About Us

How To Be is informed by evidence-based practices, including rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), positive psychology, mindfulness, compassion focussed therapy (CFT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), clinical and solution-focused hypnotherapy, and nutritional psychiatry, as well as by the latest research into workplace wellbeing. Studies suggest that multi-modal approaches, including the strategies mentioned here, are the best way to improve our mental and physical health.

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Daniel Fryer

Founder & Wellbeing Consultant

Daniel has over 15 years experience working in mental health and wellbeing, helping people and organisations to overcome blocks and challenges and achieve their goals. An experienced psychotherapist and coach, he has worked in private practice and private health care, as well as in occupational health and for the NHS. He lectures on courses, is an expert speaker, delivers presentations, and workshops, and has appeared on conference panels and in webinars. He writes regularly on wellness topics and is the author of The Four Thoughts That F*ck You Up (and how to fix them), published by Penguin Random House. A former journalist, with a track record in customer publishing, he knows a thing or two about work stress, pressure and unrealistic deadlines.

Beverley Harper

Wellbeing practitioner & coach

After a successful career in publishing, Beverley trained as a psychotherapist and coach. She has worked in private practice for over 15 years and has also worked with the NHS and with The Priory Hospital in London and Bristol. Beverley has had extensive training in REBT, CBT and clinical hypnotherapy and a variety of other modalities, including compassion focused therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. A mindfulness and wellbeing coach, Beverley also teaches and trains others in REBT and other therapeutic modalities as well as in counselling skills and hypnotherapy. She also regularly supervises students and practitioners. In private practice, Beverley loves to help people develop both the mindset and a skillset needed to navigate the challenges that life presents.

Duncan Leckie

Solution-focused hypnotherapist & registered nurse

A solution focussed hypnotherapist specialising in anxiety, stress, addictions and sleep problems, Duncan is also a registered nurse with over 25 years of qualified nursing experience. He has his own Bristol-based hypnotherapy practice and has worked in a variety of public health settings. His experience lies in surgical nursing, with a special interest in post anaesthesia recovery and pain management. He has worked in all the major London hospitals and was also posted overseas to Sydney, Australia. He has worked in service development for frontline health services and has offered training, resource development and input into NHS service strategy. He also works with people who have experienced trauma.

Kim Wilcox

Nutritional therapist

Kim is our experienced nutrition expert. Specialising in nutritional psychiatry, she explores the link between our physical and mental health and their complex interactions with what we eat and drink. She can help you build a simple but healthy diet that provides essential tools for your overall wellbeing. Following 10 years in senior leadership in corporate IT, Kim now works in private practice and private healthcare. She is currently completing her MSc in nutrition and behaviour. She leads a research project on nutrition and mood in young adults, works as a nutrition coordinator for Penny Brohn UK and recently completed a project for The University of Manchester. Kim has delivered training, consultancy and workshops in both corporate and academic environments.

Lara

Canine consultant

Here at How To Be, we consider animals essential to our well-being. And that goes double for dogs. A rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and registered with the charity Pets As Therapy, Lara has worked in private practice and private healthcare for more than five years. She has appeared on various social media channels, and in web, newspaper and magazine features, including The Daily Mirror and Waitrose Health. Lara has lots to say on the numerous benefits of having pets in the workplace. These benefits include reducing staff absenteeism, improving productivity and boosting your brand image.

We also have a roster of ad hoc coaches and therapists from a variety of backgrounds to help us deliver premium training, therapy and coaching.

Corporate & Academic

As individuals, we have worked with companies including The Financial Times, Raising the Bar, Questex Hospitality, New Dog PR, This Can Happen, HOSPA, the College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, Gardiner & Theobald, Intrado, Penny Brohn UK, CNM Colleges, The Lecture Club and more.

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