Grounded Connection Counselling

27/08/2025

🌿 New Blog: 10 Benefits of Creative Counselling for Healing & Growth 🌿

Have you ever struggled to find the right words to explain how you feel?

Creative counselling offers another way in - through art, movement, story, symbols, and imagination.

It can:

✨ Help express what feels unspeakable
✨ Restore flow and release stuck energy
✨ Reconnect you with your body
✨ Support HSPs and neurodivergent clients
✨ Offer a safe space for play, exploration, and growth

In my new blog, I explore the Top 10 Benefits of Creative Counselling and why this approach can be so powerful.

🌿 Read the full article here: https://www.groundedconnection.co.uk/blog/the-top-10-benefits-of-creative-counselling

Discover the top 10 benefits of creative counselling. Learn how creative therapy supports healing, expression & growth in Huddersfield & online UK.

24/07/2025

🌍 Have you ever returned from a journey feeling changed… but unsure how to re-enter the world you left behind?

Whether you’ve spent months abroad, years moving from place to place, or have walked a deep inner path — the return can be disorienting.

You might feel rootless, grief-stricken, or unsure where you belong. This is more common than you think. And you're not alone.

✨ In my latest blog, I explore the ancient and soulful role of the wanderer, nomad, and edge-dweller, and how counselling for returning travellers and seekers can offer gentle support during times of reintegration and transformation.

📖 Read it here:
👉 https://www.groundedconnection.co.uk/blog/the-wandering-ones-counselling-for-nomads-travellers-and-edge-dwellers

If you’re navigating:

– Reverse culture shock
– Loss of identity after travel
– Longing for both freedom and belonging
– Or the feeling of standing between worlds...

This piece is for you.

💬 I'd love to hear from other travellers and edge-walkers — what has helped you come home to yourself?

Soulful therapy for nomads, travellers & seekers navigating reintegration, reverse culture shock, and belonging after life-changing journeys.

15/07/2025

🌿 Thinking about therapy, but in-person sessions feel out of reach?

You’re not alone. For many people - whether you’re navigating anxiety, burnout, grief, or just trying to hold everything together - the idea of getting to a therapy room can feel like too much.

Online therapy offers a spacious, flexible and deeply supportive alternative.

✨ Attend from the comfort of your own home
✨ No travel, no parking, no stress
✨ Accessible for HSPs, neurodivergent folks, carers, or those with chronic illness
✨ Gentle, trauma-informed support that meets you where you are

In this blog, I share the real benefits of working with a therapist online and why the connection we build together can be just as powerful through a screen.

📖 Read more: https://www.groundedconnection.co.uk/blog/the-benefits-of-online-therapy-flexibility-comfort-and-accessibility

📩 Reach out: hello@groundedconnection.co.uk
🌐 www.groundedconnection.co.uk

If you’ve been curious about counselling but unsure where to start, this could be the invitation you’ve been waiting for 💻🌱

Discover the benefits of online therapy - flexible, accessible and supportive counselling from the comfort of your own space.

08/07/2025

🌿 New Blog: Emptiness, Silence and the Neurodivergent Soul 🌿

Sometimes, the quietest parts of us hold the deepest wisdom. For many neurodivergent and highly sensitive adults - including those with autism, sensory sensitivities or highly sensitive persons - the world can feel overwhelming, loud, and fast. But there is profound beauty in stillness, slowness, and silence.

In my latest blog, I explore how therapy can be a safe space to honor these tender, slow parts of ourselves - to unmask, to rest, and to be truly met at our own pace.

If you or someone you love feels unseen in a noisy world, this might resonate.

Read more here ➡️ https://www.groundedconnection.co.uk/blog/emptiness-silence-and-the-neurodivergent-soul

You are not too much. Your silence is not too little. There is a place for you.

Explore the quiet, slow, and tender parts of the neurodivergent soul. Discover therapy that honours stillness, depth, and presence for autistic, ADHD, and highly sensitive adults. Offering trauma-informed counselling in Marsden, Huddersfield, and online across the UK.

02/07/2025

I’m delighted to share the launch of my new website. I have crafted this website myself and many of the pictures/photographs from nature are my own.

At Grounded Connection I offer a space where healing meets heart - blending holistic counselling, somatic therapy, breathwork coaching and creative expression to support my clients journey toward wholeness.

Creative and somatic supervision for counsellors, psychotherapists and other healing modalities - COMING SOON!

In the blog you’ll find guidance for on somatic therapy, HSP, breathwork, trauma, spirituality and the intricate depths of the human spirit.

I offer face-to-face counselling sessions in Marsden and Huddersfield, as well as online therapy throughout the UK and internationally.

I work with clients for all sorts of reasons. I specifically work with HSP & neurodivergent clients who those seeking support for trauma and grief.

I would be so grateful if you would could share my post with family & friends who you feel may be interested.

Thanks so much 🙏🏻

www.groundedconnection.co.uk

Creative and somatic therapy for HSP, neurodivergence, trauma & grief. Counselling, supervision & breathwork in Marsden, Huddersfield & online UK. Book a free intro call today.

02/07/2025

Trauma can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to define your future. 🌟

Post-traumatic growth is about finding strength, new meaning, and hope after experiencing hardship. Therapy plays a vital role in helping you move beyond pain toward healing and transformation.

Discover how counselling supports post-traumatic growth in my latest blog.

Read the full post here:
https://www.groundedconnection.co.uk/blog/therapy-for-post-traumatic-growth-finding-light-after-darkness

Discover how trauma-informed therapy supports post-traumatic growth, healing, and reconnecting with hope. Book a free consultation today in Huddersfield & Online UK.

02/07/2025

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) who often experiences life deeply? 💙

Being highly sensitive isn’t a weakness - it’s a unique way of experiencing the world. But without support, it can feel overwhelming and isolating.

This blog explores how counselling can help HSPs develop self-compassion, set healthy boundaries, and find emotional balance - so you can truly thrive.

Read more here:
https://www.groundedconnection.co.uk/blog/what-is-a-highly-sensitive-person-hsp-how-counselling-can-help-you-thrive

Discover what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and how counselling can support emotional balance, resilience, and self-acceptance. Online therapy for HSP in the UK.

14/06/2025

COMMUNITY WOMENS CIRCLE 2025
Marsden

1 SPACE LEFT

Come join us for this nourishing 6 month journey for 5 women to come together once a month to connect, share stories and support each other. This is a space where you can express yourself freely and build meaningful relationships with other women in the community. Let’s empower and inspire each other in this warm and welcoming space.

Each month there will be time for group sharing and an experiential exercise, this may include meditation, tea ceremonies, plant connection and writing/creative prompts.

This is a small intimate group to ensure that all members are able to receive and share fully within the space.

There is a 6 month commitment to the space to allow for safety and consistency within the circle.

An abundance of herbal teas and chocolate will be available.

Please bring comfy socks/slippers, a cushion, blanket and journal.

Please register your interest by commenting on this post or sending me an email via hello@groundedconnection.co.uk & I’ll be in touch shortly with more information and to confirm your place.

Please note that this is a confidential space.

Dates:
Monday 21st July 7-9pm
Monday 4th August 7-9pm
Monday 29th September 7-9pm
Monday 20th October 7-9pm
Monday 24th November 7-9pm
Monday 15th December 7-9pm

6 months: £180
Payment plans are available (please enquire).

www.groundedconnection.co.uk

11/06/2025

COMMUNITY WOMENS CIRCLE 2025
Marsden

1 SPACE LEFT

Come join us for this nourishing 6 month journey for 5 women to come together once a month to connect, share stories and support each other. This is a space where you can express yourself freely and build meaningful relationships with other women in the community. Let’s empower and inspire each other in this warm and welcoming space.

Each month there will be time for group sharing and an experiential exercise, this may include meditation, tea ceremonies, plant connection and writing/creative prompts.

This is a small intimate group to ensure that all members are able to receive and share fully within the space.

There is a 6 month commitment to the space to allow for safety and consistency within the circle.

An abundance of herbal teas and chocolate will be available.

Please bring comfy socks/slippers, a cushion, blanket and journal.

Please register your interest by commenting on this post or sending me an email via hello@groundedconnection.co.uk & I’ll be in touch shortly with more information and to confirm your place.

Please note that this is a confidential space.

Dates:
Monday 21st July 7-9pm
Monday 4th August 7-9pm
Monday 29th September 7-9pm
Monday 20th October 7-9pm
Monday 24th November 7-9pm
Monday 15th December 7-9pm

6 months: £180
Payment plans are available (please enquire).

www.groundedconnection.co.uk

08/12/2024

Hello all,

It’s been a while since I introduced myself on here. Hi, my name is Melissa Rose Spencer and I’m a Holsitic Counsellor & Psychotherapist.

I work with clients for all sorts of reasons such as bereavement, trauma, finding meaning and purpose and psychedelic integration. I specifically have an interest in dream work, parts-work & inner-child bonding and in working with those who are seeking support in fostering post-traumatic growth in their lives. I support clients to navigate the journey in reclaiming voice, body, autonomy and identity to find meaning and purpose again in their lives.

I offer a holistic, person-centred counselling service combining traditional talking methods with somatic and creative approaches. I offer face-to-face, online, phone & outdoor sessions. I have a beautiful space on the edge of the Peak District National Park in Marsden where we can explore through talking, somatic awareness, breathwork and/or creatively with the abundance of creative materials in the space e.g. paint, pastels, clay and collage.

I also offer community workshops such as women’s circles, inner-child bonding, breathwork and free movement. I have one new workshop planned so far for next year. The workshop ‘Myth, Mark & Movement’ is a 6 month storytelling journey with mark-making and gentle intuitive movement in Marsden. I will be advertising this properly soon and you can express your interest now by sending me a dm (spaces limited).

Thank you for being here and supporting me & my work. I am deeply passionate about supporting others in their connection to self and the greater community including the seen and unseen. In a ‘past-life’ I was a Social Worker and Mental Health Advocate on psychiatric wards. I landed as a Counsellor after traversing the journey of self-discovery deeply for over a decade. My continued personal practices of movement, nature connection, journaling, personal counselling and ritual support my ongoing discovery to ensure that I am able to show up and walk alongside you on your journey.

I offer a free 15 min consultation for 1-1 work for you to feel into whether working together is right for you.