Which trainer should I see?

All Lightning Process Practitioners have been trained to the same high standard by Phil Parker.  All Practitioners are trained to work with ME/CFS and the other conditions that the Lightning Process is effective for.  However, Advanced Practitioners are those with the most experience - they have helped the most people to recover.  Geography may also play a part in your decision.  

But, from personal experience when Kate learned the Lightning Process and feedback from people who attend her courses, she also believes that it is important that you feel comfortable with the person who will help you on your way to recovery. She therefore recommends that you talk to the Practitioner before you decide to book a course.

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Why should I choose to see Kate Gare?

You are encouraged to contact Kate, to find out more about her and how she works.  But here are a few facts that might help you make your decision:

• Probably most importantly, on average half of all participants on Kate's courses attend through a personal recommendation from previous attendees.  
• She is an Advanced Lightning Process Practitioner, meaning she is one of the most experienced Practitioners.
• She is one of only a few, hand-picked by Phil Parker, tutors and coaches at the Phil Parker Training Institute where new therapists and Lightning Process Practitioners are trained.
• She used the Lightning Process to recover after having ME for seven years - so she understands what you are going through.
• Kate also offers one of the most comprehensive post-course support packages.  She does not just train you and leave you. Your recovery is very important to her and she is there for as long as you need her support - until you are living a life that you love.
• Finally, she has more than fifteen years experience in the fields of leadership, health and disability.

For more information you may wish to read more about Kate or just a few of the recovery stories from participants.

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Is the Lightning Process like any other therapy?

No. Firstly, the Lightning Process is not a therapy, it is a training programme.  Secondly, I do not know of any other programme that has been developed from a combination of neuro lingustic programming (NLP), osteopathy, self-hypnosis and life coaching.back to top

Is it positive thinking?

No, unfortunately positive thinking on its own is unlikely to make you recover from ME or the other issues that the Lightning Process is used for.  The Lightning Process is not just another name for positive thinking.back to top

Is it like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Reverse or Mickel Therapy?

We are often asked it the Lightning Process is linked to these approaches and the simple answer is that the Lightning Process is in no way allied to or developed in conjunction with those approaches or the designers of those approaches.  It is completely unrelated.back to top

Are you saying that ME is all in the mind?

Absolutely not.  The Lightning Process considers ME and related conditions to be  genuine physical illnesses with disturbances of the immunological, endocrinal and neurological systems.

People with ME and very rightly concerned at any suggestions that ME is a psychosomatic illness.  It is not and it not all in the mind.  ME is a physical illness.

It's taken medicine a long time and much campaigning to get ME recognised as a physical condition and we are very keen to emphasise that we concur with that view.

Our approach relies on an understanding that the body and brain are interrelated and interact with each other.  We have used this training programme to successfully help people overcome many other physical conditions, like back pain, migraines, asthmas etc and a group of people with multiple sclerosis have also found the Lightning Process very beneficial, and we don't consider these conditions to be in the mind either.

It is also true for most people that attempting to recover from ME using physical methods rarely succeed.  The Lightning Process however has been very successful at changing people with ME's physical condition rapidly and for the long-term.

We would suggest that it what you are doing is not working, then it is time to do something different.back to top

How does the Lightning Process work for ME and related illnesses?

Please see here for a more detailed description of how the Lightning Process works for ME, CFS, FMS, PVS and related illnesses.back to top

Do I just have to apply the process for the three day training programme?

On completion of the Lightning Process training course participants will need to continue to apply the training afterwards to continue to get the beneficial effects of the process.  As with any training programme, if participants do not continue to apply the training appropriately they will get variable results and are likely to return to the state they were in before the training.  Follow-up appointments are included if your learn the process with Kate Gare at everylife to help participants to implement the training in their lives.

There are some individuals who take the training and fail to apply it appropriately or consistently or do not recognise areas where they should apply it and as a result they do not get the benefits of the training. Some of these people recognise that they just need more coaching (we consider the follow-up appointments to be an essential part of the training).  Others just think that the process does not work for them.back to top

Is it possible to relapse after the training?

We are often asked this question and the simple answer is no, not if you continue to use the process as you have been taught it.

Consider if we were training you to speak French and you left our French course with a good understanding of how to speak French, then, would you expect to be able to speak French a few months or years later?

The answer would not depend on our French training, it would depend on whether you had kept up practising your newly acquired skill, and because The Lighting Process is a training programme too, it is exactly the same.

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Does it work for everyone?

We cannot guarantee results as every individual is different, however we have had considerable success in helping people with these issues.