Dr John Hills (PhD, MBACP Accred)
Existential Pluralist Psychotherapist
I'm John, and over the last 15 years, I’ve had the privilege of journeying with hundreds of clients. I’ve also trained hundreds of therapists through my work at a sector-leading training institution.
For many people, therapy begins at a turning point — the end of one chapter or the beginning of another. As the existential psychotherapist Martin Adams put it, People come to therapy when the story they’ve been telling about their lives has become too small.
Therapy might make a difference in situations such as...
Feeling like life has become too small, too limiting. Or questioning choices made. A feeling of just coasting, being on autopilot, or of having to pretend. Addictive behaviours that feel like a distraction. Self-sabotage. Feeling fated to play out the same patterns over and over. A feeling of not knowing oneself. Aloneness and loneliness. Unhappiness at work or considering a career change. Bereavement and loss. Spiritual concerns. Fear of death and the search for meaning.
A little bit about me. I'm a psychotherapist (in practice since 2011) as well as a teacher and trainer at a sector-leading psychotherapy institute. As you may get a sense from in exploring my site, I have a specialist interest in the existential challenges that we will grapple with at turning points in our lives. ​
Therapy is at its best when it becomes the time in your week when the feelings and ideas that you're turning over inside are brought into clear view and they crystallise - together we discover a gem, a moment of deepening truth and understanding, that you take away from the session. An existential benefit of therapy typically includes an openness to new forms of connection and continuity in the world out there.
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Sessions are charged at £70, and we have the option of meeting either in person at the Pure Treatment Rooms, Wetherby, online over Zoom, or over the phone. Because psychotherapy can be expensive, I can be flexible around frequency of sessions - we can discuss this as we think about how we can work together.
Contact Me
Feel free to reach out to discuss how I can support you during this part of your journey.
Pure Treatment Rooms
11-13 Victoria St,
Wetherby
LS22 6RE
07789 755606