Fern Green Wellness Counselling

20/11/2025

Recent read🤓

Anyone who experiences anxiety could get alot from this book, it gives clear areas of focus for untangling our relationship with it.

17/11/2025

I'm currently doing a short, online course about shame.

I just read this shared piece on why trauma is so difficult to talk about in counselling. So brilliantly worded, I thought it was most definitely worth a share :)

Why is talking about trauma so difficult - even in therapy?

10/11/2025

Creative expression.

Unfortunately too many people get put off being creative after being marked and judged at school.

Creativity can be a great outlet for feelings that can't easily be translated into words.

I did this a few weeks ago when I was feeling a bit overwhelmed, I started in the middle with a swirl and it built from there.

My issue with creativity can be perfectionism so it can be a challenge for me to create something without judgement!

09/11/2025

Important reminder (for all of us)

~the brain believes what is repeated, not what could be true~

22/10/2025

I really enjoyed this course and hope to offer 1:1 and group forest therapy sessions in 2026 🌳🍂🍁🌿

Spending time in nature is so restorative and therapeutic. Whilst i know clients get benefits from our outside sessions i wanted to know how to facilitate a more intentional connection to nature 💚

09/10/2025

It's that wonderful time of the Year again🍄🍄‍🟫 hunting! A nice mindful and grounding activity for when you're out in the woods.

21/08/2025

These cards were recommended in a counselling group.

Sometimes counselling is about getting back in touch with ourselves and our values. I'm hoping these cards can be a helpful resource for people to have some guidance on what's important to them. Giving simple ideas in how to prioritise and practice what matters most 🦋

I'll also be using them personally 😊

15/08/2025

The Heath is looking so beautiful right now.

We stopped at Westleton Heath, just a little before Dunwich Heath 💚

07/08/2025

It grew!

I'd given up on my acorn because the shoot had gotten stuck in the glass. It was abandoned up on the high shelf for months. Did a bit of dusting and couldn't believe my eyes 😁

Just need to pot it up in the garden ready to find the perfect place to plant it 💚

20/07/2025

'A study using functional neuroimaging (fMRI) found lower activation of the brain structure that signals fear and threat (the amygdala) after a 60-minute walk in a natural environment compared to an urban environment. This finding was associated with reports of feeling “restored” and having improved attention. Another fMRI study found decreased blood flow in the prefrontal cortex, which correlated with self-reports of decreased “rumination,” after a 90-minute nature walk compared with an urban walk. These studies are just scratching the surface; I expect much more discovery on the neural correlates of improved well-being in the next few years.'

This is just a snippet about why being in nature is SO beneficial for us, especially if we experience anxiety and depression.

https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2023/atp-nature-and-the-brain

I'm doing the final pieces to finish my Forest Therapy Practitioner Course, looking forward to being able to offer this service, alongside counselling :)

Senior Associate Dean of UNR Med Melissa Piasecki, M.D., answers when, why and how we need nature in our lives.

16/07/2025

A lovely thing to get involved in :)

3 days until Big Butterfly Count 2025 lifts off! 🦋

The Large White took the third spot in last year's count with 138,424 sightings, down 38% from 2023.

With over 80% of UK butterfly species in decline, every single sighting counts. Let us know how butterflies are faring where you live by getting out for the Count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

📷: Mark Searle

21/03/2025

Very interesting book with focus on the importance of courage, vulnerability and love.

I do think most of us are actually afraid of being loved. Being seen. May we be courageous enough to be vulnerable and gentle, with ourselves and others 🙂