“Dear Alan, I’ve had a fantastic summer, my confidence in myself has been growing and I am learning to accept myself. I can’t express the calm I feel now compared with the terrible mess I was in before I came… Conf – Anon

” Dear Reader, I am a 35 year old personal assistant who works for a consultant in the NHS. I was a confident person until a few years ago, following problems at my work place when I developed panic attacks.… Conf – Deborah

“ Alan, I just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you! When I first came to see you I was going through one of the most upsetting, stressful work related incidents I could only have imagined in… Conf – Shona

“ I went to Alan Gilchrist about 7 years ago to help me stop smoking and from the day I left the consultation I have never smoked a cigarette since. I went back to see Alan to see if he… Conf – Jacqui