Therapy

Now retired from all therapy work, I no longer offer sessions in Clayfield Therapy.

I keep this information available as the work is relatively new to the UK and Ireland and it is unique in the way it works, being quite different to working with clay therapeutically.

Trainings take place in the Lake District with Cornelia Elbrecht, and now also online. Please see her website for more details. http://www.sensorimotorarttherapy.com

It is hoped to soon have some links on this page for UK Clay Field Therapists. 

Clay field therapy sessions for adults. Working in a shallow flat box packed with soft malleable clay together with a warm bowl of water and soft sponge. Clay Field work is sensorimotor based, the therapy is through the felt sense and is about how the hands meet the clay. It is not about making something in clay. Clay field work uses the natural qualities in clay which encourage instinctive response from the hands which are a part of the sensorimotor system. Surprisingly powerful and effective work which does not require ‘talking about’ a persons history but can address deep seated issues in mind and body.

Cornelia Elbrecht from Australia brought Clay Field Therapy training to the UK for the first time in summer 2018. The work originated in Germany with Heinz Deuser and is continuously evolving. Cornelia has a short video on her website which gives an idea of how the clay field works.http://www.sensorimotorarttherapy.com

Now I have retired from all therapy work I no longer offer Wild Therapy sessions.

There are a growing number of therapists and counsellors working with nature, eco therapy, wild therapy.

Wild Therapy website of practitioners http://wild-therapy.co.uk 

Wild Therapy:  How the outdoors and all there, trees, plants, insects and birds, sky and earth, can assist a person find whatever they seek, whether answers, emotional expression or connection with nature. People are accompanied by the therapist but it is the wild itself which assists, the therapist is there as support, guidance and company.

I no longer offer Guided Drawing Sessions as have retired from all therapy work.

This way of working was developed by Cornelia Elbrecht and details can be found on her website of trainings online for counsellors and therapists.   http://www.sensorimotorarttherapy.com

Guided Drawing is a very effective sensorimotor way of drawing from within, learning to connect non verbally with an inner sense of self. Helpful with many aspects of experience including trauma. Not about drawing specific things but using the movement of drawing to connect with an inner core sense of the body and working with instinctive healing movements which work on whatever is most needed. The therapist may give suggestions of simple shapes, possible ways to proceed or maybe assist a slower pace of movement. When drawings are completed there is time to look and see what it might mean for the person and explore any changed body sensations.