About Us

Encounter (UK) Ltd is Ian Butler. A former senior manager and management consultant in the public sector, Ian was Treasury trained in consultancy skills. He has team management development and stress management qualifications and runs a private practice in the home counties. He is a skilled facilitator, chairing for example conferences of an Essex hospital trust.

Ian is a fellow of The Society of Stress Managers and a long-term member of The Hypnotherapy Association.

He is registered with The National Register of Hypnotherapists (registration number 80295), and is a member of the The NHS Directory of Complementary Practitioners (registration number 2832).

Accredited to the The Margerison-McCann Team Management Systems (registration number 1480) programme of individual assessment and Teambuilding, Ian is skilled to mentor and coach individuals and teams in the public, private and charity sectors.

Ian’s work with complementary therapy training organisations sees him billed as "The Laptop Therapist" and this innovative and modern approach has led to initiatives such as the on-line stress audit and the remote treatment for fear of flying.

Ian is committed to the ethos of equality of opportunity and the sensitive management of diversity in the workplace. This commitment is threaded through all Encounter’s programmes. Ian’s associates come from a variety of backgrounds and he can call upon experts in a number of specialisms, throughout the UK and abroad.

Contact Ian by telephoning 01992 425851 or 07811 613279, or email ian@encounteruk.ltd.uk.