Terry was born in Stamford, England, and first discovered the power of hypnosis in his twenties, using it to manage his own hypertension, with lasting success. That experience planted a seed that would eventually shape his entire career.
After many years in business, Terry retrained in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy with world-renowned Clifton Practice in Bristol, UK. He holds a Diploma in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (DSFH) and the Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD), awarded by the National Council for Hypnotherapy, the largest hypnotherapy association in the UK. He is also a member of the National Board for Modern Psychotherapy (NBMP) and the National Board for Hypnotherapy (NBH).
The Calm Authority Method
Across his career, Terry has worked on change at scale, redesigning systems, influencing behavior, and challenging “business as usual.” Most recently, he worked with businesses and government to transform payment practices, contributing to the biggest shift in UK payment transparency in more than 25 years.
Along the way, he noticed a consistent pattern: the biggest barrier to change wasn’t systems, it was how people think and react under pressure. He saw it in boardrooms, leadership teams, founders, and high performers.
To address this, Terry created The Calm Authority Method, a blend of leadership experience, coaching skills, and hypnotherapy. He now uses this integrated approach to help people think more clearly, stay in control, and operate at their best when it matters most.
A Career in the Creative Industries
Terry began his professional life in the heart of the UK film and TV world, Soho in London. He worked across broadcast and corporate television in production companies and edit suites, producing documentaries, commercials, and TV series for a wide range of organizations.
He trained in theatre production with the Society of West End Theatre and, as a producer, worked closely with directors, writers, and performers on multiple London shows.
His love of audio led him into radio, supporting some of the UK’s most popular talk-show hosts, and later into podcasting. He now hosts a podcast focused on small businesses in the UK.
Terry also held senior roles within major creative membership bodies, including the Creative Industries Association and Creative UK, and served for years on the boards of two regional screen agencies, championing the film-making sector.
Global Leadership Across the US
Terry spent 15 years in senior leadership roles at Accenture and American Express, working across the US in New York City, Boston, Phoenix, and Fort Lauderdale. He led global teams spread across multiple time zones and is very familiar with the pressure, complexity, and constant change senior executives face. He’s lived it first-hand.
Understanding Founder Pressure
After his corporate career, Terry moved into entrepreneurship. His first start-up failed, and provided the tough lessons that helped him later support the growth of three successful start-ups in healthcare and recruiting.
Since then, he has focused on supporting founders, drawing on his own experience of the emotional and practical demands of building and scaling a business from scratch.
A Career Dedicated to Human Potential
The constant thread through all of Terry’s work is simple: helping people realize their potential, in entertainment, business, media, and in their personal lives.
In the late 1990s, he founded The Talent Foundation, a nonprofit that helped thousands of people thrive in the world of work. In recognition of this and his wider business achievements, he received the highest honor from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), becoming a CMI Companion. He later served on both the regional and main CMI boards for eight years.
In 2020, Terry launched a national campaign to help small business owners by tackling late payments. Over six years, that work contributed to major changes in UK law designed to protect small businesses and support their growth.
Today, Terry brings all of this experience, creative, corporate, entrepreneurial, and therapeutic, into his hypnotherapy practice, helping clients create calm, clarity, and genuine change from the inside out.