David Cliff is a widely experienced trainer, manager and therapist. After training as a legal executive, David became a Psychiatric Social Worker and received commendation by the Social Services Inspectorate for innovative practices in change work with clients. David is an experienced manager in both the public and private sector. He achieved an MBA in 1994. He has senior management experience within the NHS and is one of the first nationally accredited Counsellors and Psychotherapists with the BACP, which was achieved as far back as 1984. David is also a Full Member of the Association for Coaching. David is Managing Director of Gedanken Ltd, a company specialising in coaching based support and personal development. He blends NLP, Cognitive Behavioural and other skills to provide a flexible, attractive range of interventions to individual and corporate clients. Additionally, David’s company provides counselling, stress management and other services to individuals, companies and the public sector. David runs a private practice of coaching clients, ranging from CEO’s to new business start ups. **BACP:** Senior Accredited status since 2000 and an inaugural member of the BACP Coaching Division **NLP:**Master Neuro-linguistic Programming Practitioner and a NLP Trainer since 2005.