Joe Forde — Clinical Hypnotherapist Breathwork Master Instructor
& Accredited QTT Coach Practitioner
Based at Orchard Wellness Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare — serving clients in-person across Munster & Connacht and online worldwide.
My Story
My name is Joe Forde, and my path into this work started the way it does for a lot of people — during a difficult time.
After 10 years building a business in fabrication, sales, and exports, the recession of 2008 hit hard. My business was struggling to survive, and I turned to personal development — books, audio programmes, anything that might help me navigate the pressure. I started studying Anthony Robbins and Robin Sharma, and the more I learned about how the human mind works, the more I knew I had found what I was meant to do.
In 2011, I qualified as a Clinical Hypnotherapist. I needed 10 case studies for my final certification — helping people with weight loss and to stopping smoking — and I loved every minute of it. I was hooked.
I was fortunate to secure an internship with John Connolly at Mindbody Hypnosis in Galway, where I spent two years working alongside John as my mentor. I went on to run my own hypnosis clinic in Ennis under the Mindbody Hypnosis Network.
The hunger to learn more never left me. I studied NLP and Quantum Thinking Transformation (QTT) under the brilliant Moira Geary — a coaching modality she developed through decades of experience. That training included NLP, the Quantum Release, Quantum Alignment, and the Behavioural Codes — all of which deepened my hypnotherapy practice enormously.
In 2014, my wife Theresa and I opened Orchard Wellness Centre in Ennis, Co. Clare — a multi-practitioner space offering a full range of therapies that nourish mind, body, and spirit. Partnering with expert practitioners exposed me to new modalities, and over the years I've continued training in Breathwork (Soma Breath Master Instructor), Mindfulness, Sound Therapy, Rahanni Celestial Healing, Bio Energy Therapy, and Wellness Coaching.
I now work with individuals, groups, and organisations — from small businesses to multinationals and public service bodies — helping people overcome stress, anxiety, limiting beliefs, and the feeling of being stuck. I've delivered workshops and talks to hundreds of people, and I've faced and worked through many of the same challenges myself: fear of public speaking, overwhelm, imposter syndrome, and the stories we tell ourselves about not being good enough.
I believe knowledge is potential power — but only if you apply it.
My job is to give you the tools, the skills, and the internal programming to make change that lasts.
Qualifications & Credentials
Advanced Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy & ICBCH Professional Hypnosis Instructor
Certified NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Practitioner
Soma Breath Master Instructor (Soma Breath International)
Certified NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Practitioner
Certified Sound Healing Practitioner using Tuning Forks
Rahanni Celestial Healing Practitioner & Teacher
Diploma in Bio Energy Therapy
Co-Founder, Orchard Wellness Centre — Ennis, Co. Clare
Hundreds of students enrolled across Joe Forde Academy
and Power of Breath — and growing.
How I Work
I combine Clinical Hypnotherapy, Soma Breathwork, NLP & Quantum Thinking Transformational Coaching and also including Somatic release and energy work to help you make changes that last — not by willpower alone, but by working with the subconscious mind, the nervous system, and the thought patterns that drive your behaviour.
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What People Say
Joe has worked with me in Mindbody Hypnosis and is an excellent, caring and trustworthy person. He is passionate about the work we do and his results speak for themselves.
John Connolly
Owner & Hypnotherapist at Mindbody Hypnosis & Hypnosports.
What do you do when you have 30 year negative behaviour patterns and thinking that you cannot seem to shift but really want to be rid of ?? ….. I went to Joe…I have complete confidence in absolutely recommending this guy to all…
Aishling O' Leary.
I highly recommend Joe Forde after experiencing a trauma/shock which was affecting my sleep pattern. I went to Joe he used a combination of Hypnotherapy and energy therapy, it worked a treat my sleep pattern returned to normal very quickly and the experience was no longer affecting me in the same way.
