Rowan Consultancy

05/08/2025

Rowan team members gathered at the cafe in Perth to say 'see you next year' to our colleague and friend Katie as she embarks on a year of maternity leave. We're looking forward to meeting her little cherub when the time comes.

Thankfully, we have Christina and Evie, who will take up the baton and provide admin support for all our valued customers.

See you next year Katie. 💕

04/08/2025

"Good therapy is relational. It thrives on imperfection, nuance and slow discovery.

It involves pattern recognition, accountability and the kind of discomfort that leads to lasting change.

A therapist doesn’t just answer; they ask and they challenge. They hold space, offer reflection and walk with you, while also offering up an uncomfortable mirror."

We offer therapy online, by phone, and in person in various locations throughout Scotland, to self-financing individuals and to organisations via employee counselling services.

We believe that when you call your employee counselling service , you need to be offered a counselling appointment within a week, not told to look elsewhere.

When professional services are overstretched, ‘always-on’ tools like ChatGPT can look attractive. But users must be wary of the many risks involved

01/08/2025

Rowan consultancy is celebrating another year of paying the team the real Living Wage. 🎉🙏

Rowan thinks it's important to pay the real Living Wage as it is the only UK wage rate calculated on the real cost of living. Businesses voluntarily pay this rate 'to raise the bar for what decent work looks like in the UK'.

25/07/2025

No prizes for guessing where Rachel was yesterday!

Meeting Abertay University , for whom we provide an employee counselling service, and fitting in a visit to the "Garden Futures: Designing with Nature" exhibition at V&A Dundee.

It's a beautiful building, with plenty of interesting, free exhibits, a delicious cafe with a view, and a quirky shop. A stone's throw from the train station - would recommend!

Have you been?

23/07/2025

There are still 2 places left on our online Certificate in Counselling Skills, validated by COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland) , accredited at 40 credit points at SCQF Level 8 by University of the West of Scotland.

* Learn to be a better listener - a life skill for personal and professional use.

* Take the first step towards qualifying as a counsellor.

Details and booking form at https://www.rowan-consultancy.co.uk/training/online-certificate-in-counselling-skills/

20/07/2025

Become curious with your counsellor about the origins of your behaviour. Becoming more self aware helps give you choices in how you respond.

17/07/2025

Today we bid farewell to Christine Partridge with a picnic on the North Inch.

Chris founded Rowan Consultancy with me, Rachel, back in 1997. She had the vision of setting up in private practice together and moved to Perth to do so.

Without Chris, Rowan would not exist.
Without Chris I would have taken even longer to take on our first employee, hire our first premises and other steps in Rowan's growth. She had the vision, the audacity that I lacked. When she left I developed those skills.

Chris stepped down as a Partner in 2004 to work full time at Kinharvie, a larger organisation with more opportunities. I was delighted when she joined Rowan again in 2019 as an associate coach.

Today Steve Coulson, Jo Birch and I bid her "Fare well". We are all part of the Rowan coaching team, alongside Karen Redpath, who wasn't able to join us today.

Read about Rowan's coaching packages and Rowan's coaches at https://lnkd.in/dsuhMEYW

Thank you, Chris, for all that you have given to Rowan Consultancy and for your friendship. We wish you well as you take your many talents into new fields.

Rachel

14/07/2025

Enhance your work and personal life and help others by learning:
👂Active Listening
🫶Self Awareness
👫How to build raport

The course starts on Tuesday 12th August 2025. Learn more at the Free Open Evening on 15th July.
Course sign up before 21st July.

More details at the link in our bio.

“What I didn’t realise before starting this course was how much I would learn about myself and how important this is to being a good therapist”

09/07/2025

Critical incidents, such as fire, su***de, or a fatal accident, can result in complex emotions or trauma responses for workplace teams.

This training explains the theory of how to support a group after a critical incident. We then use interactive exercises for you to practice the skills.

Click this link for more details and to book: https://buff.ly/a1kTDxo

06/07/2025

Jump Back Up July - Day 6: Pause, breathe and feel your feet firmly on the ground https://actionforhappiness.org/jump-back-up-july