Articles
Welcome to my collection of articles exploring psychology, performance, and human transformation. Here you’ll find reflections on my work, research, book releases, and audio programmes – each offering deeper insight into the principles that shape my practice and the evolving field of Psychernetics.
What Patch Adams Taught Me About Human Connection
A Week in St Petersburg Over twenty years ago, I travelled to St Petersburg, Russia, to teach and speak at an international gathering on Conflict Resolution - a meeting that would shape my understanding of human connection. The city, still glistening with the...
The Forgotten Depths: The Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets
The Body Knows In a world obsessed with cognition, we have forgotten that the body also thinks. It moves, feels, and responds to life with an intelligence far older than language. Long before a child can speak, the body has already learned the world. It knows the...
Beyond Addiction: How Professionals Can Reset their Mind
Reclaiming The Power Addiction doesn’t always look like chaos. For many professionals, it looks like control - polished presentations, late-night deadlines, the relentless drive to perform. Yet behind that image, there can be a quiet exhaustion that no success can...
Depth Deficit: Why Modern Thinking Has Become Shallow
The Age of Surface We are surrounded by information yet starving for insight. We scroll, refresh, and consume at a pace that leaves no room for digestion. Somewhere between the feed and the inbox, the mind forgot how to go deep. The symptoms are everywhere. People...
The Machine in the Mind: How AI is Rewriting How We Think
The Quiet Invasion I’ve noticed a subtle shift in how people describe their days. They say things like “my phone reminded me,” “the app told me,” or “the algorithm showed me.” It sounds harmless, even convenient, but underneath, it reveals a profound truth: we’ve...
EMDR Therapy in Colchester: Effective Treatment for Trauma, PTSD and Anxiety
The Amazing Benefits of EMDR for Trauma, PTSD, and Beyond If you have been searching for EMDR therapy in Colchester, you will already understand how deeply trauma can affect daily life. It leaves traces that are hard to erase. For some, it feels as though the body...
Unmachine Your Mind: A New Way to Think Alongside AI
A New Kind of Intelligence Is Taking Over - But It Isn’t Yours In Dr Tom Barber's newest book, Unmachine Your Mind, we explore the path we are living, through the greatest psychological shift in human history. Not because of politics. Not even because of war. But...
Experiencing Spiritual Hypnosis
The outstanding feedback from The Art of Spiritual Hypnosis: Accessing Divine Wisdom inspired this latest text, Experiencing Spiritual Hypnosis, which is book two of our esteemed colleague Roy Hunter’s spiritual hypnosis series. This exciting continuation contains...
Trauma and PTSD Uncovered Book
A vast majority of people are exposed to trauma at some point in their life (Benjet et al., 2016). In many cases this can lead to PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Do you suffer with eating issues or sleep disturbances, low energy, chronic or unexplained pain?...
Dr Tom Barber, DProf, MA, UKCP Reg.
With 30 years of clinical experience, I work at the intersection of psychotherapy, performance psychology, and human transformation. As a Doctor of Psychotherapy, EMDR specialist, and author of Unmachine Your Mind, I’ve helped clients worldwide navigate trauma, leadership challenges, and the deeper questions that shape a meaningful life. My work is grounded in professionalism, discretion, and a genuine commitment to lasting change.