DR MARK ATKINSON
MBBS BSc (HONS) FRSPH
Dr Mark Atkinson is an Imperial College-educated medical doctor specialising in integrated holistic approaches to mental health, psychosomatic illness, trauma and addictions. He is founder of the Academy of Human Potential, Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and Member of the Association for Traumatic Stress Specialists.
He qualified as a medical doctor in 1997 from Imperial College School of Medicine in London (formerly known as St Mary's Hospital Medical School). On graduation, he received two qualifications a MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery and a BSc (HONS) - Bachelor of Science in Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology.
As Dr Atkinson started to work with patients, he became fascinated by the relationship between what was going on in their head and heart and how this was, for many people ,obviously restricting their capacity to enjoy a healthy and fulfilling life. This inspired him to build on his conventional medical training by exploring methods and approaches that help to actualise the potentials of body, mind, heart and consciousness. He subsequently received training in a variety of disciplines and approaches related to integrated medicine including: functional medicine, Buddhist psychology and meditation, breathwork, guided imagery, hypnotherapy, self-hypnosis, qigong, bioenergy therapy, energy psychology, and psychological models such as Human Givens Therapy and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT).
He now champions an integrated holistic approach to health and healing one that provides his patients with a personalised combination of mind-body approaches that are designed to identify and address their underlying barriers to health, healing and thriving. He offers four different mind-body healing programmes to patients through his clinic in Farnham, Surrey. He is also committed to training and education and offers via The Academy of Human Potential, two highly innovative courses in Human Potential Coaching and mind-body medicine. He is also a contributor to The Study of Integrated Medicine Diploma offered by The Faculty of Integrated Medicine.
His work has been featured on GMTV, The Daily Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday, The Sunday Times, The Daily Express, Psychologies Magazine, CAM magazine, Top Sante, Zest, Country Living, Eve, First, Natural Health, NOW magazine, Natural Health & Beauty, Prima, Yoga Magazine, Spirit & Destiny, Health & Fitness and Wellbeing magazine.
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