Alistair Rhind was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1956. He trained as a Psychiatric Nurse in Scotland in the late seventies, and went on to specialise in Addiction and Alcoholism therapy under the clinical guidance of Dr Max Glatt (dec.), a leading world authority in Alcoholism and Addiction.

Alistair has the ability to engender trust and more importantly, hope, in the many sufferers he has treated during his Thirty years in the business.

Alistair trains other therapists and health professionals in the, ‘how to’ of working successfully in this field and has been Treatment Director in several Private Rehabilitation Clinics around the country, where he specialised in designing and implementing successful Treatment Programmes for Alcoholism, Addiction, Smoking, Gambling, Self Harm, Eating Disorders and Families. He has been involved with most of the top clinics in the South including 'The Priory' and has worked with the rich and famous as well as the not so rich and famous.

Alistair has trained in the U.S. and the U.K. in Counselling, Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, NLP and Family Therapy. He is also a Reiki Master. He trained with Paul McKenna (leading Hypnotist & Therapist) and Richard Bandler (the co-founder of NLP). Over the last twenty five years he has developed an approach to addiction recovery combining skills and knowledge gleaned from vast clinical and personal experience as well as wisdom and knowledge gained from extensive study of what works. This ensures that his clients have the best possible chance of achieving recovery. He has written an E-book entitled, 'Quit while you're still ahead' The essential guide to quitting addiction. The book will be available soon for download on this site. He is currently producing a series of DVDs and CDs (available soon) and is working on a Television Programme about his unique and successful approach to Quitting.

Rebekah Rhind began her career as a personal fitness trainer. She Completed a Honours degree in Health and fitness with a special interest in people suffering from eating and weight problems. Following a serious injury, which permanently curtailed her participation in sport, she began her training and career as a therapist, completing a clinical training in Addictions and was Senior Addictions Therapist at a leading Private Clinic in London before joining Alistair in Developing Merlin Tranceformations. Rebekah has also trained in Psychotherapy and Advanced Hypnotherapy, N.L.P. Cognitive therapy, Inner Child Therapy and Couples Therapy. She was a University Lecturer in Stress Management and is a Reiki practitioner.

“Rebekah is probably one of the best natural therapists I have ever worked with. Her ability to cut through to the core of people’s problems and facilitate the change/healing process is her great strength. She is known by her patients as someone who helps people with a very powerful and destructive illness find recovery. She encourages and supports, she inspires and guides with wisdom. She has a natural magic that helps her clients transform, change and grow."

Alistair Rhind