For assessment, counselling and written help with your emotional, behavioural and relationship problems…
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Customised Counselling in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire; and Worldwide over *MS Teams*
For individuals who want therapy reports and follow-up guidance documents after their counselling sessions…
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With Dr Jim Byrne, Doctor of Counselling, at ABC Counselling and Psychotherapy Services
19th February 2026
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Hello,
Are you looking for help with a serious problem with your marriage or couple relationship?
Or are you unable to control your feelings of anger, anxiety, depression, stress, or self-esteem?
Or are you aware of having problems arising out of childhood developmental trauma?
If you have problems in any of those areas, then I can help you!
But I need to be sure that you and I would be a good match!
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My name is Jim Byrne.
I have a doctoral degree in counselling from the University of Manchester, UK.
I am in my 27th year in private counselling practice in Hebden Bridge, and I get lots of positive feedback from my clients.
I was originally trained as a Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.
But I have subsequently combined more than 15 different systems of counselling and therapy into my own process, which deals with your feelings and emotions; your thinking and perceptions; and your behavioural habits. This system is called E-Cent counselling.
I am a fellow member of the International Society for Psychotherapy and Counselling (FISPC). And I am a happily married man:
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About your learning style and my approach
If you asked me to help you, I would want to take the following minimal actions:
(1). I would send you at least two questionnaires: One about your personality adaptations to your childhood parents; and one about your current Lifestyle, in terms of diet, exercise, sleep, etc.
(2). I would want to meet with you for at least one counselling session, after I have analysed your answers to my questionnaires.
(3). And after our meeting, I would want to spend at least one hour – and possibly three or four – writing up a report about the implications of your questionnaires, and whatever I learned about you and your problems from our meeting conversation.
(4). My report would also indicate which two or more follow-up documents – psycho-educational or information documents – I would send to you, at reasonable intervals of perhaps two to four weeks, to allow time for you to read and digest this material.
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How would this fit with your learning style?
Do you learn well from reading and writing? – as some of my follow-up documents would ask you to reflect on various issues in journal writing activities.
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If this sounds like the kind of service that would work for you, the next thing you need to know is how much it would cost.
I operate a high-quality, high-cost, high value service.
I charge £90.00 GBP per hour for my professional labours.
And my minimum service would be three hours; and it could be more.
Three hours at £90.00 GBP per hour would be my lowest offering, for which you would get this approximate balance:
- 1 hour of my time spent on your questionnaire answers;
- 1 hour in our face to face meeting, in Hebden Bridge, or over Teams.
- And 1 hour of follow-up on my psycho-analytical report writing work.
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Get a quotation
If you would like a quotation, in terms of the number of hours I would need in order to address your specific problem, please email me today, with a description of your problem, and I will get back to you with a quotation.
If you need any further information, please contact me at
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Standard Packages of Counselling, Assessment and Reports
Instead of the customized route, above, you could choose to invest in one of my standard Service packages, which are described briefly, next:
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Service No.1: Discover Your True Self & Overcome Old Patterns
Are perfectionism, people-pleasing, or control issues holding you back? Uncover the roots of your challenges with my in-depth Joines Personality Adaptations Questionnaire (JPAQ) service. Receive a clear analysis of your unique personality patterns and weaknesses, plus actionable guidance and tailored “homework” to help you move forward.
You’ll get personalized documents – one Elaborated Description of each of your Personality Adaptations, including practical next steps, and journal writing exercises to change the negative aspects of your personality tendencies. – Total cost: £350.00 GBP
Ready to learn more? Explore the service here
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Special offer: Complete your first package of this service, 
and get two follow-up sessions for the price of one – just £330, including additional reports and expert guidance!
For more information about this service, please go to my Exploring Your Personality Through Joines’ Adaptations page…
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Unsolicited client testimonials…
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Service No.2: Problem solving linked to personality adaptations PLUS lifestyle factors
Service No.2 focuses on addressing both personality adaptations and lifestyle factors, such as diet, sleep, and exercise, which together influence overall well-being, including mental health and emotional-behavioural functioning. I recommend Service No.2 for most people, as both personality and lifestyle issues often need attention. Clients will be asked to complete two questionnaires: the Joines Personality Adaptations Questionnaire and the E-Cent Lifestyle Factors Questionnaire, which assess personality patterns and key lifestyle habits that impact mental and physical health.
After I get your completed questionnaires, we will agree to a meeting date and time. 
The meeting will explore the content of your questionnaire answers, and matters arising. And after our meeting, I will write up an analytical report, and identify one or two follow-up documents to send to you.
This transformative service is available for just £630.00 GBP.
For more information about this service, please go to my Personality Adaptations and Lifestyle Factors Coaching page…
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Unsolicited client testimonials…
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Service No.3: Problem solving linked to Childhood Developmental Trauma (or Complex-PTSD)
I have worked with a number of individuals who experienced childhood developmental trauma – (and I have written three books on this subject area!) The explorations I do with such clients involve the following questionnaires:
The JPAQ personality adaptations, attachment styles, and Adverse Childhood Circumstances questionnaires
If you are convinced that your childhood trauma is your problem, then I can help you with this service, which consists of
- six meetings,
- preceded by assessments,
- and followed by reports and psycho-educational documents.
For the realistic cost of £990.00 GBP… Payable in advance of my sending the first questionnaires…
For more on this service,
please visit my Childhood Trauma Recovery Service page…
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Unsolicited client testimonials…
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Jim Byrne and Renata Taylor-Byrne have been happily married since 1986; and happily cupled since 1980
Service No.4: Couple Relationship and Interpersonal Communication Skills Coaching and Counselling via Individual Sessions
Questionnaires: I will begin by asking you, via email, a few orienting questions, so I can get an overview of your marital or relationship problem (as you see it!) Then I will send you between two and four questionnaires, depending on how you answered the initial questions:
- One will assess how your personality was shaped by your early childhood experiences in your parental home;
- Another will assess the level of Adverse Childhood Experiences you may have had;
- And there will be two to assess your attachment style.
- And the agenda of our meeting will include
- (1) some focused questions designed to measure the balance of positive to negative moments in your relationship;
- (2) an exploration of your interactional pattern; and
- (3) what it would take to fix your relationship.
My fee for this service is a mere £450.00 GBP. Payable before I send the questionnaires.
For more information about this service, please go to my Building Lasting Relationships page…
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Unsolicited client testimonials…
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Additional Services and/or information by Dr Jim Byrne, Doctor of Counselling
For more information about me and my services, please check out the following links to pages on this site:
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Service No.5: Anger management services
… Get your inappropriate anger under control, before it wrecks your health, your career, your relationships…or worse!
Learn how to communicate powerfully with reasonable self-assertion, and acceptance of the unchangeable features of your life. Learn about the power of forgiveness.
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General information pages…
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– Counselling in Hebden Bridge, face to face
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– Counselling via Teams and web camera
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– Counselling via the telephone system
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Additional counselling and therapy services pages…
See also these pages:
Service No.6: Counselling for grief and depression…
…Grief and depression are closely related… Both are related to a feeling of intense and meaningful loss or failure… Grief should be allowed to take its natureal course; but “stuck depression”, which is still hurting more than eighteen months after the loss or failure, needs to be managed to get it resolved effectively.
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Service No.7: Counselling for anxiety and panic…
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- How to rewire your brain for better relationships. (The Inner Couple Model)
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- Psychological first aid after a recent traumatic experience
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- Habit change guidance and support
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- Stress management services
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- Depression counselling services
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- Health and wellbeing coaching services
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Or take a look at our current books in print, at the ABC Bookstore.
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To find out more, please go to:
- About Dr Jim Byrne (his education, training, and accreditation)
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- Accreditation and Ethics (describes my ethical codes of practice and complaints procedures)
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- About the system of counselling and therapy that I use (which is Emotive-Cognitive Embodied Narrative Therapy [E-CENT])
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- SITE MAP – under revision…
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- Books by Dr Jim Byrne and Renata Taylor-Byrne.
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Dr Jim Byrne and Renata Taylor-Byrne have been happily married since 1986; and happily coupled since 1980. Together they manage the ABC Coaching and Counselling Services Group – which includes this website; plus Renata’s ABC Coaching and Counselling Division; and the ABC Bookstore Online UK.
Registered address: 27 Wood End, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8HJ, UK
Email: Dr Jim Byrne or Renata Taylor-Byrne
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We work with self-motivated adults. We do not see anybody under the age of 21 years. And we do not see clients who are “sent” by others, as distinct from “choosing freely” to work with one of us.
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Postscript
“If you met your 80 year old self, today, what would they beg you to stop postponing?” Susan O’Malley…
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According to Jim Rohn, every day, each of us must choose between the pain of self-discipline and the pain of regret (down the road). This disciple could apply to controlling your sugary foods; doing some exercise; holding your angry tongue; or working on your self-education and self-development. Which do you normally choose? The (relatively difficult) pain of self-discipline? Or the (extremely painful) pain of regret?
If you will not act on your own behalf, who do you imagine will?
If not now; when?
Take action now!
Now is the only moment in which you have a chance to improve your future!
And nobody is coming on a cuffing white charger to rescue you!
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Sincere best wishes,
Jim Byrne
Doctor of Counselling
Email: Dr Jim Byrne
ABC Counselling and Psychotherapy Services.
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ABC Counselling and Psychotherapy, Hebden Bridge 