At the end of 2024 I began to realise how lonely being a counsellor could be.  There aren't many opportunities for networking with other counsellors around my area and we are often so busy that we forget to give time to ourselves, foregoing our own self-care and adding to burnout.  Counselling can be hard going, we can deal with some pretty difficult subjects and whilst we have supervision to help us with our clients, what do we do for our own wellbeing?

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This got me thinking and after mulling it over and talking about it to my counsellor friends, psychotherapist daughter and my supervisor I decided to run a group just for counsellors (and trainees) to help with the loneliness we feel and boost our wellbeing.  In January 2025 I started the Counsellors Clay Wellbeing Group (CCWG).  This involved six, monthly sessions lasting two hours where a small group of six counsellors came together to play with clay, network and talk about our wellbeing.  We followed a different wellbeing theme each month and each session we made a clay piece that when finished would make a 'wellbeing stack' that would remind us of what we had shared for the six months. (just a note, it won't always be a wellbeing stack,

each course will change and be something different allowing 

for people to attend different courses and not repeat the same work!).

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It turned out to be a great time and I had some fantastic feedback at

the end of our six months.  We chatted, laughed and spoke about the

difficulties we had within our practices.  We were creative with the

clay and each theme gave us something to talk about and follow

through with for the rest of the month.  We set up a WhatsApp group

to share anything we wanted in between the sessions and the months

flew by! 

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I will be running it again, I just need to work out some logistics as I am not operating from the same space as I was at the beginning of the year.  However, as soon as I have worked this out I will add the new dates and information to this page.  See below for some of our pictures and what everyone thought about the sessions and check back here regularly.  I will also post any new information on my facebook page.

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Next CCWG - Starting Saturday 31st January 2026 10am - 12 midday

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Send me an email for an information sheet and booking form.  Costs are £30 per session (six sessions) and your place will not be confirmed on the course until the first payment and your booking form is received.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Feedback received

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"Great social event and good peer support"

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"It has been nurturing and allowed networking as well as mindfulness and delving in to my creativity - A special place to be"

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"Great value.  I have recommended it to friends"

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"Thank you very much for the skills and kindness in handling all our varying needs and concerns as counsellors.  Also, thank you for shring your creativity"

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