"We think the authority is outside and it is all just happening to us. Not so! The authority is inside and we are all making it happen so we can wake up" Paul Ferrini

Ultimately you know all there is to know already and I can only guide you. Much of our work may be concerned with helping you to re-discover and re-connect to your Self. From this place, you can see more clearly and act on these insights in practical ways.

It is not always easy to connect to our Self and our true power.

Whilst the counselling can help keep us grounded in the "here and now", Shamanic work and Healing work operates in a sense "between the worlds" - the place of Soul, of the Magical Child, of dreams, of Ancestors, of the Earth and Nature and the guides who exist there in all their varying forms who wait to help us. What is inside of us can be worked on through traditional shamanic practices. We start to make external what in internal in a way that the "thinking mind" does not always understand, but the deep places within us do.

Some examples of shamanic work are soul retrieval and release, journeying with the drum to contact guides and Power Animals and the creation of ritual and ceremony.

Some examples of spiritual healing are working with the aura and chakras, grounding and balancing, clearing and repairing energy blocks and past life work.

I will work with you so that together we may see you for who you are with no judgements. You can experience your true Self and release what is keeping you from expressing your uniqueness, your creativity and your joy.

My Work
I trained as a teacher and moved into residential work, later qualifying as a Social Worker, with particular skills in mental health work. I studied as a counsellor (Pellin School) and am a qualified Family Therapist (Institute of Family Therapy). I worked for several years counselling families and couples (Centre for Gender Psychology). I later trained in transpersonal psychotherapy (Psychosynthesis UK) and inEmotional Freedom Technique (IMPC). I have worked in a variety of settings including working in adult counselling centres, with young people and with men's projects. I currently work from home in private practice offering short or longer term counselling for individuals, couples and families. I also work as a counsellor, trainer and group facilitator for NHS staff. I specialise too in working with ME/CFS/FMA (fully licenced Reverse Therapist)

I hold qualifications from three healing organisations (International Network of Esoteric Helaers, College of Healing and National Federation of Spiritual Healers).

I trained for a year with Eagles Wing Centre for Contemporary Shamanic Studies and co-facilitate residential men's workshops and, of course, Inner Voice Shamanic Workshops.

I also run a 12 week introductory course in helaing, one evening a week, which is certified through the College of Healing, and an on-going Healing and Development Group.

I offer supervision and training geared towards the counsellor's, or their organisation's needs. I am an accredited counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

As best I can, I live my life in Love, gratitude and joy and with the spirit of ceremony and in connection with Nature. More and more in my life and in my work I am finding a way to integrate my Counselling, Healing and Shamanic practice. I celebrate this through my work and relationship with Earth Energies and Nature Sculpture.

Please call me for more details, to book an initial private 1:1 session or to receive details of my work.

Antoine Bowes, 01773 852491

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