Emily Chiswell is an ecotherapist who has recently joined The Centre.
Passionate about creating true and authentic spaces, conversations and connection, Emily 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. Following a Drama degree at Bristol University and a subsequent 20 years working as a broadcaster, her intrigue in communication now straddles both the language of words and that of the body; the said and unsaid.
Her journey in to offering these spaces was impacted by deep personal loss that invited the opportunity to slow down and explore ways to be in true community with all that she was feeling. She found herself in nature a lot and became fascinated by the way it was able to hold so much of her experience. A place that felt safe when everything else felt the opposite, offering such sanctuary, comfort, nervous system regulation and insight.
Curious to explore more about this refreshed sense of being in the world, Emily went on to train in Ecopscyhology & Ecotherapy for three years with The Natural Academy in Bristol. There she worked through their trauma informed models of NatureWell, Natural Self Ecotherapy & Eco-Depth Practises and was immersed in the work of Miles Richardson’s and the University of Derby in Nature Connectedness. She’s studied and infuses flavours of models such as Richard’s Schwartz Internal Family Systems, Bill Plotkin’s Wild Mind Map of the Psyche and Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Enquiry in to all the spaces she offers. Her personal movement practise alongside her increased curiosity and fascination in the language of our body has led her through other embodied trainings in Shiatsu, Women’s Wellness Yoga and Yoga Nidra with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, and most recently in EcoSomatics with Gemma Mallol and her Elemental Body approach, all of which now deeply infuse her offering.
Emily is a member of The Nature & Health Practitioners Network and is Outdoor First Aid trained. She is the Co-Founder of The Nature Collective a C.I.C based in Bristol that offers nature connection for employee wellbeing for corporates and organisations. She also runs a women’s woodland sharing circle – ‘gather’ – fortnightly in rhythm with the new and full moon at Damson Hill Cottage in Swanmore (near Bishops Waltham).
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 and would love to hear from you.
| Fees | New patient (90 mins) | Follow-up appointments (90 mins) |
| £120 | £120 |