HMS Therapy™ – Heart & Mind Synchronicity Therapy™
Developed by Martin Webster, British Army Veteran and NLP Master Trainer
HMS Therapy™ is a fast and effective approach for resolving stress-related conditions such as PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Bereavement, and Trauma.
It combines the proven principles of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnotherapy with an advanced understanding of how the heart and mind work together.
My Journey
After serving 12 years in the British Army Infantry and being diagnosed with PTSD in 2007, I began searching for a way to heal the emotional scars that traditional therapy couldn’t reach.
In 2010, I trained with Mick Stott, a former Army Officer who developed Spectrum Therapy™, a method used to help soldiers with PTSD.
That experience changed my life — and set me on a mission to find a faster, deeper, more natural route to emotional recovery.
Through years of study with leaders in NLP, Time Line Therapy®, and Hypnotherapy — including Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Tad James, Michael Hall, and Bob Bodenhamer — I developed HMS Therapy™ (Heart & Mind Synchronicity Therapy™).
The Discovery
I realised that real healing doesn’t begin in the mind — it begins in the heart.
Aristotle first said the heart rules the head, and modern science now agrees: the heart sends more signals to the brain than the brain sends to the heart.
When we follow the flow of emotions to the centre of our heart, deep change happens naturally and rapidly.
HMS Therapy™ is built on this principle — that the fastest route to lasting transformation is through the heart’s intelligence.
By aligning the heart and mind, HMS Therapy™ helps release anger, grief, guilt, or fear and replaces them with peace, clarity, and purpose.
How It Works
HMS Therapy™ uses your own internal Time Line to communicate with the unconscious mind — the part of you that stores emotional memories and beliefs.
It heals emotional trauma and clears negative patterns in minutes rather than months.
This allows you to let go of the past, take control of the present, and design a compelling future.
Today
For more than a decade, HMS Therapy™ has been used by NHS doctors, nurses, psychologists, life coaches, and business leaders.
It’s now part of the ATNLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner Training, giving others the tools to help clients achieve rapid emotional change.
Freedom from the Past — Future by Design
You are not your past. Your heart already knows the way forward.
HMS Therapy™ simply shows you how to reconnect with it.
Epistemology of HMS Therapy™
The Science and Philosophy Behind Heart & Mind Synchronicity Therapy™
HMS Therapy™ is rooted in centuries of philosophical thought and modern psychological science. It brings together the wisdom of the ancients, the insights of psychology, and the innovation of modern NLP and Hypnotherapy — uniting them in one effective, heart-centred approach to emotional healing.
Aristotle (384–322 BC)
“Heart Rules the Head.”
The concept of a Time Line isn’t new. Aristotle, in Physics IV, was the first to refer to the “stream of time.” He also believed that true human intelligence lies not in the brain, but in the heart.
Modern science supports this view. Research from HeartMath Institute shows that the heart contains around 40,000 neural cells — a mini-brain that communicates constantly with the head brain. The heart produces key hormones like adrenaline, dopamine, and oxytocin, and its electromagnetic field is up to 5,000 times stronger than that of the brain.
This powerful connection between heart and mind forms the foundation of Heart & Mind Synchronicity Therapy™.
Alfred Korzybski (1879–1950)
“The map is not the territory.”
Korzybski’s General Semantics introduced the idea that our internal representations of reality are not reality itself — they’re abstractions filtered through our nervous system. His insight reminds us that change begins when we update the internal “maps” that limit us.
Carl Jung (1875–1961)
Perception is Projection.
Jung taught that what we perceive outside ourselves reflects who we are inside. Our unconscious mind projects its unresolved material onto the world around us. HMS Therapy™ helps you bring those projections back into awareness and transform them — restoring wholeness and balance between heart and mind.
Doc Lew Childre (b. 1945)
Founder of HeartMath Institute, Doc Childre proved scientifically that heart-brain coherence — the harmony between emotional and cognitive states — reduces stress and enhances wellbeing. HMS Therapy™ uses this same principle to align emotional and mental energy through guided techniques.
Milton H. Erickson (1901–1980)
“Patients are patients because they are out of rapport with their own unconscious.”
The father of modern hypnotherapy, Erickson viewed the unconscious mind as creative and solution-generating. HMS Therapy™ draws on this philosophy — working with the unconscious, not against it, to unlock natural healing and motivation.
Dave Elman (1900–1967)
Elman revolutionised hypnosis by creating rapid inductions used by doctors and dentists worldwide. His belief that change could happen in minutes rather than months directly influenced the speed and structure of HMS Therapy™.
Virginia Satir (1916–1988)
Known as the “Mother of Family Therapy,” Satir highlighted how unresolved emotions in the past shape present behaviour. Her systemic approach to change influenced how HMS Therapy™ addresses emotional inheritance and relationship patterns.
Fritz Perls (1893–1970)
Creator of Gestalt Therapy, Perls emphasised awareness in the present moment. HMS Therapy™ incorporates this here-and-now awareness to help clients integrate the past instead of reliving it.
The NLP Lineage
Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Robert Dilts, Michael Hall, Bob Bodenhamer, and Tad James all advanced the study of language, perception, and change through Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Their models — especially Time Line Therapy® (Tad James) and the Meta-States Model (Hall & Bodenhamer) — laid the groundwork for Martin Webster’s integration of heart psychology within NLP.
Mick Stott (2006)
A former British Army Officer trained by Tad James and David Shephard, Stott developed Spectrum Therapy™ to help soldiers suffering from PTSD. His colour-based reframing model demonstrated that emotions can be re-coded through sensory association. This became the stepping stone to HMS Therapy™.
Martin Webster (2010)
After serving 12 years in the British Army and being diagnosed with PTSD in 2007, Martin trained with Mick Stott in 2010 and discovered how colour, emotion, and memory interact.
Building on that foundation, and using the Drop-Down Through Technique (Hall & Bodenhamer), he created Heart & Mind Synchronicity Therapy™ — recognising that all human emotion is stored in the heart.
HMS Therapy™ follows the natural flow of emotion back to the centre of human intelligence — the heart — where deep unconscious change occurs quickly and completely.
Looking for emotional healing solely within the mind, Martin observed, “is like looking in the boot of your car when the engine has failed.”
When emotions shift from anger to love, true healing begins — and life transforms.
Today
HMS Therapy™ has now been successfully used for over a decade by NHS doctors, nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists, and professional coaches.
It continues to evolve as both a practical therapy and an advanced training system, taught through ATNLP, ATHypnosis, and ATCoaching in Cornwall and online.
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