About me

I would describe myself as a logical, scientific, sensible, empathetic and highly intuitive therapist, who has a wealth of  experience working with undesired unconscious emotions and changing behaviours that are not taking you in the right direction. My human behaviour knowledge and the ability to calmly and succinctly help you to understand your problems (and yourself) in more detail, allows me to deliver the right psychological responses that lead you through to more emotional control, calmness and choice in your life.

You can read my Therapy Disclaimer here….

For many years I have been working with people, from all walks of life, helping them find solutions to specific challenges in their personal and professional lives – Teaching them techniques that allow them to more fully understand how the unconscious mind works and to recognise where emotions come from and how to harness their power.

I specialise in treating anxiety and depression based emotions and teaching people how to foster a new relationship with themselves that leads to more calmness and self confidence. By helping people to lessen anxious feelings, begin to love themselves more and gain a clearer vision of who they are and what they want, other issues like weight loss and insomnia naturally begin to correct themselves.

“I believe passionately that therapy should be a time for learning,

as well as, a time for change.”

We humans are complex creatures and our minds play so many tricks on us via our beliefs, our egos, our circumstances, our emotions, our feelings and who or what we think we are at particular times in our lives, the old animal unconscious part of our mind battles with the more modern logical conscious part of our mind, leaving us feeling ‘unsettled’ with an emotional conflict raging inside that just doesn’t feel right. Just one comment from twenty years ago can sometimes leave a foot print in our minds that seems to set the bar for what we ‘think’ we can or can’t do – and in so many cases it’s just not true! And we have these voices that race around in our minds fearing the worst, looking for all the things that can go wrong in our lives, we think they are helping us, however, the reality is they are holding us back and generating the wrong types of emotions within us, which may lead us to feeling anxiety or even, over a prolonged period of time, depression. The fact is though, it really doesn’t have to be this way!

My strong background in Psychometrics (a field of study concerned with the theory and measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes and personality traits) has enabled me to add a valuable new dimension to their journey of change. By helping clients to recognise and explore who they are – their beliefs (what they think they can and can’t do) and showing them how to reconnect with the comfortable natural characteristics they were born with, that over time, have been squashed and squeezed by the events in their lives (parents, school, bullies, bad experiences, religion, work, children, relationships)  these all change who we think we are – and often, that person we are domesticated into – just doesn’t feel right. I help you undo these and reconnect with the flavour you were born as – and this just naturally feels good.

For decades I have studied how our mind works, where our emotions come from, how anxiety / depression develop, and importantly, how we can take control of the voices that seem to race around in our heads (internal dialogue) and how we can begin to understand what it is we actually want from life.

With this new found self awareness it is far easier for my clients to respond effectively to the therapies I use, as they have a new frame of reference and the new found knowledge of how to manage emotions and how to interpret those internal voices.

I spent many years travelling, working in China, Japan, USA, Indonesia, Philippines and all across Europe. Being exposed to these many cultures and religions certainly broadened my mind, behaviourally, emotionally and spiritually, as well as, honing my ability to really focus on non-verbal communication (body language) and to go the extra step to understand people, to listen more, rather than just make assumptions and rush to conclusions.

Another facet that I focus on is the future – if you overcome whatever it is that is troubling you right now, what will you do differently in the future so this doesn’t happen again? Where appropriate I help my clients to set new goals and work with them to tease out what it is they really want from life.

My lifelong interest in the psyche of human interaction, understanding personality types and the discernment of how emotions are formed has helped me to develop a therapeutic working style that is empathetic and compassionate; however, I will push you towards your agreed outcome. Where possible I teach you many of these therapeutic interventions and it is important to me that we keep the sessions as light hearted as possible.

The human mind is truly astonishing and I am always amazed how readily the unconscious mind can find new ways to overcome old issues, especially when approached with the right philosophies and techniques. The techniques I use are very informal and non-intrusive where possible.

All I ask of you, is that you are 100% committed to making lasting change and have fully considered what making this change will do for you, now and in the future.

Finally, I understand that it can be a daunting experience to talk to someone else about your problems and issues, which is why I publish my commitments to you, and you are at liberty to hold me accountable. However, I expect commitment from you too, this is a dance not a wrestle – together we will make the right changes that are appropriate to you.

John Glanvill

I have extensive qualifications including; a Diploma in Integrated Mind Therapy, in addition, I am a qualified Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, trained in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT and associated therapies, accredited and monitored by the National Board of Ethics.

I am also a member of the GHR (General Hypnotherapy Register) which was established to ensure a code of ethics in line with guidelines issued by the Department of Health.

• Board Certified Hypnotist

• Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

• Board Certified Master Clinical Hypno therapist

• Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy

• Certified NLP Practitioner

• Diploma in Integrated Mind Therapy

• Thomas International – Personal Profile Analyst

Above all, I am a logical, scientific, sensible, empathetic and highly intuitive person, who has a wealth of human behaviour knowledge and the ability to calmly and succinctly  help you

to understand your problems in more detail and show you a path through to more emotional control and calmness.

Read my values and beliefs here…

Read more about my style of therapy here