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Snowflake

Snowflake is a deep relaxation which focuses on the beauty of the Earth and her precious creatures of all sizes and shapes, to appreciate the glory of nature and her gifts and how to conserve it through a deep sense of love and commitment to our beautiful planet. Click here to listen and enjoy!

By |2021-02-12T12:32:13+00:00February 12th, 2021|Guided Meditations|Comments Off on Snowflake

Feature on UK Council of Psychotherapy Website

I was honoured to recently be able to feature in an article for the UK  Council of Psychotherapy website where I got to tell the story of my journey to becoming a psychotherapist and what I’ve learnt since those first days some 30 years ago. Throughout this time, support programmes have vastly changed for young [...]

By |2020-06-04T16:01:26+00:00June 4th, 2020|Press and Features|Comments Off on Feature on UK Council of Psychotherapy Website

The Pool of Life

I found myself in a dirty, sooty city. It was night, and winter, and dark, and raining. I was in Liverpool. I walked through the dark streets. I had the feeling that there we were coming from the harbor, and that the real city was actually up above. When we reached the plateau, we found [...]

By |2020-07-08T15:38:11+00:00June 22nd, 2016|Blog, Relaxation techniques, Wellbeing and Relaxation|Comments Off on The Pool of Life

School Improvement ‘From Good to Outstanding’

Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare SMSC stands for Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development Mental Health and Well Being Every School a Good School – A Policy for School Improvement We have just started our exciting new outreach programme for South Liverpool Primary School partnership. It set me thinking about The School Improvement agenda and so [...]

By |2019-06-04T10:56:00+00:00June 17th, 2016|Training, Wellbeing and Relaxation|Comments Off on School Improvement ‘From Good to Outstanding’

Just Relax

Just Relax was the title of a project, funded by the Big Lottery, and run by Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton in conjunction with A Quiet Place. A Quiet Place designed a bespoke training package, unique to the needs of Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton, and providing ongoing support for the staff who undertook the training. The staff [...]

By |2019-06-04T10:56:06+00:00April 29th, 2016|Uncategorised|Comments Off on Just Relax

A Typical Day in the Theta Room

A Typical day in Theta Room - Reflections from staff The creation of a Theta family experience underpins our whole day and the regular rhythm of being home and safe and going into class to develop a feeling of belonging. Our room is deliberately designed to engage different learning experiences and made up of various [...]

By |2019-06-04T10:56:12+00:00April 29th, 2016|Uncategorised|Comments Off on A Typical Day in the Theta Room

Working with individuals of all ages and abilities – A Quiet Moment

Our work with Age Concern has been showing very interesting results. The report is attached showing how it can impact in different areas from extreme mental health issues to social and befriending services. We will be running a course on Tuesday 19th April here and further details will follow. Please click here to view to [...]

By |2019-06-04T10:56:18+00:00February 17th, 2016|Blog, Mindfulness|Comments Off on Working with individuals of all ages and abilities – A Quiet Moment

Child Mental Health Week

Good to see The DUCHESS of CAMBRIDGE getting behind well being to back well being and neuro development in schools. To celebrate child mental health week A Quiet Place is releasing its latest research the Theta Group. Designed to keep children in a primary mainstream school in one of the most deprived areas of Liverpool [...]

By |2019-06-04T10:56:24+00:00February 12th, 2016|Blog|Comments Off on Child Mental Health Week

Radicalisation and Terrorism

A Death Cult and the process of brain washing – Thoughts from a Therapist As we look on in despair for the young people who are seeking something more meaningful than our rather apparently dissolute society, I have not been alone in wondering why such extremes are sought and how often apparently intelligent young people [...]

By |2019-06-04T10:56:29+00:00January 29th, 2016|Blog|Comments Off on Radicalisation and Terrorism