Wild Clay Therapy

Discover the therapeutic benefits of using hand-harvested wild clay, sourced from the local Frome Clay Formation.


A fusion of modern, evidence-based positive psychology and ancient, wild clay beadwork.


Deepen your psychological transformation through the metaphors that arise from outdoor pit firing in a dedicated space.


TRANSFORMING THE INNER CRITIC

 Most people have an inner voice, but for some that voice becomes a persistent and judgmental critic.
You can feel as though you're caught up in a perpetual criminal trial where you're not only the accused
but the judge and prosecution too!

Often shaped by early life experiences, the inner critic is rooted in beliefs tied to shame, low self-worth,
a pervasive sense of not being “good enough.”
Excessive and persistent self-criticism has been linked to depression, anxiety and other mental health struggles.


However, with supportive and creative strategies you can transform your experience of the inner critic. 

Transforming the Inner Critic invites you to:

  • Discover, based on clinical research, what type of inner critic you have and its role in everyday life.
  • Explore how your inner critic seeks to serve you but is misguided in its methods.
  • Be supported to understand the plasticity of your mind, allowing the process of psychic transformation.
  • Use positive psychology to harness your natural character strengths.
  • Develop self-compassionate intentions and strategies, learning how to maintain the quality of your endeavours without the negative impact of your inner critic.
  • Make a clay bead talisman on which to focus your self-compassion, character strengths and confidence.

After working together over the five weeks, you will take home:

  •  A new understanding of how to consistently enhance your confidence,
  •  A much less enthusiastic inner critic
  •  A terracotta Compassionate Pendant necklace imbued with your unique character strengths


Only £350 for the entire 5 week programme.


Please contact me for further details and availability.




Clay Bead Making Group Workshops 2026

A time to share through art that you wear   

A two-day workshop offering creativity, nature connection, and conversation through wild clay bead making.

Through creating with wild clay, sourced on site at Hengistbury Head, participants will be invited to deepen their connection with both nature and one another in a welcoming and reflective environment.


Facilitated by art psychotherapists, Simon and Tanya, you are invited to foster creativity, strengthen social connection, and help reduce feelings of isolation. We offer a creative and supportive space where people can connect, create, and belong.


CIRCLE OF CONNECTION

Everything is interconnected - Earth is one vast breathing ecosystem where nothing happens in isolation. Wellbeing, identity and sense of meaning emerge through our participation in a wider web of relationships that includes self, community, Earth.

A fundamental, mutual connection between us can be created: marvelling at a spider’s web together, gazing at a tree in full leaf or excitedly watch a kite wheel and circle above us. We connect through a mutual awe and wonder of the natural world.


BELONGING THROUGH BEADS

Bead work is one of the oldest ways to indicate our belonging, it is an external expression of our identity and relationship to others or to place. We may make the necklace ourselves or be given it by others as a sign of belonging. We can be gifted jewellery by others to mark our passage through life.


Over the two sessions, participants will create clay beads that are fired on site and assembled into a unique necklace, incorporating beads made both by themselves and by others in the group as a lasting symbol of connection, community, and shared experience.

Participants will be invited to make a central pendant representing their connection to nature.

They will also be invited to make beads to share with others in the spirit of social connection.

Please bring a packed lunch for each day, there is also a cafe nearby.

2025 Workshops at Frome Community Garden and Hengistbury Head Iron Age Roundhouse


Testimonials

‘Great experience + well-led, safe environment to share'


'Loved the use of local and authentic material'