About Alan Johnson

I've spent over 30 years working with people who are stuck — leaders, business owners, professionals and individuals who know something isn't right and can't quite work out why. My background is in mental health nursing, psychotherapy, NLP and clinical hypnotherapy, and I've trained over 1,000 people across the public, private and third sectors.

I'm the author of Overthunk! — Your Brain Is Chatting Sh*t to You, an Amazon number one on the NLP charts, and the host of the That NLP Bloke podcast. I'm also the founder of Change Working, my Northallerton-based training and leadership development practice.

My clients include Durham Constabulary, the Ministry of Defence, HM Prison Service and more than 30 local authorities. I also work one-to-one with individuals who want real change — not another folder of frameworks to put on a shelf.

My approach is plain-spoken, direct and evidence-based. No jargon. No waffle. No motivational poster stuff. Just the things that actually work — explained in a way that makes sense, and applied to what's actually going on for you.

I work directly with people. When you work with me, you get me.