I imagine it may have already been a big step to get to being on this website.

Recognising we want things to change or that we need support takes courage. I believe that we all need support at different times, and there is wisdom in recognising when that time is.

Counselling by Cath Cheshire-Neal, offered as both traditional psychotherapy and outdoor therapy, is a place to bring all that is there - the shiny bits and the bits that are harder to face. Together we can begin to listen, explore and understand your experiences. It is an active, collaborative process. You do not have to do it on your own.

I really do believe that shifts are possible, that we can let go of beliefs and relational patterns that no longer serve us. I also believe that this can take time - time to feel safe enough to touch the layers of ourselves that we may want to hide or protect. It can take time to make authentic contact with ourselves, which then enables more authentic contact with others and the world around us.

I care deeply about the work I offer as a psychotherapist, wild therapist, and practitioner of wild therapy in open spaces. I bring my courage, compassion, depth, wisdom and steadiness to our work together.

I work with a diversity of backgrounds and lived experiences. This may link to gender, sexuality, race, class, neurodiversity, age or disability. These are all part of what make us who we are. We do not exist in isolation; we are impacted by the culture and society that surrounds us. I hope to create an environment where the complexity of these lived experiences can be explored as a part of our work together.

I work with adults aged 18+. I offer long-term and short-term work, with frequency of sessions adapted to your needs. I have a particular interest in long-term work because I think it takes time to build a relationship and to get out of the way of ourselves to attend to what is really calling for attention or change. I respect the pacing that may be needed to feel safe enough to go there - to be able to take things apart and then put them back together.

I work in person from my warm and peaceful room in Mytholmroyd, as well as online and by phone. Additionally, I offer outdoor therapy and wild therapy in the beautiful hills and woodlands of the Calder Valley and surrounding areas, including Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden. Working in open spaces is informed by my wild therapy training: acknowledging complexity, supporting authenticity and creating space for what needs to emerge. We may walk, we may sit, we may create. Anything is possible.

Please get in touch if you want to find out more about any of my offerings or to see if we feel like a good fit.