Maggie Stanley

Maggie Stanley runs Pace Therapy from its base in Axbridge Somerset. She is an experienced practitioner with 15 years as a therapist and trainer specialising in stress management. Maggie believes that individuals respond to stress according to thier life experiences, life skills and personality.  If coping mechanisms are poor or ill affective responses to stress can affect the individual both physically and mentally.

Maggie originally trained as a hypnotherapist and soon became interested in stress and how to manage  it. She is also very interested in addictions and behaviour change. She Initially studied with Dr Stephen Palmer at the Centre for Stress Management and went on to study stress in wider arenas. Not every one is in a place where they can talk about stress sometimes they just need a place to "be" and dont want to talk about things, this is why she developed skills in Reiki healing and Indian Head massage.

Maggie also runs workshops and develops training packages for the commercial, voluntary and statuary sectors. She is a co director of Stress Busting Angels her. Maggie also works as a freelance trainer for South Gloucester PCT, delivering psyco/ social skill to patients.  She also works freelance with t University of West England, where she is currently involved in developing training and teaching the NHS Health Trainers.

Maggie worked for the NHS for a number of years as a Cardiac technician and most recently as a specialist Stop Smoking Advisor. She taught counselling skills and assertiveness in adult education for a number of years and is trained as an adult education tutor. Maggie has worked with disabled people and was a consultant training coordinator for three years  for a charity when she lived in Essex. Maggie's keen interest in behaviour change  led her on  to becoming involved with The University of West England co writing the behaviour change module for the NHS health Trainers course and co developing and delivering the life skills course for South Gloucester PCT to patients.

Maggie has an interest in healing animals she is animal lover owning three, cats three dogs, chickens and ducks.  Animals have always been drawn to Maggie peopel are often heard saying to her about thier pets "I am surprised my (dog. cat, rabbit. horse...) has come to you they don't usually".  Maggie has had some interesting and wonderful results with Reiki.  She still has an elderly persion cat of 18years and a lhaso Apso of 17 years.