Dr Jessica Taylor

Dr Jessica Taylor Chartered Psychologist | PhD Forensic Psych | Sunday Times Bestselling Author | Netflix | Lesbian

Had the greatest night with everyone celebrating the greatest birthday til the small hours - we love you and we are so ...
27/07/2025

Had the greatest night with everyone celebrating the greatest birthday til the small hours - we love you and we are so proud of you ❤️🥳

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We often disrespect, insult and talk badly of the earlier and younger versions of ourselves. We say we were stupid, naiv...
25/07/2025

We often disrespect, insult and talk badly of the earlier and younger versions of ourselves. We say we were stupid, naive - and should have seen the signs.

When I teach The Amethyst Programme to women all over the world, I teach them that talking badly to ourselves and about ourselves only shames that younger, earlier version of ourselves - which doesn’t help us move forward from the trauma or abuse.

Above is one of the slides I use to teach about this.
What do you think? Do you honour the earlier version of yourself? Or do you put yourself down?

- Dr Jessica Taylor

25/07/2025

Just saw that ITV This Morning were discussing whether all employers should have to legally train every employee on ‘neurodiversity’ which is totally out of step with our evidence base.

If all employers must provide neurodiversity training to millions of people, it’s probably a good time to remind everyone that:

1. There is no accepted biological definition or distinction between ‘neurodivergent’ and ‘neurotypical’

2. There are no brain scans or tests to actually separate people into these two categories

3. Technically; if we cannot prove neurotypicality exists (that the majority of all brains are neurologically the same), then we can’t prove that some people diverge from that norm either

4. It’s more helpful to just create inclusive and flexible workplaces that allow lots of different kinds of people (and brains) work in the best way possible rather than categorising people as ‘neurotypical’ and ‘neurodiverse’

5. Even the sociologist (Judy Singer) who coined the term ‘neurodiverse’ clearly states that this isn’t a scientific term, it’s a political one she made up to represent how different we all are and that our brains are likely to all be completely unique and different. Note that Singer was not a neuroscientist and conducted zero neuropsych studies - in interviews as recent as a few years ago, she said she used the term because she knew it would cause debate and she said she copied the word ‘biodiversity’ because it was popular at the time. Interview in The Guardian regarding this is very useful to understand her original thinking (especially as so many ideas get co-opted and twisted out of all recognition)

6. Just like we’ve seen in psychiatry and mental health, categorising people as having disordered or different brains never actually ends well for those people, it just leads to decades of discrimination and harm. It’s always dressed up as liberation or respect for their ‘differences’ and always ends the same way. I wish people would see this pattern.

7. I know everyone likes to say that ADHD is ‘neurodivergence not disorder’ but that is technically incorrect since ADHD is listed as a psychiatric disorder in the DSM, and we still don’t have any solid proof of neurological cause or biomarkers to test or monitor anyway. If ADHD is just a natural neurodiversity, why are corporations turning over $10Bn a year selling stimulants for it?

8. I have been saying for at least 6 years of teaching now that the ‘neuro’ narrative and phraseology will take over the ‘disorder’ and ‘mental health’ narratives and phraseology because it sounds more ‘scientific’ and is therefore more seductive in everything from PR, media, campaigning, discourse to workplaces and laws. This isn’t actual science, it’s marketing and language evolution.

Safe to say, I don’t think forcing millions of people to have ‘neurodiversity training’ is the answer - and frankly I don’t know what the point of that training would be or what evidence base it would rely on.

In case no one has told you, you were NEVER to blame for the abuse you were subjected to. You didn’t deserve any of it. ...
25/07/2025

In case no one has told you, you were NEVER to blame for the abuse you were subjected to. You didn’t deserve any of it. You didn’t ask for it. You hold 0% of the blame.
Self blame is like a poison, don’t allow it in, and don’t allow it to spread.

Jess xx

I swear the internet is just one massive sample of human communication to sit back and observe and analyse.
24/07/2025

I swear the internet is just one massive sample of human communication to sit back and observe and analyse.

SWIPE to see the alternative! 🧠I have built this case example from hundreds of cases I have seen and heard (and real wom...
24/07/2025

SWIPE to see the alternative! 🧠

I have built this case example from hundreds of cases I have seen and heard (and real women I have met in this exact situation). I know some of this will be uncomfortably familiar to many of you.

I have created these two examples to demonstrate the massive impact pathologisation and psychiatric language has on women’s lives.

Pathologisation of trauma is never acceptable.

This is why I teach, train, lecture and write about anti-pathology, trauma-informed (APTI) approaches to working with victims of trauma, violence and abuse.

There is a better way. Professionals need to understand that the medical model - whilst dominant - is NOT the only way to work with someone.

Just a quick one from me to you this morning - you are not, and never were, defined by what someone else chose to do to ...
23/07/2025

Just a quick one from me to you this morning - you are not, and never were, defined by what someone else chose to do to you. It is their shame to carry. It was their decision. It was their choice. It was their actions and their issues.

Don’t hold the weight, or define yourself, or identify yourself, by what someone else chose to do.

You are so much more than what happened to you ###

Industries have been built around destroying us, and then selling us the ‘cure’ to our suffering. Eyes open, sisters!
21/07/2025

Industries have been built around destroying us, and then selling us the ‘cure’ to our suffering.

Eyes open, sisters!

Just coming to share a little (big) step I took today. I’ve been trying so hard to focus on my health and wellbeing afte...
21/07/2025

Just coming to share a little (big) step I took today.

I’ve been trying so hard to focus on my health and wellbeing after years of difficult stuff in my life - and the one hurdle I could not jump, was going back to a gym. Could not do it. I started trying to focus on my health in January (as yet another NY resolution) and in fairness to myself, I have absolutely stuck to it. Lots of you have messaged to say I look different/healthier/calmer than I have in years and I do appreciate that you were confident enough to come and tell me that you had noticed, because when you’re slowly working on yourself, it can be quite isolating. I am glad people are noticing every now and then, as it reminds me to keep going. Undoubtedly the soundbaths are a huge part of me being so much calmer and more grounded, but eating better, not really drinking anymore, dealing with my cortisol and other hormone issues, and also engaging in spirituality and meditation - have all hugely helped me.

However, could I muster up the courage to set foot in a damn gym? Nope. It’s taken me over 7 months to even think about it - having avoided it for 6 years. It was such a mental block. The thought of it just terrified me.

So… I haven’t the foggiest what came over me this morning but I woke up and thought, today is the day. I am going to walk into a gym - any gym - and I am going to do a session, and join up. Today is the first day of getting over my fears and just going back there.

So here’s to being brave (and sweaty) ❤️

I hope whatever is holding you back, this is your sign from me to be brave, and take the leap. Push yourself. If there is something you have been needing to do, but you just haven’t been able to - you have my love today. I know what that feels like!

We are ALL a work in progress.

Jess x

This is the contradiction women live with every day.We are told to be strong, confident, and self-loving, but only as lo...
21/07/2025

This is the contradiction women live with every day.

We are told to be strong, confident, and self-loving, but only as long as it doesn’t inconvenience anyone else. The moment we say no, set boundaries, or show real self-belief, we’re labelled arrogant, cold, mentally ill, selfish, or difficult.

People’s discomfort with women’s strength is such a red flag for me.

A beautiful sound bath tonight - in the middle of a huge thunderstorm! I am meeting more and more people who are coming ...
20/07/2025

A beautiful sound bath tonight - in the middle of a huge thunderstorm!

I am meeting more and more people who are coming regularly to my sessions because of the way it helps them process what’s going on for them - without having to discuss it.

I am so excited to be doing several 1:1 soundbaths for women, too.

Can’t deny the power of sound ❤️

I have LOTS of news! 📚❤️🥳Books, books, and more books! Especially for my US readers, too 🇺🇸Speaking of global readers, I...
20/07/2025

I have LOTS of news! 📚❤️🥳

Books, books, and more books!

Especially for my US readers, too 🇺🇸

Speaking of global readers, I can’t wait to be touring Australia again soon, so if you haven’t got your tickets, give me a shout x

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