Counselling can help when life gets tough – offering an emotionally safe space, empathic listening, insight into family and personal relationship difficulties, and support to find a more helpful way of thinking, feeling and behaving.   Face to face counselling is the most popular form of therapy and is usually based on building a strong therapeutic relationship which offers support through times of difficulty or crisis.

Over the years I have also found that for some clients telephone counselling can be both helpful and effective, whilst for others on-line counselling offers a comfortable and less intense approach.

In addition to more traditional counselling approaches I offer intensive counselling ‘weekends’ which run from Friday to Monday.   'Walk and Talk Weekends' offer a healing blend of talk therapy and inspiring natural environments .....more

Equine Assisted Therapy
For many people being with horses is a very powerful experience and offers a chance to find a new way of connecting and engaging with oneself, other people and life......   Given a safe, quiet environment horses can teach us much about self-awareness and relationships .....more

Animal Assisted Therapy
The special bond which can develop between humans and animals is potentially healing, particularly when we are feeling vulnerable.   The human-animal bond offers a ‘bridge’, a way to get in touch with suppressed feelings and emotions.   This bond can also be a great comfort when life is painful and confusing .....more

NEW: View a recording of my recent webinar: "Bridging the gap: The role of horses and other animals in mental health and counselling".  SCAS (The Society for Companion Animal Studies) are running the Animal-Assisted Interventions Webinar Series and on their site you can view recordings of past webinars and join future webinars some of which are available free of charge.

Green Therapy
Recent reports commissioned by the government and the mental health charity MIND suggest that active contact with nature can help restore our health.   This might involve being outside in a garden, woodland or open hillside environment .....more

Asperger's Syndrome and Autistic Spectrum Disorders
My experiences over the last decade have shown me that some of the approaches I use are particularly helpful for excluded or minority groups who may feel anxious or hyper-sensitive in crowded environments.   Being with animals or wildlife in a quiet, natural landscape has the power to calm, sooth and relax .....more

Workshops and Training
I am pleased to offer workshops and specifically designed training sessions on Animal and Equine Assisted Therapy.    These can be tailored to meet the needs of individuals or multi-disciplinary groups or teams and held on your premises with your own animals or at my practice in Cumbria .....more

For more information please contact me.