About Us

Helen Gibbons

BA,PGDipAppPsych,DipEd,DipClinHyp,MAPS

Helen Gibbons, Founder and Chief Psychologist of The Autogenic Training Institute, has already assisted hundreds of clients to manage their stress, build up their resilience, improve

their health,  general well-being and work performance, using Autogenic Training, in both Clinical and Organizational settings. Her clients have come from diverse backgrounds ranging from those with complex medical and psychological needs to both low and high functioning employees from the NSW Police Force, National Australia Bank, Fairfax, Ernst and Young, Qantas, Office of State Revenue, Astra Zeneca, Accenture, HCF, Price Waterhouse Coopers amongst others where the focus has been on Corporate Health and maximizing potential and performance.

She is a Full Member of the Australian Psychological Society, The International Society of Behavioral Medicine and The Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine.

Helen was Research Fellow and Lecturer in the MBA Program at Institute of International Studies and Training, Japan (under the auspices of The Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry) and has been in private practice on the North Shore in Sydney as a Psychologist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Autogenic Trainer providing individual and group training and running workshops since 1994.

She is a leader in Autogenic Training in Australia.

John Gibbons

John Gibbons, Honorary Board Member of The Autogenic Training Institute, is Australia’s first Autogenic Trainer having begun training in Dr. Schultz’s technique in 1958. As a Psychologist, he

trained a countless number of clients including Organizations, Psychologists, GPs and other Health Professionals and patients in Autogenics.

John Gibbons was a Captain in the Psychology Corp in the Australian Army, Civilian Psychologist for the Air force, Senior Psychologist and pioneer in motivation research for W D Scotts, International Management Consultants, Human Resources Director at Cottee’s General Foods Pty Ltd, Controller of Human Resources at Rank Xerox and Director of Programs with the NSW Department of Corrective Services. He was a popular talk-back radio Psychologist with 2UE, 2WS and 2GO. John also had a successful psychology practice on the Central Coast of NSW and in Strathfield, Sydney for many years.

Presently he is an advisor to the Autogenic Training Institute.

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