Who We Are

Adam Vile, PhD

is a Registered Hypnotherapist and is a General Hypnotherapy Register member (GHQP) He is an NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer, having trained with Richard Bandler and Paul McKenna and William Horton As well as being a Hypnotherapist, Adam is also a scientist and mathematician who has spent his working life teaching, training, coaching and mentoring. Having worked as a teacher at secondary and university levels, he then moved into industry as an IT Manager. He is a qualified Higher Education teacher and has published widely in a number of fields including psychology of learning, theory of communication and semiotics. He has a wide experience of using personal change work in an industrial context.

Adam is also a martial arts teacher and has used hypnosis and NLP to improve performance, to teach and present ideas better and to help with relaxation, concentration and other more specific problems. He keeps himself balanced by studying Tai Chi.

The founder of Semillion, Adam sees private clients and also runs collective sessions, bringing the technology of Hypnotherapy, NLP and Applied Semiotics to individuals, corporations and other groups with the aim of rapid improvement and generative change.

Jo Biggs

is a Master Hypnotherapist, and NLP Master Practitioner who particularly specialises in healing and sporting performance. He is an experianced martial arts teacher. Jo is a qualified paramedic currently working for the ambulance service.

Jo acts as the creative director for Semillion, and is involved in a number of projects right now. He is an experienced and excellent trainer who will be leading many Semillion courses and workshops in the coming years.

Jo also accepts private clients in the Bedford area, please contact him for information: email

Victoria Lucas, PhD

is a qualified and practicing clinical psychologist. Vic oversees the therapeautic work and training carried out at Semillion and acts as a consultant, being referred cases for which hypnotherapy is contra-indicated or where the presenting problem is outside of the hypnotherapists experiance and expertise. Vic runs a private practice in Bedford and can be contacted at her email directly

Adam and Jo are the authors of the book Grace Under Pressure: Martial Arts and Sports Hypnosis, which you can purchase here now.