Every year, we all start with the best of intentions. Have you found you’ve lost your way, that things aren’t quite working out how you’d hoped? Could you do with some help getting back on track?
We have a wide range of practitioners who specialise in supporting you to explore what you are finding challenging and help you find long term solutions.
Wellbeing coaching
Sally Thomas combines 13+ years of counselling expertise with a rich and varied background to bring you an exceptional wellbeing coaching experience. For Sally, wellbeing means feeling in control of your life, understanding yourself, maintaining balance, and learning how to restore balance when needed—all while enjoying the journey. Sally offers a free 20-minute introductory consultation by phone and you can reach her on 07902 655933 or via email, sallythomaswellbeing@gmail.com.
Counselling
Deborah Parker is dedicated to providing compassionate counselling to individuals, couples and families. She helps empower clients to make sense of their world, by gently and empathetically evaluating their issues, concerns and stresses, with a view to positive change and outcome. You can reach on 07984 474214 or by email, deborahparkercounselling@gmail.com.
Ecotherapist Emily Chiswell is passionate about creating true and authentic spaces, conversations and connection. She works predominantly outside, extending nature’s invitation to come back in to community; with ourselves, each other and the natural world, in all that we are. If you’re curious to find out more about what it’s like to work with Emily or a little bit more about what Ecotherapy with her is like, she offers a free 30 minute no obligation curiosity call. Contact her on 07857 934567, email emily@emilychiswell.com.
Ester Wheeler has been with The Centre for some time. If you are struggling with the effects of interpersonal trauma, feeling overwhelmed, or seeking personal growth, Ester offers a supportive space where you can heal and rediscover your inner strength. She approaches therapy through a humanistic lens, which means she believes in your capacity for growth and change, and that you are the expert on your own life. You can reach Ester on 07399 997229, email esterwheelercounselling@outlook.com.
CBT
CBT specialist Kayleigh Waters will be joining The Centre this week. Coming from a nursing and NHS CBT background, she brings a wealth of experience. Kayleigh can be contacted via email, therapywithkayleigh@outlook.com.
8-week Mindfulness Course with Jo Chittenden
Jo will be running an 8-week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy/Stree Reduction (MBCT/ST) course starting on Tuesday 29th April from 5.30-7.30pm. There will be a free taster session on Tuesday 25th March at 5.30-6.30pm. Contact Jo on 07796 816146 or email joannechittenden@gmail.com. More details on our What’s On When calendar.
One-to-one Soundbath
Jhoana Serna offers Sound Bath Meditations to individuals and groups. A Sound Bath is a gentle and relaxing meditative experience where you are bathed by a medley of sound. It is a perfect introduction to meditating as you do not need experience – just your breath, an open heart and mind.
Jhoana trained as a counsellor over 15 years ago and combines the psychological ‘understanding of self’ with meditation, spirituality and plant/flower modalities. She works with people where they are in their own journey and works with people of all faiths and none.
Spiritual development
If it’s spiritual development you’re after, then Bec Edwards is the practitioner for you, offering support in this area as well as card reading.
Children, teens and young adults
If it’s your child, teen or young adult that needs support, again we have a range of practitioners.
Deborah Lane specialises in working with children, adolescents, young people (aged 4-25), and their families. With over 10 years’ experience, Deborah offers a warm, friendly and compassionate approach, working collaboratively with children and young people to build a trusting therapeutic relationship. She draws upon a range of creative arts and play resources which can be used to facilitate communication beyond the constraints of language so that difficulties and inner conflicts can be expressed, witnessed, and understood in developmentally appropriate and paced ways.
Deborah works with a broad range of presentations including anxiety, school avoidance, OCD, depression, low-mood, emotional regulation, trauma, bereavement, family separation, attachment difficulties, low self-esteem, eco- and climate anxiety, self-harm and disordered eating. You can contact Deborah via email, deblanetherapy@gmail.com.
And both Deborah Parker and Kayleigh Waters work with children, teens and young people.
Other options
Don’t forget there are a range of other options too – acupuncture, for instance, can help with a range of mental and emotional problems, especially if you can’t or don’t want to talk about them, Kinesiology can help identify imbalances and sometimes we need help to relax and massage or reflexology can help. We also have Pilates, Tai-robics and Elegance and Flow adult ballet classes in our studio as well as our weekly drop in meditation, monthly sound bath meditation and melodic meditation as well as a host of one off events and talks that can be found on our What’s On When calendar.
