Franeen McDonald is a successful Lifestyle Coach and Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic
Programming (NLP), Timeline TherapyTM and Hypnosis. She is also a qualified Mediator,
Child and Play Therapist and Social Worker.
Franeen started her career is 1986 and has worked in a variety of Medical, Voluntary,
Local Authority and Private organisations.
Franeen originates from South Africa. After her four year degree at the University of Pretoria,
she started her career as a Social Worker at a Psychiatric Hospital. Here she worked in a multi-disciplinary team with Psychiatrists,
Psychologists, Medical Practitioners, Nursing staff and Occupational Therapists. She did counselling with the patients and
their families and was involved in compiling intensive Court Reports on criminals being sent for observation prior to their
trial. She presented lectures to medical students, as well as being involved with counselling and consultation at the hospital's
Child and Adolescent Unit.
In 1989 Franeen started work in a Children's Residential Home. She managed five houses each
with Care Workers and twelve children. She was counsellor to all 60 children and adolescents as well as some staff members.
She was also involved with the Recruitment, Training and Evaluation of the Child Care Workers.
In 1994 she started her own Private Practice. Franeen quickly established a very successful
practice where she worked alongside with Psychiatrists, General Practitioners, Solicitors and Schools. Her family relocated
to England in 2002 and she subsequently transferred her business to the UK. Her aim is to use all her knowledge, experiences
and expertise to coach people to success.
Franeen is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
and adhere to their code of ethics and practice, a full member of Counselling Children and Young People (CCYP) and an
associate member of the British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT). She is also a member
of the American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (ABNLP), the American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH)
and the American Time Line Therapy(TM) Association (TLTA(TM)). She is also a member of the British Association for Social Workers (BASW) and
the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
Franeen is fully CRB checked and trained to work with child protection issues.
