Helen founded The Wellbeing Garden in 2022 after many years working as a counsellor in the private and charity sector and Simon joined her in 2024 after qualifying as a counsellor. The Wellbeing Garden, which sits on the family owned 5-acre estate in an area of outstanding natural beauty, offers a unique space to help people manage their mental health.
Helen’s great-grandfather - Albert Whitemore - farmed across the valleys of both Batheaston and Upper Swainswick, and made his name in Market Gardening.
Meanwhile in the early 80s, Simon’s family bought the 131 Field End estate including the then ‘Tower House Hotel’ and Spring Cottage, where his Italian father, Gino, still lives.
“Our vision is that The Wellbeing Garden will be shared with the community” says Helen. “A place where people can come to reconnect with nature, themselves and each other”.
“Whether you are feeling anxious, low, suffer from depression, have experienced trauma or are burnt out, whether you are experiencing relationship difficulties or are grieving, The Wellbeing Garden seeks to offer you support”.
Simon adds, “The Wellbeing Garden offers a unique, safe space to help you manage mental health challenges and improve relationships - come and talk with one of our professional therapists in confidence. Our hearts are to help people reconnect in a natural setting, by experiencing empathy and restoration.
With two luxury lodges, The Wellbeing Garden has been carefully curated with plants, trees and seating areas to foster wellbeing for mental and emotional health.
All our therapists at The Wellbeing Garden are fully insured, with enhanced DBS checks and work with the values drawn from ethical frameworks of our registered bodies such as the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society [NCPS], the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy [BACP], Association of Christian Counsellors [ACC] and The College of Sexual and Relationship Therapy [COSRT].
These include working with the principles of honour, integrity and compassion, with confidentiality at the heart of all we do.
Our hope is that you will find connection to self, others and the world around you as you start your therapy journey with us.
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