John Marzillier, PhD


John Marzillier, PhD John Marzillier MA, MSc, PhD is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist living in Oxford, England. In a long career he worked as an academic psychologist, a clinician and a private practitioner in psychotherapy. He trained in behavioural, cognitive, cognitive-analytic and psychodynamic therapies, a professional journey that he describes in his personal memoir, The Gossamer Thread. My Life as a Psychotherapist published by Karnac Books in 2010. He has retired from his psychotherapy practice to work as a writer. As well as continuing to write about psychotherapy, John writes fiction and poetry. In 2002 he was awarded a MA in Creative Writing by Bath Spa University College. A selection of his poetry can be found on www.oxfordpoetrygroup.com. He is currently writing a book on people’s responses to major trauma based on recorded interviews with trauma survivors. John’s website can be found on www.johnmarzillier.com.

Psychotherapy: Terminal or Interminable

By John Marzillier, PhD

Listening versus Hearing in Psychotherapy

By John Marzillier, PhD