not need its assistance at that time; and that actually, I felt confident and in control. The fog had cleared; a message had to be sent: “No fight/flight right now thanks!”

It seemed clear that a combined mental and physical response would be needed to send a message powerful enough to quell and, more importantly, to retrain the fight/flight response. Many years of observation and experimentation followed. This led to the development of the Trip-Wire Solution. The basic principles of which are described on the home page under the heading ‘Free-Fall’ and also in the trailer.

I developed a treatment programme and opened a practice in central London to teach these essential skills to others. Due to the high demand, in 2006 I produced the Trip-Wire Solution DVD so that anyone could learn these life-changing skills, without having to make a costly trip to London, England.