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Welcome to The Linden Centre's Free Advice Library
- Articles by Charles Linden on eliminating your anxiety conditions permanently
- Frequently asked questions about The Linden Method (every detail of how to maximize your benefits from The Linden Method Programme)
- A history of The Linden Method and its development from Charles' spare room to the world's most respected anxiety elimination programme
- Charles Linden biography
- Contact us. How to get in touch with our anxiety elimination specialists
History of The Linden Centre
Charles Linden founded The Linden Centre in the summer of 1996. Charles spent over 12 months with a large group of research subjects, the assistance of a clinical psychologist and a GP, identifying what all recovered anxiety sufferers had done to experience a recovery – the findings of this research formed the foundation of what became The Linden Method programme.
The Linden Method programme is based on the research of two of the world's most eminent scientists, John Broadus Watson and Burrhus Frederic Skinner. Both scientists were pioneers of the American School of Behaviourism and discovered how the brain can take on new behaviours in a process of learning called Operant Conditioning. Watson and Skinner's discoveries form the cornerstone of The Linden Method.
Combining Charles Linden's research and the techniques of Watson and Skinner, The Linden Method was developed in order to expedite the learning process responsible for totally and permanently eliminating anxiety.
There followed a two year period, during which time, The Linden Method was utilized by over 9,000 clients who communicated their results to The Linden Centre. This provided Charles with data he required to perfect the techniques outlined in The Method – the amazing improvements these clients experienced, were dramatic and permanent. In 1998, The Linden Method was available in its structured programme form to the general public around the world from the first ever Linden Method workshop.
Using a home website creation tool, Charles designed the first Linden Method website and printed and bound The Method himself on a home printer. The CDs were recorded at home and edited by Charles. Charles' concept was then to create a group of media items which would communicate The Method principles effectively; the vital factor was to supply a programme that expedited the recovery process. These principles then instill, in the sufferer, the 'learning' which causes recovery.
The recoveries experienced were incredible and as word spread, across websites, forums and 'real world' media, that a new treatment had been developed, client numbers started to grow and the positive feedback was overwhelming. There were very few negative comments recorded and then only really about the audio or video quality.
After having experienced no therapeutic effects from a wide range of conventional therapies and medication, most clients experienced rapid recoveries. Charles started to realise that some clients required additional guidance so he set about creating an email support strategy, allowing clients to address specific questions or concerns whilst using the programme. Charles worked day and night, responding to emails from clients all around the world.
Soon, this started to affect Charles' health due to lack of sleep so he decided to employ a psychologist/counselor to assist him with the support and enquiry workload.
Now, ten years later, the support team at The Linden Centres is a team of qualified, experienced anxiety specialists… amongst the most experienced, qualified and approachable anxiety experts in the world.
Charles went from working alone in an office in the back room of his and Beth's flat, to employing three staff in year two and over 20 staff in 5 centres on 3 continents.
In 1992, Charles registered Lifewise Publishing as the vehicle for The Linden Method and his other products. Charles had tried, but failed, to gain a publishing deal with a conventional publishing house and had decided, like only Charles does, to form his own.
Charles' ever increasing popularity and visibility meant that he was approached by a number of publishing houses to become columnists and advisors. This, not only, provided the Linden Centre with instant visibility, but also provided Charles with the credibility he needed as an expert. Over the next three years, the Linden Centre client base grew enormously, until over 20,000 clients were being treated simultaneously around the world. To date, we have helped 133,350 clients to recover.
Charles set up the 'Clinical Referral Programme' in 2002, after a meeting with a mental health professional at a conference in London. This programme enables community health workers, doctors, clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals the opportunity to make referrals to the centres. Thousands of clients from across the UK were then able to access The Linden Method through their community health workers; people who felt desperate and trapped by medication or 'endless' therapy sessions experienced the relief they deserved. This referral programme forms the basis of a number of ongoing relationships with the NHS and private sector organisations.
The programme has undergone constant refinement and redevelopment over the years and the current pack format, we believe, provides the most complete solution for total and permanent anxiety elimination. All the programme material has been designed to be portable, easy to access, simple to read and implement and as effective as possible in the fastest time. The support programme included with the Linden Method is second to none globally and the combines resource is world leader in the field.
The Linden Centre now has a range of stress and anxiety elimination products and programmes for corporate and individual members including DVDs, books and CDs. Charles has just completed production of his TV series Stress Less with Charles Linden, which will be aired in November 2008. Charles' programme Stress Free in 30 Days achieved The Times Newspaper's MUST READ accolade in 2007 and immediately went to the number one position in Amazon.
Over the years, Linden Method workshops which were requested regularly by corporate clients and these requests have prompted us to create regular workshops that are now in development.
The Linden Centres have more or less stopped advertising in print and news publications and we have, instead, created strategic partnerships with a large range of media companies for promotion of The Linden Method and all our other products. The Linden Centre opened its shop Karma Mind in July 2005. Karma Mind provides sufferers with access to a range of hand picked supportive items that can expedite recovery. Charles picked and tested these products himself, most are 'hard to find' products which have been sourced as the best of their kind.
The Charles Linden Foundation developed as a response to a need for a charitable arm to the Linden Method organisation. The Linden Centres receive numerous requests for financial assistance with programme fees every week so Gavin Cox, head of Web development at The Linden Centres, came up with a way for our ex clients, who regularly offer financial donations to the centre, to help fund the recoveries of people who are less fortunate than themselves.
Charles has a passion for helping all anxiety sufferers and has carried out much charity work, especially with children, as child anxiety is a subject very close to his heart after he suffered for so long through childhood.
Recently, the headquarters of The Linden Centres in the UK has moved location a number of times in order to accommodate new business and the dramatic growth in its client base.
The Linden Method is now the most respected and influential anxiety elimination programme anywhere in the world, with clients in over 170 countries. Charles is now widely regarded as a world authority in the field of stress and anxiety elimination and addresses workshops and seminars and provides stress and anxiety elimination material and research to national bodies, government/public health organisations, radio, Television and news channels.
It is truly incredible to look back and consider how far The Linden Method, the Centres and the Charles Linden Foundation have come since their humble beginnings in Charles' spare room. We will always be eternally grateful to all our clients from around the world, especially those who have provided the wonderful and heartfelt testimonials we have received and the organisations which have helped us become the success we are today. The Linden centre activities, The Linden Method client base, Charles' new initiatives, ideas and list of partner organisations grow constantly.
If you are an existing Linden Method programme member, thank you so much for your support, if you are not, we hope sincerely that you will decide to become a client and discover for yourself just how you will benefit from The Linden Method programme and see for yourself how it is changing lives.
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