Minnow Aspinall

At the age of 15 I spent my work experience in the Art Therapy department of a psychiatric hospital in Kent. This ignited my desire to work in the helping professions. Life went in different directions including hospitality management, a spell as cabin crew with Virgin Atlantic, a degree in Business and Management and into motherhood. During this time I worked for the Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB), becoming a liaison between the CAB and a young persons’ charity in Dorchester ‘Routes’. I have worked for many years in schools doing forest school and gardening with the children, building on my awareness of the therapeutic benefits of working with people outdoors. I am so pleased now to have come full circle and be working with clients creatively and outdoors to facilitate healing and growth.

My studies over the last ten years have led to a deep interest in ‘Ecotherapy’ stemming from my own experience of the healing power of walking. My professional experience as a qualified integrative therapist, used in conjunction with the beautiful and dramatic Dorset countryside provide an environment for holistic healing, discovery and well-being.

in addition to my private practice, I have also worked for The Counselling Information Trust in Poole and with children and adolescents at STARS Dorset.

Rogerian, person-centred philosophy underpins all parts of how I work and I particularly love this quote.