{"id":135967,"date":"2025-09-11T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/135967\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:59:12","slug":"new-therapeutic-wellbeing-centre-opens-in-fishguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/135967\/","title":{"rendered":"New ‘therapeutic’ wellbeing centre opens in Fishguard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The brainchild of qualified counsellor Julie Johnson, Willow Wellbeing Wales<\/a> is nestled in rural Llanychaer, near Fishguard.\n<\/p>\n

\n The wellbeing hub and therapy centre makes the most of its idyllic setting on the banks of the River Gwaun and aims to boost its clients\u2019 emotional health by providing community and connection in nature.\n<\/p>\n

\n (Image: Willow Wellbeing Wales) It offers one-to-one, tailored therapy and workshops with a variety of crafts, activities, and more.\n<\/p>\n

\n Workshops offered at the setting include an introduction to plant medicine, spoon carving, pottery, painting, and cooking classes.\n<\/p>\n

\n All activities are aimed to lift the spirits and reconnect through being in nature, whether that\u2019s through sharing stories around a campfire, learning to identify local plants and wildlife, or learning a new handicraft.\n<\/p>\n

\n Founder Julie says that she has brought together her passion for gardening and connecting people to create a ‘holistic and ecologically minded business for mental health maintenance’.\n<\/p>\n

\n (Image: Willow Wellbeing Wales) She has recently been awarded a grant from the Open University\u2019s Open Business Creators Fund.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cI\u2019m so excited to be launching the business and to be sharing all of the things I\u2019m passionate about and that have helped me with my own mental health journey over the years,\u201d said Julie.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cAt the heart of Willow Wellbeing Wales is connection and creating an environment which nurtures good mental health practices, while meeting lovely people in a beautiful setting and trying new and fun activities together. There\u2019s even tea and biscuits!,\u201d she added.\n<\/p>\n

\n (Image: Willow Wellbeing Wales)\n<\/p>\n

\n Julie also aims to support local businesses and artisans in Pembrokeshire, by sharing the wealth of diverse crafts and art through the workshops and aims to create an environmentally sustainable business by taking the Forest School approach of \u2018leave no trace\u2019 and through recycling, upcycling and planting.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe benefits of nature on our sense of well-being are numerous and well-proven in countless scientific studies,\u201d said Julie.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cFrom plants emitting phytocides which can help to boost the immune system, the calming effect of bird song or a babbling brook on the nervous system, or a simple walk outside boosting physical activity and lowering blood pressure, it seems that nature is hardwired to soothe and heal.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n (Image: Willow Wellbeing Wales)\n<\/p>\n

\n By carrying out workshops and therapy sessions surrounded by nature Julie hopes that Willow Wellbeing Wales will offer \u2018the therapeutic antidote to a modern lifestyle where independence and isolation are growing\u2019.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe more artificial our lives become through modern technology and time spent indoors, the more our nervous systems start to become dysregulated,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cChoosing offline, nature-based activities that support our environment is undoubtedly the way to support our daily well-being.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n To find out more about Willow Wellbeing Wales, visit willowwellbeingwales.co.uk, linked above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The brainchild of qualified counsellor Julie Johnson, Willow Wellbeing Wales is nestled in rural Llanychaer, near Fishguard. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-135967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}