Shropshire hypnotherapist sees business boom after helping Kerry Katona

Marcus Matthews, a therapeutic transformation coach who runs Make Your Life Count in Shrewsbury, has seen an explosion in his social media following since Kerry released a video of herself and Mr Matthews on Instagram.

The former Atomic Kitten star, who has just taken third place in E4’s Celebrity Cooking School, contacted Mr Matthews initially through a mutual connection who knew Marcus could help her.

After their first meeting Kerry spoke about her mental health struggles in her column in OK magazine saying she wants her life coach to move in as she admitted to ‘losing herself’.

After her session Kerry took to social media and said: “I feel like I’ve been rebooted, like I’ve just been reborn. I had been struggling with my mental health, anxiety and fear, had been to the doctor and had my medication upped, then I met this guy - Marcus Matthews, please go and follow him!

“He has done the most amazing thing for me, guided me through this and I cannot give this man enough praise for what he has done. Honest to God, this guy is amazing. It was so powerful!”

Mr Matthews said he was delighted to help Kerry and thanked Joanna Scott-Aspray, founder of The Cheshire Club, for setting up the introduction, adding that it was part of his ongoing commitment to make a massive impact on the struggles people have with mental health and wellbeing.

“It’s been a difficult couple of years for my business as it has for everyone and now we are all faced with additional economic pressures, so it’s never been more important for me to be able to deliver the service and support I provide and educate people about the power of the mind,” said Mr Matthews.

“Despite having some amazing results with my clients, what I do remains largely unknown outside of the high performance world of athletics, business CEOs and celebrities - but I want to make the point that what I do is relevant to everyone and I am ready to help anyone who is really stuck.

“I work with people on a one-to-one and group basis from a basic 21-day

transformation all the way up to 12 months and one of the strengths of the therapy comes from my own experiences and the fact that I have been in that situation myself.

“I was on the verge of suicide as a serving police officer several years ago. I wanted to know why I felt the way I did because none of it made any sense. When I did find out I made a promise that I would help anyone who was willing to invest in their own journey to find the freedom, peace and love that we all deserve.”

Since that point in his life Mr Matthews has added a wealth of experience through years of training in coaching, mentoring, hypnotherapy and rapid transformational therapy.

This month he is helping a number of people who are using Stoptober as the tool to help them stop smoking.

“The mind is a powerful tool and I have been able to help people quickly realise this and empower them to take control of their lives,” Mr Matthews added.

“I am proud of how far I have come with Make Your Life Count and the people I have been able to help and support.

“In the future I would like to be able to spend more time helping those people who don’t have the funds to access private therapy, I want to work on creating a scientific evidence base and ultimately work within the NHS - but the goal at present is to continue helping people through their mental health struggles and make a real difference to their lives.”

From November 13 Mr Matthews is running a five week group transformation course.