About me

Equan offers coaching and hypnotherapy with Shirley O’Keeffe.

I’m a qualified coach and hypnotherapist, and I am passionate about the difference that person‑centred care can make in our lives.

Having first trained and worked as a nurse, I’ve spent many years working at senior levels in the healthcare system, in both Australia and the UK. Through my career I have come to see that an increased focus on wellness, rather than illness, is vital to the way we need to manage our health as individuals and communities.

Equan – equanimity and balance

I believe in treating mental and physical wellbeing as the highly interconnected aspects of ourselves that they are, and looking at the whole picture when we seek to make changes in our lives.

That is why I named my practice Equan, which for me speaks to finding equanimity and balance.

I gained my accreditation in resilience coaching in 2018, and became a member of the National Council of Hypnotherapists the following year.

My practice is based in Hove in Sussex, England, but I’m glad to be working with clients across the world.