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Valerie Austin (born 10 August 1948 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English hypnotherapist, trainer, lecturer, author and journalist. She is married to James Pool, medical hypnosis trainer, author〔Who Financed Hitler, James Pool, Dial Press: 1978〕 and historian.〔City Wealth Magazine, Issue 85, Jan 2008〕 ==Background== Austin was born in Blackpool to two hoteliers. She married at 18 years old and had a son. The marriage ended in divorce, and to support herself and her son, Austin took a job selling advertising space on a commission only basis and surprised herself by quickly becoming the top sales person, breaking all their records during her seven years there.〔 At that time, a near fatal accident on a motorway left Austin with hysterical amnesia (severe memory loss) which eventually led her into hypnotherapy. The accident left her with a 24-hour memory for over two years. She could remember yesterday but not the day before, and her life was in chaos.〔I Lost Track of Time, I Even Forgot My Son Existed, Evening Standard, 7 April 1998〕 Eventually, she “recovered” her memory through hypnosis.〔Self Hypnosis, Valerie Austin, Thorsons: 1992〕〔Reprogramme the Mind, The Daily Mail, 18 May 1998〕 Shortly after regaining her memory, she met and married her second husband, John Austin (international editor of ''The Hollywood Reporter'') in Las Vegas. She moved to the US and was active in the film industry selling feature films and wrote her own column in a Hollywood trade magazine interviewing celebrities and film financers. However during one of her trips back to the UK a number of family deaths, including her mother, accidents and trauma triggered her memory loss. She forgot she was married, did not return to the US or her husband and spent the next four years with a 24 hours memory. She regained her memory for the second time with hypnosis and then started to take a greater interest in the subject.〔 Following her divorce from Austin, her journalism experience in Hollywood helped launched her second career as a journalist and writer. She freelanced in Fleet Street until she did a course in hypnotherapy, discovered she was good at it, and built a career.〔 She passed her pilot's licence in 1974, which she held for 13 years with over 250 logged flying hours experience.〔(Valerieaustin.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valerie Austin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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