Small Strides CIC

04/11/2025

🌿 Therapy from the Comfort of Your Home

Struggling to find the right support in your area?
Or maybe life’s schedule just won’t allow you to attend in-person sessions?

I’m here to help, offering online psychotherapy and counselling for children, young people, and adults.

I’m a trauma-focused psychotherapist working somatically, which means we work with both your mind and body to help release stuck patterns, process difficult experiences, and reconnect with a sense of safety and ease.

💬 Why work with me online?
✅ Access therapy from anywhere... no commuting, no stress.
✅ Flexible scheduling to fit your life.
✅ Same compassionate, trauma-informed approach as in-person sessions.
✅ Safe, confidential, and tailored to your unique needs.

🌿 Who can benefit?

👉 Children and adolescents navigating emotional or behavioural challenges

👉 Young adults facing identity, life stage, or trauma-related concerns

👉 Adults working through long-term impacts of early trauma, loss, anxiety, or depression

👉 Anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or ready to reconnect with themselves

🧠 My approach:
Trauma-informed, relational, and integrative. I focus on the nervous system, attachment patterns, and the inner child to help you feel heard, understood, and supported.

📍 Sessions available online and in-person Tuesdays
💷 Sliding scale payment options available £75-£95

📩 Spaces are limited — book your online session today:

👉 www.embodiedconnections.co.uk

Your healing can start today, from wherever you are. 🌱

04/11/2025

04/11/2025

30/10/2025

We have an unexpected space available starting after half term on a Tuesday morning at 10-11 am on our 6 Week Therapeutic Horse Care Course

🏫This Course has been developed for individuals who are struggling and finding challenges in educational settings, the community or at home. We specialize in working with children on the autistic spectrum and with additional learning needs.

🐎The program is based on traditional horse care, therapeutic, attuned horsemanship combined with experimental learning and Somatic coaching .

👨‍🏫Not only does this course teach valuable skills in working with and looking after horses it is also designed to support emotional regulation.

The way the course is designed each week will cover both practical and theory for children to learn. Learning new skills and having a safe environment to support success helps to boost confidence and build self-esteem.

Those with poor concentration soon develop an improved focus when set different activities with the horses.

Stress and anxiety can also be reduced as participants benefit from the social and emotional interactions with other individuals and also by forming a bond with their horse.

The program is split into 3 parts; Acedemic, Horse Care and Horse Handeling. Each part and its related sessions are aimed for participants to meet a range of outcomes.

“I have been taking my 6 year old son to small strides for the last 3 weeks.. he has autism & concentrating difficulties but has a deep love of animals especially horses... after only 3 sessions he has progressed to being able to just cope with 30 mins to now a full hour session & is absolutely loving it!.... jenny is lovely.. very professional & extremely patient & I'm over the moon with my little boys progress so far!”

“Wow what can I say I have a boy age 11 ASD/ADHD/attachment disorder hasn't stepped foot in a classroom for a year and cannot be around other children.Second week on horse care course doing amazing and has done some written work. I take my hat off to you, words cannot describe how fab you are and the work you do with these children. Thank you.

25/10/2025

One of our clients finished sessions yesterday, after attending the past 3 years.

This was a massive step for him in deciding himself that it was a good time to finish. It came with struggles and difficult emotions. However, we were able to work through these so he could find peace in making his decision.

For his final session, we championed all his achievements during his time with the horses and put together a scrap book of memories. Including horse hair, lots of photos, and a horse show to accompany. I painted some pebbles for him as a keep sale to support him in his next chapter.

Here's the message he left to share with others:

"Small Strides is a safe place to go to when you are feeling down and to help you with your emotions and problems. It helped me a lot to feel better in myself believe in myself. I would definitely recommend to other children who are struggling as it is a good place to go to"

24/10/2025

One of the young people I work with has just completed her Reiki Level 1. She was showing a keen interest in my spiritual work, so I was super excited when her mum agreed that she could partake in a spiritual development course with me.

She spent the session learning about what spirituality is and isn't and what does spiritual development look like, as well as developing her own spiritual practice.

She learnt today the importance of cleansing her space and herself through smudging as well as the benefits of journalling.

I am making plans to hold regular Spiritual Development courses in the New Year for teens wanting to explore their Spirituality...watch this space 👀

19/10/2025

Jenny MacSharry - Embodied Connections , Counsellor, Bristol, BS30, 0117 463 9039, You may feel constantly on edge, overwhelmed by emotions, or stuck in patterns that keep repeating. Perhaps you struggle to slow down, feel disconnected from yourself, or find it hard to regulate your mood or focus. I...