Louise Austin     I am an Integrative arts psychotherapist, an executive coach, a leadership trainer, a personal development workshop leader and conference speaker. My abiding passion for the last 17 years has been exploring ways to enable others to achieve positive and lasting change. I help individuals, teams and organisations create inspiring visions with practical steps to turn the vision into reality.       My training in the use of psychology and creativity has shifted my work to a deeper level of transformation. I truly believe that everyone has the capacity to be creative and I am often amazed at how the arts can really help people tap into unconscious resources. The magic of metaphor is central to my work using a variety of expressive arts to include drama, storytelling, art, improvisation and poetry. I am particularly interested in unlocking the creative potential of leaders and I am currently developing a model of creative leadership. I have an MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy and the Certificate in the Use of the Arts in Therapy and Education. I am an NLP Practitioner and HNLP coach. I have also completed training in group facilitation, leadership and creativity, appreciative inquiry, assertiveness training and non-violent communication. The breadth of my most recent work includes designing and delivering a three-year leadership programme, run worldwide for a division of the Daily Mail group, leading personal leadership workshops within a corporate leadership academy, helping a senior leadership team develop their vision and working as an arts psychotherapist for the Richmond Carers Association. I have eight years media industry experience and was senior trainer and consultant for Alison Hodge Associates, specialists in training for the media industry, for seven years. I have run my own training and coaching practice for the last 10 years. Recent clients include Dmg world media, Last minute.com, Le Bara, Vocalink and Cap Gemini.       © Alison Hodge 2009 Tel: 020 8995 5485