Meet the Founding Coaches of Mind Coach Academy

Imelda Curtin

Imelda has had a background steeped in counselling starting from when she was living in Ireland.

She is trained in Coaching, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), and Hypnotherapy.

She is a founding member of Mind Coach Academy.

Imelda loves living in New Zealand, and especially enjoys exploring the beautiful hikes.

Her favourite past-time is watching her grandchildren and learning from their charming innocence and curiosity. They never stop exploring and wondering!

Imelda is known for saying "I've just read a book on..."

Rebecca Cragnolini

Rebecca trained as an Occupational Therapist and worked for 20 years in mental health at the CDHB in NZ and the NHS in the UK.

As well as having a Bachelor in Occupational Therapy from Otago University, Rebecca is also trained in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnotherapy.

She was also previously a lecturer at the New Zealand School of Hypnotherapy.

She is a founding member of Mind Coach Academy.

Rebecca is also a published author. Her book is entitled The How of Hope: One family's story of overcoming mental illness .

Not having pets as a child, Rebecca loves now having a cat called Patrick, and bunnies Bernie & Luna.

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