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Community focused, ethically priced counselling, psychotherapy & psychology practice.
Art, Family, Group & Play rooms.
Monday-Sunday, 6am-10pm

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Collective Rest Practice

A guided seated somatic practice designed to support nervous system regulation, ease, and embodied rest.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how rarely we have spaces where nothing is expected of us. Spaces where we don’t have to share, achieve, fix or perform. Collective Rest Practice grew from that curiosity.

It’s not yoga but it’s definitely yoga-informed. There’s no need to be flexible or have ever been to a movement session before.

We will begin with gentle breath awareness, orientation, and simple seated movements to help create space in the body.

The practice then moves into expansion, grounding and settling through soft self-touch and attention, and then guided rest.

Optional therapeutic touch may be offered to support grounding and co-regulation.

This is a guided session, not a discussion space - there is no expectation to share. There will be an invitation to verbalise what you arrive with and what you leave with, which is entirely optional.

Suitable for all levels. No prior experience needed. I really hope you join me there 🌺 DM or email to book

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'How do we fix our relationship?' - a question I hear almost every week.

We're remarkably good at fixing things. Our phones freeze? Restart them. The Wi-Fi drops? Reset the router. Our coffee machine makes a strange noise? Straight to AI.

So it makes sense that when our relationship feels difficult, we ask the same question: "How do we fix it?"

We live in a world that sells quick solutions. Faster sleep. Better skin. Less stress. More productivity.

Everything is optimised. Why shouldn't love be?

Without noticing, we begin treating relationships like flat-pack furniture. Tighten a screw here. Replace a part there. Sand off the bits that don't quite fit. Usually... our partner's bits. Because if we're honest, they're almost always the one who needs to change.

Until they think exactly like us.
Communicate exactly like us.
Want sex exactly when we do.
React exactly as we'd hoped.

Which is a lovely idea…If your goal was to date yourself.

We become impatient with difference. Intolerant of discomfort. We sand away the rough edges until we forget that these were part of the person we fell in love with.

Then, when something feels difficult, we move quickly into problem-solving, defending, analysing, persuading.

Why?

Because urgency promises relief.

The trouble is that urgency doesn't leave much room for another person.

It rushes us towards certainty. And certainty can be surprisingly lovely.

Connection asks for something different. Something slower. It asks us to pause before we react. To stay curious a little longer. To tolerate uncertainty.

Perhaps the question isn't, 'How do we fix this relationship?'

Perhaps it is, 'Can we stay with each other long enough to understand what's really happening?'

#RelationshipTherapy #CouplesTherapy #EssexTherapist

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You don't have to be arguing to feel disconnected.

Couples laugh together and build beautiful lives together, yet quietly miss each other.

Desire fades.
Conversations turn practical (Did you remember...? Can you just...?)
Touch becomes something that happens in passing rather than something offered with care, with intentionality.

I've come to believe that intimacy isn't something we find once and keep forever. It's something we create, we lose, and like rhythm, we have to find our way back to again and again.
#sextherapy #relationshiptherapy #intimacy

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Friends & lovely colleagues @cayatherapy are starting the next round of their grief group in March. I often tend to find groups a little daunting, but I’ve also found going to group therapy has been deeply supportive, profoundly validating, and wonderfully human. Maybe you & your grief might have a similar experience?

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Project THINC gives Peckham residents the chance to vote for local projects that deserve community funding.

Help us bring affordable therapy to Peckham by voting for our diverse practice, designed to support both clients and trainee therapists. Link in bio.

We’re launching Caya Community Counselling CIC, a Low-Cost service for 30 clients a week, while paying 10 trainee therapists to help them complete their training. With no available low-cost services in Southwark, this support is urgently needed. At capacity, we can offer 1,350 affordable sessions a year in a wheelchair-accessible space.

If you live in SE15, please take 10 minutes to vote via the Project THINC voting link. Further reading is also on my LinkedIn

🔗Links in bio.

With thanks and in solidarity,
Ali

@thincfund @cvrinsights
#cayatherapySE15 #Peckham

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🥊 Release your grief, one punch at a time.
Join us for an 8-week programme combining boxing workouts with basic tools to process grief, hosted by Ali & Emma.

📅 Thursdays, 10:30am – 12:00pm
📍 London Community Boxing, Peckham
🗓️ 11th Sept – 30th Oct
💛 Free to attend or by donation (18+ only)

This safe and supportive space is open to anyone grieving. Let’s move, heal, and release—together.

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Conversations for Change.

Monday evening marked our second @selondonsalon instalment, bringing Brockley together with our Peckham neighbours. We hosted the Lewisham debut of 'What Makes Peckham Peckham?', a powerful short film created by the talented young people of @rainbowcollective 🎥

The evening wasn’t just a screening - it was a dialogue. We spoke with the young filmmakers about their work, experiences, and gentrification's impact on their worlds. We also learned about Rainbow Collective, a documentary production company committed to social enterprise and storytelling that empowers communities 💙💯

What followed was a powerful conversation.

How can we shape a future that works for everyone while protecting the heart of what already exists?

What makes gentrification so damaging?

How do we ensure regeneration respects and preserves local character?

Most importantly, how do we empower everyone to participate in these changes and not be left behind?

Next Monday, December 9th, we’ll jump into placemaking - exploring how spaces are shaped not just by bricks and mortar but by the lives and identities of the people who call them home.

Stay tuned for the invite 🔌✊

#Lewisham #regeneration #parlezlocal

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Excited and proud to be joining @cayatherapy from today. They offer excellent therapeutic spaces and a great community for like minded therapists who are passionate about providing great quality therapy in an ethical way. Here’s a peek of the family therapy room where I will be seeing families and couples. #communitytherapy #coupletherapy #systemictherapy #familytherapy #beautifultherapeuticspaces

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What a wonderful project. These two rooms for the glorious @cayatherapy have been an absolute joy to paint.

The new therapy rooms had some sliding doors and room for 3D elements in the box alcoves, so much fun. Thanks so much for letting us go wild!

Huge thanks to Pete @acollectionof.info for being our handyman hero and supplying us with the wonderful bits of wood (more to come on that)

Big thanks to @mebenw and @gfsmithpapers for the paper (more to come on that too)

And of course massive thanks to Ali at @cayatherapy for being there for us and giving us the chance to do something a bit special.

And lastly thanks to @tamiaftab for whipping by and getting some lovely... and silly snaps

@isshoo_collective

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#mural #3Dmural #therapyroom #weirddog #orisitabear #painting #collage #muralart #paintthewalls #interiordesign

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Organised by the excellent Jo Ray, Integrative Art Psychotherapist and Lead Counsellor at Dulwich College, Caya Therapy is hosting free events for art therapists in our purpose-built space.

Jo is inviting art therapists to connect up, create and support each other in this new community.

The next events at Caya Therapy are:

Saturday 11 May 2024
10:00-12:00

Saturday 5 October 2024
10:00-12:00

If you’re an Art Therapist and you would like to join one of our free networking meetings, learn more about the kinds of themes that come up, or just stay in touch, please complete the form linked in our bio

About: Jo Ray, Integrative Arts Psychotherapist and Lead Counsellor at Dulwich College, HCPC, UKCP, MBACP, IATE, BAAT, friend member BAATN, ANDT, SSLP Counselling Hub Admin
📧 If you have any questions for Jo please email joray@artneurons.com

#arttherapy #networking #neurodivergenttherapists #peersupervision #SSLPCounsellingHub #recoverycollege #CAMHS #BAATN #BAAT #southlondon #community #arttherapists #selondon #cayatherapy #printvillage #peckham #CayaArtTherapistsSouthLondonNetwork

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@cayatherapy was determined not to get his gloves off tonight 😂 a pleasure to host you Sir! #fun #boxing #femalecoach #release

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