Qualifications & Experience

John Taylor - Education & Professional Training

The Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model Training

  • Specialization: Trauma and Betrayal

  • Dates: October 2022 – Present

  • Credential Earned: Certified Clinical ERCEM Specialist (CCES)

  • Core Skills: Addiction Recovery, Couples Empathy, Trauma-Informed Care

APSATS Training

  • Specialization: Sex Addiction Prevention and Treatment

  • Dates: October 2015 – November 2015

  • Core Skills: Addiction Recovery, Partner Betrayal Trauma

University of Limerick

  • Degree: Postgraduate Degree in Substance Abuse/Addiction Counselling & Treatment Planning

  • Dates: 2007 – 2009

  • Academic Grade: Distinction

  • Core Skills: Addiction Recovery, Clinical Assessment, Treatment Planning

Ulster University

  • Degree: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychology, Social Sciences

  • Dates: 1979 – 1982

  • Academic Grade: 2:1 Honor

  • Core Skills: Addiction Recovery, Psychological Foundations, Social Sciences

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Professional Experience

Clinical Consultant: Addiction and Trauma Therapist

  • Company: Hilary Betts Counselling Ltd

  • Dates: March 2016 – Present

  • Location: Central London, Bedfordshire, and Cambridgeshire

  • Core Focus: Highly experienced Clinical Consultant and Therapist specializing in Addiction Psychology and Trauma. Pioneered trauma programs utilizing Pia Mellody’s Post Induction Therapy (PIT) model (trained under Pia Mellody, Senior Fellow at The Meadows, Arizona) to treat adult survivors of childhood abuse and developmental trauma. Actively consults for premier addiction treatment settings to build clinical frameworks, while supervising, supporting, and training therapy teams.

Addiction & Trauma Therapist

  • Company: Private Practice

  • Dates: July 2004 – Present

  • Location: Harley Street, Central London

  • Core Focus: Advanced clinical care delivering specialized addiction recovery and trauma-informed therapies to patients in a premier medical district.

Clinical Director

  • Company: Sanctuary Lodge

  • Dates: May 2014 – March 2016

  • Location: Halstead, Essex

  • Core Focus: Oversaw the comprehensive clinical team and directed the execution of highly specialized residential addiction and trauma treatment programs. Led the multidisciplinary therapy department toward clinical excellence and service development.

Addiction Treatment Programme Manager

  • Company: Priory Hospital North London

  • Dates: March 2004 – February 2012

  • Location: Southgate, North London

  • Core Focus: Managed, planned, and expanded the residential Addiction Treatment Programme (ATP). Directed an experienced, multidisciplinary team of therapists within a world-renowned clinical hospital environment.

Education & Specialized Training

University of Greenwich

  • Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Addiction Psychology and Counselling

  • Dates: 2002 – 2005

  • Core Skills: Advanced Addiction Psychology, Clinical Counselling, Trauma-Informed Therapies

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