A place to talk.
A place to understand.
A place to change.
Clinical hypnotherapy, BWRT® and psychotherapy in Skipton and online.
You might know exactly what you want to change, yet find yourself reacting in the same familiar ways. Anxiety that keeps returning. Panic that limits where you go. Sleep that has become a struggle. Symptoms made harder by the worry that they will happen again.
Sometimes the difficulty is not only what is happening, but what you have come to expect will happen next. We can work together to understand the pattern and explore a different response.
With John Taylor · Face-to-face in Skipton · Online appointments available
Does any of this feel familiar?
Perhaps you have begun avoiding things you used to do without a second thought. You find yourself waiting for a symptom, a panic attack or a difficult night. Or you know what you want to do differently, but the old reaction keeps getting there first.
People are more complicated than a list of diagnoses. My aim is to understand your particular experience, not to fit you into a ready-made treatment.
You do not need to know which therapy you want. Choose a subject below, or simply tell me what's going on.
Sometimes it's what we expect next.
After an unpleasant experience, we may start anticipating it happening again. We check for warning signs, prepare for the worst or avoid situations where it might happen. These reactions are understandable. Occasionally, though, they help keep the difficulty going.
Therapy can involve recognising what your mind has learned to predict, understanding the responses that follow and exploring ways to change them. This is one useful way of looking at some difficulties—not an explanation for every problem or a separate treatment you have to learn.
How I work in practice →
Hello, I'm John.
I'm a psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist with more than a decade of therapeutic experience. I use hypnotherapy, BWRT® and wider psychological approaches where appropriate, with a particular interest in how learned expectations can influence our responses.
I am interested in the changes you want to see in ordinary life: being able to travel more comfortably, face a difficult situation, sleep without quite so much dread or simply have more choice about how you respond.
We agree what matters to you, rather than promising a standard result or forcing you into one method.
Meet John and see my background →A straightforward process
Talk first
Book a free introductory conversation. Tell me a little about what's going on and ask anything you need to know.
Understand the pattern
At assessment we explore what happens, what you anticipate and how it affects your everyday life.
Agree an approach
We choose an appropriate combination of clinical hypnotherapy, BWRT® or psychological work, with goals that matter to you.
Notice what changes
We review progress through the things you're able to experience or do differently, not just how you feel in a session.
Free introduction · Initial assessment £99 (approximately 90 minutes) · Standard therapy £89 (approximately 75 minutes). Full fees and terms.
“I felt very safe and relaxed during my sessions with John — he has a very soothing voice — and would have no hesitation in booking more sessions with him if I needed to.”
— P.C., Skipton
You can start with a conversation.
Tell me what you would like to be different. The initial conversation is free, and there is no obligation to book therapy.