Brian Roet is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1960s.

Recruited from University Blacks

Melbourne University Football Club

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 in the Victorian Amateur Football Association

Victorian Amateur Football Association

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, Roet was a centre-half back in Melbourne's 1964 premiership side and played a total of 88 games for the club. He left Melbourne in 1965, and played two seasons with University Blacks, before returning to Melbourne in 1968 for one final season.

Educated at Melbourne Grammar School

Melbourne Grammar School

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, and at Melbourne University

University of Melbourne

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, Dr Brian Roet, M.B., B.D., D.A., who has worked as an anaesthetist and general practitioner, is now based in London. He practices as a psychotherapist, and specializes in hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy

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, and is a member of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis.

Works

• Hypnosis: a gateway to better health (1986)
• All in the mind?: think yourself better (1987, 1994, 1996)
• A safer place to cry (1989)
• Personal therapy: how to change your life for the better (1996)
• The confidence to be yourself: how to boost your self-esteem (1998)
• Understanding hypnosis: a practical guide to the health-giving benefits of hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis (2000)
• Positive health: a practical guide to improving your wellbeing (2001)
• Feelings: exploring your inner emotions (2003)

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