“I was quickly caught up in the peace and beauty of the place, the horses and dogs and Jenny’s calm approach. What I have loved most is the mix of kinds of session I have been offered. I have ended my six sessions in a much more self-aware and calmer place than when I started. If you feel the need to have somewhere to be that soothes your soul, and someone to talk things through with, you won’t do better than this”. LW, Exeter.
Supporting your healing journey in the heart of rural Somerset
Welcome to my web-site. My name is Jenny Chesher and Equilibrium is my counselling and animal-assisted therapy practice. Through my therapy, I offer support to people who are going through difficult times in their lives and want to change things for the better.
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 distress.
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 distress.
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My special therapy practice integrates my professional counselling skills with the tranquillity of a beautiful setting and the healing presence of animals. Working with both dogs and horses, I facilitate the remarkable ability of these animals 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 experiential form of therapy. Through participating in, and reflecting on, therapeutic activities that have meaning for their lives, clients can learn about themselves. They can practice different ways of coping with, responding to, and changing behaviour, relationships and situations, which they can then transfer to their everyday lives. My aim as a counsellor is to offer clients a safe, confidential space in which to build a warm, trusting, and secure relationship. This creates the right conditions for people to make positive changes in their lives, or find healthy ways of adapting to circumstances that cannot be changed. |
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This video provides a brief introduction to my therapy practice.
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.
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 clients’ trust and enter into their world, to experience life as they see it and build a strong relationship. I can then start to understand the issues that are troubling them, and use that insight to support them in facing their 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 clients a tranquil haven from hectic family and professional lives, in which I can support them in facing difficult issues. I offer conventional counselling sessions, in which my dogs can be involved, as well as ‘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 and learning that engages clients in active learning and self-development.
I am also happy to discuss referrals with organisations and professionals who commission support for clients.
My Practice is based in an idyllic rural location on the edge of the Quantock Hills. The beauty and peace of the setting offers clients a tranquil haven from hectic family and professional lives, in which I can support them in facing difficult issues. I offer conventional counselling sessions, in which my dogs can be involved, as well as ‘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 and learning that engages clients in active learning and self-development.
I am also happy to discuss referrals with organisations and professionals who commission support for clients.
Counselling in the countryside
At Equilibrium I can offer clients the hope of healing through experiencing nurturing relationships and rural tranquillity. Counselling sessions take place in an authentic shepherd’s hut located on an idyllic 10 acre smallholding in a secluded setting. Beyond the hut, we have access to gardens, orchards, hay meadows and woodland.
Life on our smallholding largely revolves around looking after the animals, garden and grounds. Using traditional methods of husbandry, we manage the land ourselves to support our horses and nurture the wildlife, as well as to produce juice and cider from the local varieties of apple trees that we’ve planted.
To see behind-the-scenes stories of the animals and rural life at Equilibrium Therapy do take a look at my Instagram account.
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, or my Practice in particular, do get in touch with me through the contact tabs on each page.
Life on our smallholding largely revolves around looking after the animals, garden and grounds. Using traditional methods of husbandry, we manage the land ourselves to support our horses and nurture the wildlife, as well as to produce juice and cider from the local varieties of apple trees that we’ve planted.
To see behind-the-scenes stories of the animals and rural life at Equilibrium Therapy do take a look at my Instagram account.
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, or my Practice in particular, do get in touch with me through the contact tabs on each page.