Supporting your healing journey in the heart of rural Somerset
My name is Jenny Chesher. Welcome to Equilibrium, the counselling and animal-assisted therapy practice through which I offer support to people experiencing difficult times in their lives.
Is the pressure from work-related stress becoming unbearable? Do the demands of your family life feel overwhelming, or are you demoralised by failed or unhappy relationships? If so, perhaps you are seeking professional help but looking for something other than conventional counselling. Please read on to find out about a different form of therapy that I can offer, to help relieve your emotional pain or mental turmoil.
Is the pressure from work-related stress becoming unbearable? Do the demands of your family life feel overwhelming, or are you demoralised by failed or unhappy relationships? If so, perhaps you are seeking professional help but looking for something other than conventional counselling. Please read on to find out about a different form of therapy that I can offer, to help relieve your emotional pain or mental turmoil.
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This special animal-assisted therapy practice integrates my professional counselling skills with the tranquillity of a beautiful setting and the healing presence of animals. Working with my dogs or horses, I facilitate their remarkable ability to connect with, and gently reflect back, underlying human emotions in a non-judgemental and supportive way.
As well as providing conventional counselling, I offer equine-facilitated psychotherapy (an in-depth form of equine-assisted therapy) as a more active therapeutic experience. Participating in, and reflecting on, activities that are particularly meaningful to you, can help raise self-awareness and promote self-development. You can practice different ways of coping with, responding to or changing, relationships and situations, which you can then transfer to your everyday life. My aim as a counsellor is to offer you a safe, confidential space in which to build a warm, trusting, and secure relationship. This creates the right conditions for you to make positive changes in your life or find healthy ways of adapting to circumstances that cannot be changed. |
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By allowing you to feel heard and understood in a calm and non-judgemental environment, I can support you to find ways of overcoming or coping with issues such as:
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How I do this
I work as an integrative and relational counsellor. In my therapy, I initially aim to gain your trust as a client and enter into your world, to experience life as you see it and build a strong relationship. I can then start to understand the issues that are troubling you. With that insight, I can provide you with support in facing your problems and finding strategies to either change them or better cope with them.
My Practice is based in an idyllic rural location on the edge of the Quantock Hills. The beauty and peace of the setting offers you a tranquil haven from a hectic family and professional life, in which I can support you in facing difficult issues. I offer conventional counselling sessions, either indoors or outdoors, in which my dogs can be involved. Alternatively, we can undertake ‘walk and talk’ sessions in the quiet Somerset countryside for those who prefer a more active form of counselling. With my horses I offer a form of more experiential therapy that engages you actively in self-reflection and self-development.
My Practice is based in an idyllic rural location on the edge of the Quantock Hills. The beauty and peace of the setting offers you a tranquil haven from a hectic family and professional life, in which I can support you in facing difficult issues. I offer conventional counselling sessions, either indoors or outdoors, in which my dogs can be involved. Alternatively, we can undertake ‘walk and talk’ sessions in the quiet Somerset countryside for those who prefer a more active form of counselling. With my horses I offer a form of more experiential therapy that engages you actively in self-reflection and self-development.
I am also happy to discuss referrals with organisations and professionals who commission support for clients.
Please explore the pages of my web-site to discover more about the special therapy that I offer. If you have any questions about animal-assisted therapy and counselling in general, or my Practice in particular, do get in touch with me through the contact tabs on each page.
Please explore the pages of my web-site to discover more about the special therapy that I offer. If you have any questions about animal-assisted therapy and counselling in general, or my Practice in particular, do get in touch with me through the contact tabs on each page.
Why See a Counsellor?
Taking the decision to seek help for emotional problems can seem a daunting one. If you are still wondering whether seeing a counsellor is the right thing for you to do, please click here for more information.