About Doug
Doug Buckingham is: 
- Clinical Hypnotherapist - D. Hyp, PDCHyp, MBSCH
- Regression Therapist - Dip. RTH
- Reiki Master/Teacher in the Usui Method of Natural Healing
- A registered Karuna Reiki ® Master.
- Master/Teacher Member of the UK Reiki Federation.
- Aura Soma Level III Practitioner
- Accredited spiritual healer with the College of Psychic Studies
- EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Level 2 Practitioner registered with AAMET and the AMT.
- Continuing training and professional development in all disciplines.
I am formerly a Director of an international shipping company and spent almost twenty years in that industry. I had a very life-consuming job which I enjoyed immensely for many years, however I did have a growing yearning that there must be more to life. I left shipbroking in 2002, sold my house, put my possessions in storage and then spent the next few yearstravelling the world extensively, picking up several rucksacks full of “life experience”.
Complementary or holistic therapies had been an occasional interest of mine for many years during my shipping career, however it was only during my travelling time (after I made time for me) that I was able to experience and investigate some of them in more depth.
Upon my return to the UK, a series of synchronistic events lead me to pursue a future in the holistic health arena which had rapidly become a passion rather than a hobby. Now I am in the very fortunate position of saying that I do what I love and I love what I do.
As well as having a bunch of qualifications in the Complementary Health field, I also run the UK side of a Charitable organisation called the "ARK Foundation" which is dedicated to improving the quality of life and education of the young people and the elderly of Nkhata Bay in Malawi. For details see www.arkfoundationmalawi.org