Summary
Dr Iain Lightfoot is an accomplished hypnotherapist, behavioural change specialist, coach, researcher and professional speaker. With a Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring, he combines academic expertise with extensive practical experience in helping people overcome anxiety, fears, habits, addictions, confidence issues and barriers to personal performance.
His approach brings together hypnotherapy, coaching, NLP and evidence-informed behavioural techniques, tailored carefully to each individual. Known for his calm, compassionate and results-focused style, Dr Lightfoot works with clients who are ready to create meaningful and lasting change.
Alongside his clinical practice, he lectures, researches and speaks on human performance, consciousness and the extraordinary potential of the human mind.
Experience
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thoughtlounge Ltd
Director
- Current
Education History
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Coaching and Mentoring
Oxford Brookes University
2015 - 2019My doctorate explored the events and conditions that lead to moments of insight during coaching sessions. It examined how clients experience sudden shifts in understanding, perspective and self-awareness, and considered the patterns or structures that may support these breakthroughs. By focusing on lived experience, the research sought to identify how insight develops within the coaching relationship and how coaches can create the conditions for meaningful, lasting change.
Qualifications
DCM – Level 8 – Doctorate of coaching and mentoring – Exploring the events leading to insight within coaching sessions; identifying strictures through experiences.
MSc (Distinction) – Increasing training effectiveness through motivation.
NFCE/HPD Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy.
SICH Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy.
SICH Certificate in Clinical Hypnotherapy
Postgraduate – Level 7 – Executive Coaching.
Postgraduate – Level 7 – Management Coaching.
Postgraduate – Level 7 – Coaching Supervision.
(also accredited Hypnotherapy Supervisor of the NCH)
Postgraduate – Level 7 – Strategic Leadership.
Graduateship – Level 6 – Engineering and Management.
Graduateship – Level 6 – Human Resource Management.
NLP Practitioner Coach.
SICH NLP Practitioner Coach.
FHEA – Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
CTLLS (Certificate of Teaching in the Life-long Learning Sector).
Clubs and Associations
NCH - National Coucil for Hypnotherapy
CNHC - Complimentry and Natural Healthcare Council
Interests and Hobbies
Beyond my professional work, I have a lifelong fascination with excellence, exploration and human achievement.
I have followed Formula 1 passionately since 1985. What draws me to it is not simply the racing, but the relentless pursuit of competitive advantage, the precision, innovation, teamwork and technological development required to perform at the very highest level.
My work in paranormal research and investigation reflects an equally strong curiosity about the unexplained and the possibility that there may be more to human existence than we currently understand. I approach the subject with an open mind, disciplined enquiry and a researcher’s determination to examine experience rather than dismiss it.
Military history is also deeply personal to me. Having served for 37 years in the Royal Navy as both a regular officer and reservist, my interest is grounded in lived experience, tradition, leadership and an enduring respect for those who have served.
