Oaks Wood Therapy Service

13/09/2024

In this one-day workshop, we will be working with the story of The Skeleton Woman as a way to explore our relationship to soul.

The story will be our guide and provide the ground to support our exploration of the universal themes that we encounter, and to help us examine how these are reflected within the story of our
own lives.
We will use guided meditation and reflection, open group work and discussion, along with exercises from the work of systemic constellations, to help us open to soul and support each other to travel deeper throughout the day.
The workshop will take place at The Heeley Institute and will run
from 9.30am to 5pm on Saturday 23rd November.

Price for the day ranges from £60 to £90 - we encourage people to pay what they are able to within this range. If finances are a concern and you would like to come on the day but would
struggle to pay in full, please contact John on the email below to discuss.

For more details, and booking, please send an email to John:
soulfulconversations.ja@gmail.com

Biographies -
Simon has been a counsellor and psychotherapist for over 20 years. He originally trained as an Integrative Psychotherapist with Revision in London, and has done subsequent trainings in Body
psychotherapy and Therapeutic Shamanism.

John has been qualified as an occupational therapist for over 30 years, and a practising Buddhist for 35 years. He trained in family constellations work in 2009, and has always retained a keen interest in group work and therapy.

05/04/2024

A date for your diary! This September we are offering a weekend retreat in the Woods:
Introduction to Environmental Arts Therapy
5pm Friday 6th September to 3pm Sunday 8th September 2024
Cost: £318/£356 includes camping and full vegetarian home-cooking.
A unique opportunity to experience a training weekend delivered in the context of an off-grid camping retreat in private woodland in Derbyshire. Suitable for all levels of experience:CPD certificates available.
For more information, please contact: Cecilie ceciliebrowne@yahoo.co.uk

20/12/2021

Contact with nature in cities reduces feelings of loneliness. We are nature, but it's easy to forget this, and we need to be in nature regularly to have this reflected back to us.

Loneliness is significant mental health concern and can raise risk of death by 45%, say scientists

23/11/2021

Draft guidance says ‘menu of treatment options’ including CBT and mindfulness should be offered in less severe cases

05/11/2019

This is a useful perspective. I don't think attachment explains everything, but it sure helps make sense of things that often go wrong in relationships.

It’s difficult to find lasting love, but by recognising your attachment type you can be more conscious in your relationships and stop self-sabotaging

15/07/2019

https://www.firstpost.com/living/should-therapy-be-political-influence-of-social-factors-on-mental-health-may-make-a-case-for-such-an-approach-6942831.html

Expressing politics through therapy ultimately means having a political opinion in the first place, before eventually recognising that the issues of the client who comes for therapy also have socio-political roots.

13/07/2019

I have been wondering if something like this is going on. We have lived for most of our time as Homo Sapiens in rural environments. That's why I'm wanting to do more therapy outside - it just makes the work easier, feels more natural

Study of brain activity shows it struggling to process complex urban landscapes

02/07/2019

I'm doing more Outdoor Therapy these days.

The term forest bathing was coined in Japan, where nature therapy has ancient roots. The idea of “park prescriptions” in urban areas first started in Asia and caught on worldwide.

24/06/2019

Austerity and inequality fuelling mental illness, says top UN envoy

Exclusive: Special rapporteur on health says social justice more important for mental health than therapy and medication

12/06/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/12/prime-minister-therapy

Our toxic political system rewards all the wrong traits and produces the worst possible leaders, says George Monbiot

13/05/2019

Green therapy: how gardening is helping to fight depression

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/13/green-therapy-gardening-helping-fight-depression?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

29/04/2019

People have different views about anti-depressants, but for many they are a life saver. Here is a useful article about what to do when you've decided it's time to come off them.

Millions of us take SSRIs, and most can give them up without too much trouble. So why do a minority suffer severe side-effects?