TAM JOHNSTON
Expert press & Media Commentary
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Featured expert on stress, anxiety, Havening and mental health in national and international press
Tam Johnston is regularly called upon as a named expert and contributor by national and international press on topics including stress, anxiety, anger, phobias, trauma and Havening Techniques. A certified Havening Techniques® practitioner, NLP therapist and applied neuroscience specialist, Tam brings a grounded neuroscience perspective to mental health and emotional wellbeing topics — making complex psychological processes accessible without oversimplifying them.
Previously known as Fresh Insight Coaching, Tam has been featured in The Telegraph, Good Housekeeping, The Independent, Psychologies, Yahoo and more, and has contributed expert commentary on stress management, anxiety, the psychology of anger, and phobia treatment to publications across the UK and Ireland. Tam has also been featured in books on Havening Techniques and alcohol-free living, and has appeared on UK Health Radio and London Live News.
A sample of commentary and interviews
We don't tell the flowers when to bloom... — Psychologies
Named expert contributor — Tam Johnston, NLP therapist, on how the unconscious mind works with symbolism, metaphor and seasonal meaning, and the evidence-based wellbeing benefits of movement in natural environments. May 2026, Print edition.
11 Signs You're More Stressed Than You Think — Yahoo Style UK
Lead expert contributor Tam Johnston, stress and anxiety specialist, is the most extensively quoted expert in this piece, providing five substantial contributions on the physical, psychological and behavioural signs of chronic stress that most people miss.
11 Harmful Things Stress Is Doing to Your Body — The Irish News
Expert contributor Tam Johnston, stress and mental health specialist, on the physical and psychological damage caused by chronic stress. This piece was syndicated across multiple UK and Irish national publications simultaneously.
HANDLING FINANCIAL ANXIETY - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
Expert contributor Tam Johnston, NLP therapist and anxiety specialist, offers practical, neuroscience-informed advice on managing financial stress and the anxiety responses it triggers in the mind and body.
HOW TO COPE AT CHRISTMAS - THE TELEGRAPH
Expert commentary by Tam Johnston, stress and anxiety specialist, on managing the emotional weight of difficult family dynamics at Christmas, including the psychological patterns behind social anxiety and how to approach them.
How to be calm and happy at work - Psychologies
Expert contributor Tam Johnston, stress management specialist, on avoiding the negative professional pressure patterns that erode wellbeing at work and building lasting calm and resilience instead.
One in 10 Women Find Sex Painful — The Sun
Expert contributor Tam Johnston, NLP therapist and anxiety specialist, on the psychological and nervous system patterns behind vaginismus, including how anxiety responses and trauma encoding can manifest as physical symptoms, and why a therapeutic approach that works at the level of the nervous system rather than conscious thought can be effective where other interventions have not.
Calm Down? Anger, What to Do — Yahoo Style UK
Lead expert contributor Tam Johnston, NLP therapist and specialist in emotional patterns and trauma, is the primary named expert in this piece, quoted extensively on the psychology of anger, suppression, and healthy emotional expression.
Eight Ways to Combat Stress at Work — WeAreTheCity
Guest article authored entirely by Tam Johnston, stress management specialist and NLP therapist, commissioned for National Stress Awareness Day on the psychological and practical strategies for combating workplace stress.
Beating Anxiety and Stress at University — The Independent
Expert contributor Tam Johnston, anxiety and stress specialist, provides five practical, neuroscience-grounded approaches to managing the anxiety and stress responses that affect new university students.
Mental Health Awareness Week: The Havening Technique with Tam Johnston — Imperfectly Natural
Feature interview and profile of Tam Johnston, certified Havening Techniques® practitioner and trauma specialist, including an expert explanation of the neuroscience behind Havening and how the amygdala encodes emotional trauma. Tam demonstrates how psychosensory techniques can create lasting change where conventional talking therapies have not. Adapted from an article first published in Natural Health Magazine, 2016.
HOW TO WORK WITH YOUR ANGER - HUFFINGTON POST
Guest article written entirely by Tam Johnston, NLP therapist and specialist in emotional patterns, on understanding anger as a signal rather than a problem, and how to work with it constructively rather than suppress it.
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Tam Johnston has also been featured in MSN, Your Healthy Living, The Irish News, BT, Evening Express, Breaking News, The National Student and Irish Examiner, primarily on stress, anxiety and mental health.
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