Hi my name is Heather Bolton

I am an experienced and qualified Counsellor and Registered Gestalt Psychotherapist  based in Groeslon, (5 miles south of Caernarfon) North Wales.

I am passionate about my work and have 25 years of experience of working with individuals and groups.

I worked as a Counsellor, Supervisor and Manager for a counselling agency for many years and then for a Mental Health Charity providing counselling and running stress management groups and teaching mindfulness.  I now largely work in private practice.

A significant part of my work is based in nature.

I am fortunate to work from a space within an area of ancient woodland by our home. I believe that it is important to recognise our place as part of the natural world. I think that our disconnection from the living world has had a damaging impact on our selves, our society and the Earth. Clients who choose to work outdoors, have experienced many benefits in being immersed in the surrounding nature. We may simply sit or walk and talk,  or  work more directly with aspects and themes offered by the countryside around us.

For me it is really important to take my care for nature into action. Outside my work I work voluntarily in environmental movements.

I also offer appointments on zoom to those who aren’t able to come in person.

I have worked with a wide range of clients dealing with a broad spectrum of issues. For example :-Relationships, anxiety, depression, low self worth, addiction.

I have a deep interest in Mindfulness and have been teaching mindfulness groups for 10 years..

I trained as a teacher with the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practise at Bangor University http://www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness, and was an Associate Teacher with the University for some years.

I offer mindfulness to individuals. We can focus solely on mindfulness or we can integrate into the psychotherapy practice. Gestalt therapy combines very well with a mindfulness approach.

I also offer 8 week Mindfulness Courses, Mindfulness in Nature courses or tailored courses. I am part of a group of experienced, past teachers at Centre Mindfulness Research and Practice at http://www.gwyneddmindfulness.co.uk
Qualifications

I am a Registered Psychotherapist with UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy, the main accreditation organisation for psychotherapy who have higher standards of training, supervision and personal therapy than BACP) .

I have a Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy.

I work to the Codes of Ethics and Practice of GPTI (Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute) and of UKCP.

I am a registered Mindfulness Teacher with BAMBA, British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches and abide by their ethics and standards of training, supervision and meditation practice and retreats.

I am a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance and have undertaken Climate Aware Practitioner Training.