Retreats and Groups

A breathing space to be creative, rediscover who are you, connect with others, explore new possibilities and learn new skills

  • Journeying through themes

    Our retreats and workshops revolve around specific themes. They are rich in the material they explore and the content that emerges from this exploration. Our retreats give you the opportunity to be creative, play, laugh, cry, reconnect, share, reflect and replenish. They are spaces to breathe, connect with yourself and others.. Our workshops allow you to develop skills, create new relationships, discover insights, and and explore aspects of yourself you may not have explored before.

  • Diverse backgrounds and needs

    Whether you are a psychotherapy or healthcare professional looking for self-care and replenishment, a corporate executive seeking time for reflection, an artist wanting to make connections, or a teacher looking for inspiration, our offerings cater to diverse backgrounds and needs.

  • Empowering and embracing

    Join us as we invite you to re-connect with the amazing resources that are contained within you. Discover a deep connection with yourself that can be found through work with the body, tap into your inherent creativity, become absorbed in possibilities for self-discovery, and embrace the profound potential of everything that you are.

Upcoming retreats

Upcoming retreats

Each retreat focuses on a specific theme to give you the opportunity to explore different aspects of yourself. We use a range of creative media to explore the themes and offer you the opportunity to come to a deeper understanding of yourself through this exploration. We offer weekend and five-day retreats at beautiful venues in the UK.

  • Spirituality and the Feminine

    Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th May 2025

    Middlethorpe Hall Hotel and Spa, York

    This weekend retreat is an opportunity for you to explore your relationship to Spirituality and the Feminine in a safe, beautiful, creative environment.

    We will use the body, dance and movement; music; vocalisation; visual art; story; objects; writing and the natural environment as media of exploration.

    We will integrate approaches drawn from Psychotherapy; Anthropology; the Creative Arts Therapies; Dance, Movement and Yoga,

    Cost - £325 which includes lunch, refreshments and access to the Spa facilities and beautiful National Trust gardens

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Upcoming workshops

Upcoming workshops

Each workshop is crafted to be a one-day intensive experience, allowing participants to engage deeply in the workshop material, create new relationships, and take away valuable insights and skills.

  • Weekly Psychotherapy Group

    In this weekly Psychotherapy group we explore our emotions and the way in which we might hold these emotions within ourselves and why we might do this. We also look at our relationship to ourselves and others, how we show ourselves to others, how we do or do not listen to ourselves; and the impact of these relationships on our lives and life choices.

    The group is ongoing and is held weekly on a Wednesday from 2-4pm in York.

    The cost is: £80/session/person

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  • Women's Group

    The Women’s Group is a monthly group for women to have space to connect with themselves and explore areas in their lives that they may be struggling with. This may include life or work transitions, loss and grief, illness, changes in relationships with Self and/or others.

    The Women’s Group is a safe, creative, supportive environment in which to explore areas of vulnerability with others.

    We use talking alongside work with the body and movement, vocalisation and singing, drawing and making, story, writing, and nature to facilitate connection , understanding and the potential for change.

    The group is ongoing and is held in York monthly on a Tuesday from 11am-2pm.

    The cost is: £95/session

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  • Movement Explorations

    The Movement Explorations Group, is a monthly group for psychotherapists.

    The group offers participants the opportunity to connect with themselves through the body and movement; and reflect on personal material that may be present alongside or arising in relation to clinical work.

    The group is ongoing and is held in York monthly on a Sunday from 10am-1pm.

    The cost is: £95/person/session

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  • Care Free Space Group

    The Care Free Space group is a Creative Arts Psychotherapy Group for Family Carers of People with Dementia.

    The group is a collaboration between Harrogate-based Dancing for Well-Being and the The Centre for Movement and Creative Arts in Psychotherapy.

    The group is ongoing and is held monthly in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

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Retreats and workshops can also be tailored to your specific needs. For example:

  • Team building

  • Developing communication skills

  • Confidence building

  • Celebrating an important event

Retreats and workshops testimonials

  • In 2013, it was suggested to me that I contact Allison when I wanted to do something about the yearning I’d found to dance and unleash my creativity. Since then, I’ve had one-to-one supervision/therapy sessions with her sometimes regularly, sometimes less regularly. I’ve also attended many workshops and weekend retreats she’s run and danced with and befriended like-minded people. This has opened up a whole new world for me, it’s given me a much deeper and multi-faceted understanding of myself and what I’m capable of withstanding and achieving both at work and in my personal life. And most importantly, I’ve found the joy that comes from nurturing that yearning.

    Jackie

  • I've attended two of Allison's retreats … On Both occasions, I came away feeling rejuvenated and ready to experience the world again. The retreats offered me a safe space to just be, without the pressures of work deadlines or having to be somewhere by a certain time. Through the beautiful stories that Allison brought to the weekend, I was able to explore myself, and to share my experience of being a woman, supported by a group of women who also shared their own experiences.

    Sarah

  • I have attended the themed retreats for 8yrs, Allison runs them in a supportive, well planned way. But she is flexible in approach and adaptive to the needs of individuals and the group. As an artist, working alone, the interaction with like-minded women recharges my creativity. They are always a very special time, rich & stimulating in so many ways.

    Cathy

  • Alongside individual psychotherapy Allison has also provided the opportunity to go on her retreats, which although are not therapy, provide a therapeutic space to explore different themes as part of a community. For me, this has also opened up new avenues to deepening into the work and meeting new friends.

    Jane

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