Willsway Counselling Services

15/08/2026

Hey Darlings ✨

If you’ve been to any of my in person workshops you’ll have been lucky enough to receive some Change Skincare samples in your gift bags so you’ll know how amazing their products are.

Handmade in Hartlepool, naturally sourced & super nourishing for you skincare routine. But don’t take my word for it check it out for yourself TOMORROW LIVE ~ usually great offers and not one to be miss!

This is one of my FAV small businesses to collaborate with and buy from! 🫧

Support local gals in business!!

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This will be our final live sale before the launch of our xmas range. The final time to bag a bargain. The final time to get exclusive discounts and offers. Join us at 7pm Sunday 16th Aug (over on F@cebook live)

15/08/2026

The Good Company Club
The Good Company Club is a warm, uplifting space for women to come together once a month for 2 hours(7pm-9pm) of connection, wellbeing, creativity and community at;

Events Room
Earthbeat Centre
1 Marske Mill Lane
Saltburn
TS12 1HJ

Each session is £15 - watch out for discounts and early bird offers.

As the nights draw in and the weather gets cooler we've created a welcoming warm space where like minded women can connect, relax and inspire each other.
Come alone or with a friend, you will be welcomed with warmth, kindness and good company. No pressure, no cliques, no awkwardness, just women supporting women.

Every session includes;
💫Free hot and cold drinks (non-alcoholic)
💫Swap shop - bring your, unwanted (good condition) clothes, books, recipes - take home something new to you
💫Wellbeing activity - suitable for all
💫Q & A with local guest
💫Charity action plan
💫Ideas board - shape future sessions with your suggestions
💫Prize draw
💫Shopping opportunity - local business
💫Networking opportunities for local small business boss babes

Everything is designed to feel easy, welcoming, casual and low pressure - just good energy and good people. Ease yourself into Autumn with The Good Company Club - turn you back in tech and BOOK NOW 🙌🏼


Link to book Septembers meet up is here :

https://creative-uk.com/products/the-good-company-club-presents-september-social-14-9-26

15/08/2026

Therapy Dog 🧡🩷

Hey Darlings✨ Happy Saturday - how are we all?

It’s Oakley Bear’s turn to sit in the hot seat today. He’s got BIG real world problems ….. what time should he have his nap, which toy should he snuggle with, does he want the lamb or the salmon for tea? Should he have his ribbies or his ears tickled first, how many treats it’s too many. As you can tell he’s got a LOT of big decisions to make 💁🏼‍♀️ Oh the life of a dog who think is he’s a real boy ….. Shussss don’t tell him he’s not. But does this overwhelming him and give him decisions fatigue …. does it heck, he faces each day will excitement, willingness and curiosity.

I think we could all be a ‘bit more dog’. Think about it ….. dogs give unconditional love no matter who you are or what you do dogs will love, trust and forgive you, dogs don’t judge they accept and nurture. Dogs live in the present moment they don’t worry about yesterday or fret about tomorrow dogs just live moment to moment. Dogs are an excellent example of authentic wholehearted fully functional living.

They meet all their firm foundations;

💫Good Nutrition
💫Regular movement or exercise
💫Good self care / personal grooming
💫Great social connection
💫Nice emotional self regulation

Here at Willsway Counselling Services Claire Williams MBACP (ACCRED) services I fully believe the above firm foundations are the building blocks for building yourself a fully functional authentic life where you can thrive wholeheartedly, consistently with maintenance and sustainability.

Dogs thrive on being themselves or as they say ‘be unapologetically YOU’. Take Oakley here, he constantly shows up as himself, his quirks and his qualities shine through, some universal some unique and YOU my darlings are the same. We are all perfectly imperfect!

Oakley is certainly NOT a therapy dog (ask my few clients who’ve experienced him in session) but he IS absolutely therapeutic to me. He inspires and teaches me daily! Who knows maybe one day he’ll make official ‘therapy dog’ status but for now he’s happy being himself! And I think we can all take a leaf out of his book …. ‘Be more dog’.

Continue on continuing, I got you, you got me, we got this ~ stronger together always! 🫶🏼

13/08/2026

NEW OFFERING!!!!

I’m done scrolling for hours and treating my phone like a best friend.
It’s time to turn our backs on tech and spend time with actual humans again.
If you’re craving real connection, cosy conversation, and a room full of like‑minded women who get it — The Good Company Club starts this September.
LINK IN COMMENTS TO BOOK YOUR SPOT - AND SSSHHH there’s a discount code; Earlybird

12/08/2026

Clients View🧡🩷

Hey Darlings✨

Reflecting on the counsellors chair. I often wonder what it looks and feels like for clients as my office has been carefully curated to promote a space of warmth, compassion, inspiration and safety.

For Me 🧡
It is a HUGE privilege and honour to hold space in this seat. I have the absolute pleasure and gratitude of finding and working with my own private therapist, she is a huge inspiration, supporter and guide in my life. Through the personal work I do with her, I have been able to in turn do the professional work I share with my clients. This seat is NOT the seat of an expert, this should not be confused with being qualified. I am a qualified professional but I am not the expert in my clients worlds, they are. I have expertise I use this to walk alongside, support and collaborate with clients in understanding their challenges and working through them. Before finding my own private therapist I received ‘bad’ therapy - therapy that damaged, hindered and hurt me further. It is so important as a client that you find a therapist that is the right fit for you, the therapeutic relationship is key to long lasting sustainable change.

For Clients 🩷
So any client that chooses to work with me, whether that be after reading my profile, connecting to my posts, liking my profile picture, feeling a vibe in the consultation call I feel immense appreciation that they are choosing to put their trust in me. I believe your vibe attracts your tribe and the right clients will find the right therapist for them.
For clients the counsellors seat often represents safety, trust, authenticity, validation things some clients may not find in their own lives but seek in therapy. It is okay to seek to have your needs met. This seat represents no-judgement, congruence, unconditional positive regard these are key traits that build trust in the therapeutic relationship. Clients can be assured they are working with a qualified professional by checking their credentials and having this conversation with their therapist to empower their own choice and autonomy.

Continue on continuing, I for you, you got me, we got this ~ stronger together always! 🫶🏼

11/08/2026

Remember when special guest Tracey came to our Rest, Reset & Relax edit, well she’s only gone and set up her own business Perfectly Imperfect 🧡🩷 Here Willsway Counselling Services we LOVE to promote small business and women supporting women so why not give ‘our Trace’ a follow, like and share! Those who came to the last workshop were lucky enough to receive one of Tracey’s handmade creations and I’m sure you’ll agree they are the perfect gift!! Slow & Steady wins the race!!

11/08/2026

My View🩷🧡

Hey Darlings✨

This gratituesday I noticed my view, of the clients seat and what this represents to me and potentially to them. And before you ask ‘nope’ I’m not a mind reader but I am a counsellor who also goes to counselling so I have lived past and current experience of sitting in ‘that chair’.

🧡 For Me;
This seat represents curiosity, exploration a space where more often than not clients open up, usually to levels they never expect themselves to. There is something about this chair that brings out polarises views. It allows for vulnerability whilst also holding so much strength. It creates room for the possibility of change whilst also carrying space for ‘stuckness’. It allows clients to share highs alongside lows.
It is a privilege for me to sit across from this seat and observe my wonderful clients evolve. It’s a true honour to witness clients in their raw authenticity alongside in their little wins, small victories and realisations.

🩷 For Them;
This is a chair that welcomes them into their therapeutic journey. It comforts their challenges and difficulties and cocoons them in empathy and compassion. This is a chair that gives clients permission to share, to be open, honest, authentic, truthful and real. There is no judgement in this chair, this chair gives clients unconditional positive regard, offering a space for understanding NOT criticism.
This chair gives clients a solid, stable, consistent base to begin to explore themselves with compassionate curiosity, with a willingness to change and to connect to a concept of fully functioning wholehearted living. This chair is a firm foundation in healing and understanding self.

So as I (the counsellor) sit across from this chair I feel an immense amount of gratitude;
💫 Grateful for all the clients who occupy this space
💫Grateful my passion is also my career and day job
💫Grateful to witness the breakdowns
💫Grateful to witness the breakthroughs
💫Grateful I took the time to become qualified
💫Grateful I am well enough to provide this space
💫Grateful I too get to ‘be the client’

Continue on continuing, I got you, you got me, we got this ~ stronger together always! 🫶🏼

08/08/2026

Summer Nights 🩷🧡

Hi Darlings✨

If you work with or know me you’ll know since May I’ve been unable to walk very well due to a steroid withdrawal after having Optic Neuritis. I never knew steroids or more to the point coming off steroids was so serious so debilitating. I was incapacitated over night. As you will know it’s not like me to give into illness but I’ve had no choice, weak, fatigued, in pain.

Tonight walking Oakley by myself on a short lap of the field in the summer evening sun made me feel incredibly thankful, blessed and grateful! I’ve missed this time with my bear cub.

Sure I could dwell on the difficulties lately and write several more paragraphs on that, but more than anything right now I am focusing on the moment, right here right now in the present I’m getting there, I’m slowly recovering and those small steps are HUGE and lead to BIG destinations! But we have to take the time to notice them to make the choice of how we want to frame things. I know I know before you say at times it doesn’t ‘feel’ like a choice but feelings are not fact and we can begin to take mastery over our mind.

Remember;
💫 Situation / Circumstance
💫 What we think impacts what we feel
💫 What we feel gives us a body sensation
💫 What the body does determines our behaviour

So therefore if we can crack the mindset and find a more balanced to positive narrative it will make the cycle feel a lot better. This isn’t to say we should dismiss or minimise struggle or challenge absolutely NOT there is room for that as well. Let’s face it opposites usually coexist adjacently side by side at the same time. Lately has been a struggle but there have also been moments of growth and gratitude. It doesn’t have to be one or the other it can be both - there is room for all. The key is not to dwell but to noticed, sit with and then notice again moment to moment.

So tonight I choose to focus on the gratitude, embrace the outdoors, my summer dreams (were momentarily) ripped at the seems ….. but OHH ….. those summer Nights 🙏🏼

💫 And … Yea I’m in Willsway colours … obvs 💁🏼‍♀️

Continue on continuing, I got you, you got

07/08/2026

Accredited 🩷🧡

Hey Darlings✨

I have news ~ I am now an Accredited member of the BACP.

🩷 What does this mean for me;

💫The British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists is a leading professional association and regulatory body in the UK. It sets training standards, outlines ethical frameworks and protects the public when engaging in therapeutic work.

💫 Accreditation is a recognised quality mark showing a counsellor has achieved a high level of experience in therapeutic work whilst meeting high levels of training and ethical practice. This isn’t something that is just given, to achieve this you must demonstrate and document through assignments and case studies your experience, working safely within the limits of your proficiency, following ethical guidelines and adhering to engaging in CPD. I invested time, thought, research and a financial cost into achieving this status.

🧡 What does this mean for you, my clients;

💫 Checking a therapist is registered with a professional body ensures they are trained and qualified to deliver counselling sessions and workshops.

💫You will be working with a counsellor who follows ethical guidelines and protects your privacy and confidentiality inline with GDPR in a safe environment.

💫 You can be assured that your counsellor is working on continued professional development engaging in their own growth and industry knowledge.

So I am pleased to share and reassure you of my latest achievement in the therapeutic field , of which I am passionate about the benefits it provides. Empowering you to find a therapist that feels the right fit for you. It’s okay to check credentials! Sadly this industry isn’t governed in the UK by law so ‘anyone’ can list themselves as a counsellor/therapist so you MUST check qualifications. Being an accredited registered member of the BACP ensures I’m working to the highest professional standards, inline with current guidelines, having regular audits to make sure this standard is maintained and adhered to.

This certification is acknowledgement of my commitment to clients and myself.

Continue on continuing, I got you, you got me, we got this ~ stronger together always! 🫶🏼

14/05/2026

Here at Willsway Counselling Services you know I LOVE to support local and today’s share is Nunthorpe Wax Company my absolute go to for all things fragrance!!! If you’ve been to my workshops you’ll have been lucky enough to receive their wax melts in your gift bags and also smelt the gorgeous orange and amber candles burning - they are now moving into diffusers and I’m super EXCITED to get one ordered for my counselling space!! Why not check them out!!! 🧡💓🤍

🌿 Which is you?? Our Highly scented reed diffusers continue to be very popular!! Are you a Witchery, Black o***m, coconut lime, portofino, plum and Rhubarb, or last but not least.. Orange Amber Fan??
Tough choice... online at www.nunthorpewaxco.com