Hello love, I'm Beth
Nature-based therapist and coach for bodies that have other plans
I'm a BACP registered counsellor, coach and movement practitioner. And yes, a slightly woo one. My own body has its own agenda too, dynamic disabilities and all, which is basically the whole reason this practice looks the way it does.
What I do...
Most weeks that means therapy in the woods, because a walk and some fresh air does something a room full of tissues never quite manages. But some days a walk just isn't on the cards, and that's fine, we go online instead, no explanation needed and definitely no guilt. Other days it's Held, my seasonal coaching container, for when you're ready to properly work through what's built up over months rather than get unstuck on one thing.
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Whatever shape a session takes, it's built around where you actually are that day. Not where you were before your body had other plans, and certainly not where you think you should be by now either.
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Show up how ever you are. Angry, sassy, p*ssed off, flat, grieving - whatever the day has brought you. I'm not precious about it. I'll be in your corner, cheering you on through the good stretches and sitting with you through the rubbish ones. The highs and lows of chronic illness are hard enough to live, let alone explain to someone who hasn't been there. You won't need to explain them to me.
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Whatever your stuff is, I'm wholeheartedly here for it.
A bit of background...
I used to be a teacher, until my body had other ideas. Between a heavy teaching schedule, leading a team and a couple of health conditions nobody had a name for yet (ended up as hEDS, Endometriosis and Fibromyalgia), burnout caught up with me properly. So I took the scary, but needed, route out, put my health first, retrained and started supporting other people who'd hit their own version of rock bottom.
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Working in a chronic illness-affirming way is what I needed back then. It's my biggest privilege to walk alongside people in theirs now.
Get To Know
Me A Little Better...
BEST FEELING
Doing things that make you feel alive and full of awe and wonder. I get this on the top of a mountain.
BEST FICTION BOOK
I have a new love for Romantasy - especially Sarah J Mass
I LOVE TO
Find the joy in things, whether that's wild swimming, climbing mountains or knitting
FAVORITE TV SHOW
Pottery Throwdown! Keith's big emotions make me smile.
BEST NONFICTION BOOK
Anything by Emma Gannon, or Grounded by Ruth Allen
IMPORTANT REALIZATION
Life passes whether you choose to participate in it or not.
Ready to get started?
If you're still reading, it might be worth booking a chat. We'll talk through where you're at right now, burnout, a difficult body, whatever's brought you here, and how I can help you get to where you want to be.
With love, Beth
P.S. If you're still reading this far down the page, that's usually a sign it's worth booking the call.