Natural Space Counselling

25/09/2025

‘Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.’
- Rachel Carson

05/09/2025

Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm

30/08/2025

🌙 Autumn Healing Doll Workshop Series

A 3-part creative journey to pause, honour and craft.

As this year shifts into Autumn, join me at the Mabon New Moon for the first session of this grounding and nurturing creative workshop series.

✨ About Doll Making

Doll making is one of the oldest crafts, found across many cultures under many names: healing dolls, spirit dolls, medicine dolls, nature (corn husk) dolls, Kachina dolls, Hoko dolls, worry dolls... Traditionally, they are imbued with intentions during the process of making.

The practice is both grounding and meditative. It can be deeply personal, a witnessed experience, or a shared creative moment. Your doll may symbolise any or many things - self-love, the inner child, peace, gratitude, fun, healing, transformation, or intuition.

The making process gently holds both conscious and unconscious material, creating space to explore and honour an event, a process, an emotion, a person, a part of yourself, a place, a season, trait, or transition.

🌀 The 3-Part Journey

🌱Part 1. Planting Seeds
We begin by creating a group agreement and contemplating the process. Through creative resources and exercises, we explore hopes and intentions - planting seeds and creating foundations.

☀️Part 2. Weaving & Growing
We gather in nature to gently centre ourselves and set the stage. From here, we move into creation, integration, and growth.

🌟Part 3. Breathing in to Life
In our final session, we refine, adorn, and name our dolls - aligning intentions and bringing energy to our creations. Together we reflect on the journey and give space to this transition.

Practical Details
• When: Three 3-hour sessions (you must be available for all dates)
2-5pm Sunday 21st & 28th September and Sunday 5th October.
• Where: My therapy room in Broughty Ferry (upstairs – so unfortunately not accessible for those with mobility needs)
• Group size: Small and intimate – 6 people maximum (including myself)
• Investment: £135 per person (for the full series)
• Included: All materials, refreshments, and snacks. You’ll take home your completed doll in Week 3.

*Please note: this creative group is not a substitute for personal therapy.

🌸 About Your Facilitator

I am Nova, a pluralistic counsellor and psychotherapist, and an outdoor therapist, qualified and experienced in holding therapeutic groups.

✉️ Booking

If you are curious or interested in attending, please contact me at:
NaturalSpaceCounselling@protonmail.com

21/08/2025

I’m often asked how long therapy takes, or whether I expect a minimum number of sessions. Sometimes people ask, “Is it ok to stop after one or two sessions if it isn’t working?”

The answer is yes — everyone is different, and there’s no minimum. Of course, you can end whenever you choose (although working toward a mutually agreed ending has real value).

If your therapist doesn’t feel like a good fit, I’d encourage you to find one who is - that’s completely normal, necessary, and part of the process.

Single-session therapy is a real and valuable option. It can help if you want to explore a dilemma, clarify a goal, tackle a specific issue, or leave with some strategies.

But (and it’s a big but)…

* Building safety takes time.
* Relationships take time.
* Exploring needs takes time.
* Finding the right tools takes time.
* Change takes time.

You deserve to be valued, noticed and heard.
Your experiences, words, thoughts, and feelings deserve to be respected, gently considered, and given space - Rushing past them is often part of what creates difficulty in the first place.

Therapy isn’t an instant fix, and therapists don’t have magic wands (sadly!). The real work always happens with the client.

To put it in perspective: eight sessions with a therapist - whether over 8 weeks or 16 - add up to just one working day. One day, spread out over time, to build trust, deepen understanding, and to create change together.

29/07/2025

🌿 Take a break in Nature - medicine for the body, mind & soul

In today’s world, our nervous systems are constantly activated: overwhelmed by screens, noise, deadlines, and nonstop social demands. 😵‍💫

This state of constant stimulation can lead to stress, anxiety, and nervous system burnout.

But nature is a powerful antidote 💚

The act of spending time outdoors - listening to birdsong, feeling sunlight on our skin, breathing in the scent of trees and the ocean air activates something called bottom-up regulation.

This is when the body begins to naturally recalibrate, not through effort or thought, but through the senses. 🌊🌲☀️

These natural cues engage the parasympathetic nervous system - our rest & digest mode - helping to reduce cortisol, lower the heart rate, and bring us back to a state of calm and groundedness. 🧘‍♀️

✨ Nature helps the nervous system reset.
✨ It restores balance from the ground up.
✨ It reminds us we belong.

Take a breath. Step outside. Let the earth hold you. 🌍💫

19/07/2025

10/07/2025

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❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

03/07/2025