1. Career
    Show business  Research  Self help career 

2. List of published works

3. Education
    PhD from LaSalle University  DPhil from IMCA 

4. Personal life

5. References

6. External links

Paul William McKenna^[1][2] (born 8 November 1963 in Hackney, East London)^[3][4] is a British hypnotist, behavioural scientist, television broadcaster and author of self-help books.^[5]{{Better source|reason=Wikipedia guidelines state that tabloid sourcing should not be used for biographies.|date=January 2019}}

McKenna has written and produced books and multimedia products, hosted self-improvement television shows and presents seminars in hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming, weight loss, motivation and the Zen meditation Big Mind and Amygdala Depotentiation Therapy (ADT), otherwise known as Havening Techniques.{{cn|date=January 2019}}

Career

Show business

McKenna started off in radio aged 16 at Radio Topshop, and went on to present for stations including Radio Jackie, Radio Caroline, Chiltern Radio, Capital Radio, BBC Radio 1 and TV channel Music Box.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

He became interested in hypnotism as a result of a guest who appeared on his show.^[6] His interest stemmed initially for reasons of self-development, although he discovered that there was an entertainment aspect that he could develop which would expose more of the public to the power of hypnosis. While working at Capital Radio, McKenna began experimenting with small hypnotic shows, first for the amusement of friends, then for audiences in locations like pubs and clubs, UK military bases, and University events. From there he starred in a regular Sunday night show at the Duke of York's Theatre, which was owned at the time by Capital Radio. The success of those shows led to his playing other theatres across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, the US, Australia, and Hong Kong.^[7]

After several years presenting at Radio 1 in the early 1990s, McKenna decided to branch out from radio. In the 1990s, McKenna presented a number of TV programmes including The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna (1993–1997), Paul McKenna's Paranormal World (1997) and Hyp the Streets (1999). During this time, he continued his studies of hypnosis, and neuro-linguistic programming with the US psychologist Richard Bandler, the co-creator of the advanced behavioural science technique abbreviated to NLP.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

McKenna hypnotised the Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond on series 4, episode 2 of the motor show in 2004. In October 2009 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.^[8]

From February 2014 to September 2015, McKenna hosted a talk show called McKenna that was broadcast on Hulu featuring "non-journalistic" interviews with Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest, Roger Moore, Rachael Ray, Tony Robbins and Richard Dawkins.^{[9][10][11][12]}

In October 2016, McKenna read Hans Christian Andersen's "It's Quite True" for the children's fairytales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF, along with other celebrities including Sir Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Dame Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley and David Walliams.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

Research

In the past few years,{{when|date=December 2018}} McKenna has been involved in the research and development of Havening,^[13] with Ronald Ruden and Stephen Ruden, presenting seminars to health care professionals in the UK and USA.{{cn|date=December 2018}} He specialises in working with PTSD, severe trauma, pain control and emotional overwhelm.^[14][15]

McKenna was also involved in a research study conducted by Professor Neil Greenberg of The Royal College of Psychiatrists Lead for Military and Veterans’ Health.^[16] He is also President of the UK Psychological Trauma Society at Kings College in London.

Self help career

McKenna is also known for his hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming and self-help books, CDs and DVDs in over 30 languages as well as several audio books.

Many of McKenna's one-to-one hypnotherapy clients are celebrities.^[17] Ellen DeGeneres credits him with helping her to quit smoking,{{cn|date=December 2018}} Rob Brydon claims that McKenna helped alleviate his fear of flying, Stephen Fry advocated McKenna's weight loss strategies and David Walliams used McKenna to help with his swim across the English Channel.^[6]

Recently,{{when|date=December 2018}} McKenna has focused on teaching people how to "deprogramme" their sugar cravings, claiming "sugar is the most dangerous drug in the world".^[18]

List of published works

• Control Stress Hay House 2017 {{ISBN|978-1-401-94913-6}}
• Supercharge Your Intelligence Today! Hay House 2017 {{ISBN|978-1-401-94897-9}}
• Get Control of Sugar Now! Hay House 2017 {{ISBN|978-0-593-07568-5}}
• The 3 Things That Will Change Your Destiny Today! Hay House 2016 {{ISBN|978-1-401-94909-9}}
• Freedom from Emotional Eating Hay House 2015 {{ISBN|978-1-401-94895-5}}
• Instant Influence and Charisma Transworld 2015 {{ISBN|978-0-593-07566-1}}
• Hypnotic Gastric Band Bantam Press 2013 {{ISBN|978-0-593-07074-1}}
• I Can Make You Smarter Bantam Press 2012 {{ISBN|978-0-593-06405-4}}
• I Can Make You Happy Bantam Press: 2011 {{ISBN|978-0-593-06404-7}}
• Change Your Life in Seven Days - Updated version Bantam Press: 2010 {{ISBN|978-0-593-06661-4}}
• I Can Make You Confident, Sterling Publishing: 2010. {{ISBN|1-4027-6922-9}}
• I Can Make You Sleep, Bantam Press: 2009. {{ISBN|1-4027-6574-6}}
• Control Stress Stop Worrying and Feel Good Now!, Bantam Press: 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-593-05629-5}}

• I Can Make You Rich, Bantam Press: 2007. {{ISBN|0-593-05537-3}}
• Quit Smoking Today Without Gaining Weight, Bantam Press: 2007. {{ISBN|0-593-05536-5}}
• Instant Confidence, Bantam Press: 2006. {{ISBN|0-593-05535-7}}
• I Can Make You Thin 90-Day Success Journal, Bantam Press: 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-593-05056-9}}
• I Can Make You Thin, Bantam Press: 2005. {{ISBN|0-593-05054-1}}
• Change Your Life in Seven Days, 2005.{{ISBN|0-593-05053-3}}
• How to Mend Your Broken Heart, (with Hugh Willbourn) Bantam Press: 2003. {{ISBN|0-593-05055-X}}
• The Power to Influence, Nightingale-Conant: 1998. {{ISBN|1-905453-56-6}} (audiobook with Michael Breen)
• The Paranormal World of Paul McKenna, Faber and Faber: 1997. {{ISBN|0-571-19245-9}}
• Paul McKenna's Hypnotic Secrets, Boxtree: 1995. {{ISBN|0-7522-0192-1}} (with Peter Willis and Clare Staples)
• Hypno Slim, Sunday Books: 1994. {{ISBN|978-1-898-88501-6}}
• The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna, Faber and Faber: 1994. {{ISBN|0-571-16802-7}}

Education

McKenna attended St Ignatius College in London and East Hertfordshire College.

PhD from LaSalle University

In 1996, McKenna was granted a PhD from LaSalle University. It was legally licensed by the state, but it falsely claimed to be an accredited instution. After the principal of LaSalle pleaded guilty to fraud, the university was discredited and thousands of students, including McKenna, were awarded compensation from the US government.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

In 2006, McKenna successfully sued the Daily Mirror for libel over claims made by former Mirror TV critic Victor Lewis-Smith that McKenna's degree from LaSalle was merely a purchased "bogus degree" bought with the intention of deliberately defrauding the public.^[19][20] McKenna won the case, and the newspaper was ordered to pay £75,000 in costs. Mr. Justice Eady (the judge), stated that while the scholarly characterisation of the degree was "another matter", McKenna did not believe the degree was "bogus or that he [had] misled anyone in allowing himself to be referred to as a PhD."^[21][22]

McKenna's thesis, which was 55,000 words long, later became the basis of his best selling book Change Your Life in 7 Days.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

DPhil from IMCA

In 2003,^[20]{{dead link|date=January 2017}} McKenna gained a "Doctor of Philosophy by Explication" from the accredited International Management Centres Association (IMCA).^[22] His work was reviewed by Dr Robert Parkinson (London Guildhall University) and Dr Brian Edwards CBE (Sheffield University).^[23] The title of his thesis was "The Effects of Fixed Action Patterns and Neuro-Linguistic Programming in Determining Outcomes in Human Behaviour".^[24] The material in both McKenna's doctorates has been published.^[25]

While the IMCA were accredited by the US Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) and Oxford Brookes University in the UK at the time of McKenna's study, the DETC removed this accreditation in 2005. Neither the IMCA nor Revans University, its US-based degree-awarding unit, was recognised as a UK degree-awarding body or course provider during McKenna's time, according to The Times Educational Supplement.^[26]

Personal life

Paul McKenna’s parents are William Joseph McKenna, a building contractor, and Joan Brenda McKenna, a former Middlesex University lecturer who was a chief examiner for the London Regional Educational Board. He also has a younger brother John who took over the family business.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

Paul McKenna is married to his former PA of 15 years Katherine Jane Davey. They married in 2016. They live in London.^[6][27]

References

External links

• {{Official website|http://www.paulmckenna.com}}
• {{IMDb name|id=0571408|name=Paul McKenna}}

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