Crabtree Therapy

Crabtree Therapy I'm a therapist holding a space for overwhelmed and anxious women If you're wondering if that's you then the following questions might help:
1.

Do you have a tendency to feel frazzled by life, rushing from one obligation to the next?
2. Do you hate saying no to people but are tired of saying yes?
3. Do you feel resentful of the drain on your time (and does that make you feel
guilty)?
4. Does the idea of conflict feel awkward and uncomfortable? If you've answered yes to any of those questions, then let's connect!

Valentine’s Day is overly commercial, who needs a day to show love?My take on the Hallmark Holiday for a long time - any...
14/02/2024

Valentine’s Day is overly commercial, who needs a day to show love?

My take on the Hallmark Holiday for a long time - anyone else?

But over the years, I’ve softened 🥰

♥️ Why wouldn’t I take the opportunity for connection with the people I love?

♥️ Why wouldn’t I try and brighten up their day and make their eyes shine?

♥️ Why wouldn’t I extend that love to myself?

These 3 pictures are the ways I’m choosing to acknowledge Valentine’s Day this year:

1. Early morning coffee, with a side serving of chocolate, for my husband (he politely declined to eat it so early)

2. Cute chocolate for my daughter (she’ll have eaten it before the bus gets to school)

3. A walk and coffee for me with a wonderful lifelong friend

It’s so easy to feel trapped by our lives, that Hallmark has sold us a version of life that’s not real and it can feel so disappointing.

But maybe we can take the opportunity to shift our perspective…this IS what life looks like and we can seize it and add more joy to it!

One of the focuses of my new programme will be finding ways to create moments of connection and opportunities to ignite the spark in your life.

Because that’s it’s all about, not just today but every day 😊

Drop a ♥️in the comments if you’d like to know more.












Valentine’s Day is overly commercial, who needs a day to show love?My take on the Hallmark Holiday for a long time - any...
14/02/2024

Valentine’s Day is overly commercial, who needs a day to show love?

My take on the Hallmark Holiday for a long time - anyone else?

But over the years, I’ve softened 🥰

♥️ Why wouldn’t I take the opportunity for connection with the people I love?

♥️ Why wouldn’t I try and brighten up their day and make their eyes shine?

♥️ Why wouldn’t I extend that love to myself?

These 3 pictures are the ways I’m choosing to acknowledge Valentine’s Day this year:

1. Early morning coffee, with a side serving of chocolate, for my husband (he politely declined to eat it so early)
2. Cute chocolate for my daughter (she’ll have eaten it before the bus gets to school)
3. A walk and coffee for me with a wonderful lifelong friend

It’s so easy to feel trapped by our lives, that Hallmark has sold us a version of life that’s not real and it can feel so disappointing.

But maybe we can take the opportunity to shift our perspective…this IS what life looks like and we can seize it and add more joy to it!

One of the focuses of my new programme will be finding ways to create moments of connection and opportunities to ignite the spark in your life. Because that’s it’s all about, not just today but every day 😊

Drop a ♥️in the comments if you’d like to know more.












If people are going to judge, and let’s face it they are, I would so love for women to be judged on all the boring but n...
02/02/2024

If people are going to judge, and let’s face it they are, I would so love for women to be judged on all the boring but necessary work we achieve.

Most women do this without even thinking, it’s the invisible load of life and it often falls to us.

It would save an enormous amount of unnecessary heartache for so many women.

Can you relate?












In the words of the to ledgers Roy Walker, ‘say what you see’!This is a homemade Rorschach inkblot test.It’s one of the ...
25/01/2024

In the words of the to ledgers Roy Walker, ‘say what you see’!

This is a homemade Rorschach inkblot test.

It’s one of the creative ways I work with women to help them discover the unknown parts of their psyche.

By discussing what we see in the inkblot it can help us to better understand the patterns that our brain naturally seeks.

Everyone will see something different and it will hold different meaning for each of us.

What do you see? Let me know in the comments ⬇️⬇️⬇️





















I was lucky enough to be invited to join a group of fabulous women exhibiting at the .uk health and wellbeing festival y...
21/01/2024

I was lucky enough to be invited to join a group of fabulous women exhibiting at the .uk health and wellbeing festival yesterday.

The focus was on showcasing arrange of services that local women can access to improve their health and well-being.

Here are a few snaps from the day which featured:

Victoria
Marie
Delinda
Carolyn
Laura

Special thanks, go to who masterminded the day and who pulled together and provided the perfect venue.

And thank you to everyone who attended. I hope you got needed from the day and enjoy the goodie bags 😊







13/01/2024

🤩 ONE WEEK TODAY!!!! 🤩

Super excited for this Health and Wellbeing Festival at Hunt Fitness UK on Saturday 20th January 🤩🙌🏻

You can come down to have a browse 👀 and also book appointments 📆

We have some INCREDIBLE businesses coming down that will support your health and wellness - many offering a pre-bookable appointment📅 for only £10 ‼️

Be quick…because the first 14 people to book receive a FREE goody bag with discounts/gifts from all businesses involved! 😍😳😅

I'll be there offering a 20-minute Health & Wellbeing Assessment: https://calendly.com/charlotte-bvs/20-minute-health-and-fitness-assessment-with-charlotte

And check out our other business partners' offer and their booking links:

Debbie Noble's Tropic Skincare Lovers of Tropic offering 1:1 Tropic Skincare Masterclasses - book your slot here🔗: https://calendly.com/charlotte-bvs/20-min-tropic-skincare-masterclass

Laura Pope of The LP Beauty Clinic offering 15-minute facials: https://calendly.com/charlotte-bvs/15min-express-facial-with-laura

Carolyn Smith of Cublington Foot Care offering 15-minute general foot check and neurovascular assessments https://calendly.com/charlotte-bvs/general-foot-assessment-with-carolyn

Delinda Goddard-Lane of DGL Physiotherapy offering 15-minute physiotherapy assessments, core activation classes and scar assessments. https://calendly.com/charlotte-bvs/women-s-health-assessment-with-delinda-from-dgl-physio

Polly Crabtree of Crabtree Therapy offering a 20-minute talk on how to build a personalised Mental Health First Aid Kit. https://calendly.com/charlotte-bvs/mental-health-first-aid-kit-talk

On the day, they'll also be:

Marie Messum of Marie Meamora Nails & Lashes

Caroline Eyles of Caroline Eyles Coaching

Victoria Baptiste of Flux Photographic

It will be an amazing day !!! You can of course just pop in too!

Let us know in the event posted below if you’re planning on getting down 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

💫 Sometimes it’s hard to know that you need to ground yourself in the present moment. 💫 Learning to recognise when you’r...
29/11/2023

💫 Sometimes it’s hard to know that you need to ground yourself in the present moment.

💫 Learning to recognise when you’re overwhelmed is the starting point.

💫I encourage my clients to start by taking a moment every hour to take a few seconds to ask how they are feeling.

💫 Soon a pattern becomes clear and they naturally start to use the grounding technique to come back into their own bodies.

💫 This is an activation of the parasympathetic nervous system that helps us to move from ruminating on the past or the fture and land in the present.

💫 Depression and axiety often stem from worrying about what you did wrong or what you might do wrong.

This technique comes from and was taught to me by Katie 🥰














I wrote about this in my newsletter last week and it inspired me to reflect back on the last 6 years and why having hobb...
03/10/2023

I wrote about this in my newsletter last week and it inspired me to reflect back on the last 6 years and why having hobbies has meant so much to me.

My newsletter is for women who struggle to manage the mental load of family life.My aim is to normalise this for women so that you realise you’re not alone, that this is an almost universal struggle and that there are things you can do about it. I give hints and tips on how to have those difficult conversations with your partner and how to feel more seen in your relationship.

It goes out weekly on a Friday and you can get your copy this week by clicking here: subscribepage.io/crabtreetherapy







Wow, what a weekend! On Saturday, I was privileged to host the Crabtree therapy autumn retreat.So immersed in the proces...
19/09/2023

Wow, what a weekend! On Saturday, I was privileged to host the Crabtree therapy autumn retreat.

So immersed in the process that I only managed to capture a couple of photos of the day!

Coming together with a group of inspiring women. All different but with the same purpose: to let go of responsibility and to give themselves permission to put themselves first, just for one day.

So we came together and slowed with the gorgeous Newbarn Farm as our backdrop.

We spent the day, relaxing in the vineyard and wandering through the meadow with the bees and chickens surrounding us.

We came together to learn and separated to relax, each taking the space that we needed, just for us.

We were fortunate to be supported, by number of wonderful people. Enormous thanks go to:

wine




And the biggest thank you to the women who trusted that this would be a safe and containing space for them to find some time for themselves in their normally busy lives. It was a pleasure to spend the day with you.

















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