Norfolk Psychotherapy Club

26/09/2026

Hello all,

We have an update for our final Norfolk Psychotherapy Club on 17 October! Liz Jenkins, who is one of the founders of the Club, has kindly offered to speak. She is going to share her experience of setting up the club, her experience of it over the years, what she's learnt from the experience, and how it helped her to move on to setting up her own domestic abuse charity (alongside keeping her private practice going!). There will be lots of opportunities for questions and discussions, so we can look forward to a very interactive session. Thank you Liz!

Therefore we are going ahead with our final Club meeting on 17 October, at Carrow House, and we will end the session with plenty of time for cakes and goodbyes and an ending for the Club.

Please RSVP if you would like to attend the final Psychotherapy Club session on 17 October, 10am-1pm. Please let me know if you have any dietary requirements so we can get appropriate cakes for everyone! Attendance is £10 per person in cash.

Once we've paid for refreshments and the venue, all remaining funds will be donated to charity - please continue to nominate your charity of choice using the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQPzj8SWfVAB4C_YfJYiO5u9VbVRaaPfh1mJUB51UbflK7UQ/viewform?usp=dialog

If you would like to volunteer to continue running the club and keep it going please let us know ASAP. There is still a chance for it to continue but we need one or two people to take it on. Otherwise, as previously communicated, the club will come to an end and we will close it down after 17 October session.

Best wishes,

Lotte and Catherine

Please nominate the charity you would like the remaining Norfolk Psychotherapy Club funds to - the funds will be split between them:

03/09/2026

Hello all,

A few updates and notices for you all:

Psychotherapy Club volunteers needed in order for the Club to continue
As you know, Catherine and Lotte are stepping down as volunteer coordinators for Psychotherapy Club at the end of this year. They still have not got anyone to hand our responsibilities over to, so it is currently looking like the October session may be the last one. However, if you have the capacity and interest to take on the organisation of the club, please contact us ASAP! The tasks involved in the role include managing the contacts list, updating the page, organising speakers and venue, sending out these emails and managing the club's money. It doesn't take much time at all and just needs one or two people who can keep it running.

17 October Psychotherapy Club
Please save the date of 17 October for our next session, although we haven't yet secured a speaker despite multiple attempts! Please let us know if you or someone you know would like to run a session for us. If we cannot secure a speaker then we propose holding it as a Psychotherapy Club social, and a chance to get together for peer support and some fun! It may well be our last one, so it could also be a goodbye/club ending. We need to work out collectively what everyone would like to do with the remaining money in the pot if we can't spend it on a speaker for October - we will be sending out an email with the club's accounts soon so there is transparency in what we still have in the pot and people can make suggestions. For example do we spend it on a social event, or donate to charity or...? Ideally we'd like to spend it on a speaker and find a new volunteer to keep the club going!!

Other upcoming CPD opportunities
- Deep Release Counsellors Together Weekend on 18 September - 20 September https://deeprelease.org.uk/event/the-deep-release-counsellors-together-weekend/
- Final call for spaces on the Counsellors' Corridor CPD event on 12 September (attached)
- Lotte Large will be running her 'Working with Parts' workshop with the Village Orchard East on 3 October. More info on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/village_orchard/

04/07/2026

And dont forget next Norfolk Psychotherapy Club meeting on 11 July. Please remember to RSVP if you’re joining us on 11 July so we can manage numbers and please note we are meeting at Carrow House this time.
Anti-racism in therapy practice: Simple and effective ways to be part of the solution…

04/07/2026

13/06/2026

Please see below for details of the next Norfolk Psychotherapy Club meeting on 11 July and details of The Accessible Therapy Project, which Catherine Watson from Dyspraxia Dialogues has shared with us.

Please remember to RSVP if you’re joining us on 11 July so we can manage numbers and please note we are meeting at Carrow House this time.

Anti-racism in therapy practice: Simple and effective ways to be part of the solution
Saturday 11 July 10am-1pm, £10 cash on the day
Carrow House
Tonia has asked us to share that while this is a follow up to her last visit to the group, she has designed it as a stand alone session. So there's no need to have come to the last one to be able to fully participate.

Please RSVP if you’d like to join us!

The Accessible Therapy Project

The Accessible Therapy Project, aims to provide funding to pay therapists to work with individuals who cannot afford to fund therapy themselves. In case this is something that anyone at the Norfolk Psychotherapy Club would like to refer people to in future, or if any of you working in private practice would like to sign up to work with people who very much need but can't afford private therapy themselves.

Here's their Facebook link and their email address should be visible from there.

The Accessible Therapy Project

Norfolk Psychotherapy Club needs volunteers!
As previously mentioned, Catherine and I will be stepping back from our coordination roles at the end of this year - the club needs new volunteers to keep it running. Please do get in touch if you’re interested in getting involved to keep it going.

09/04/2026

Next NPC meeting - 25 April 10am-1pm, at Eudaemonia Wellbeing Centre (directions attached).
Dyspraxia Dialogues with Catherine Watson
Dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder) is a common neurodivergence, yet there is still much less awareness of this than other types of neurodivergence. Dyspraxia Dialogues is a community group I created after my own late diagnosis of the condition during my 30s in lockdown. I realised there was little awareness and support out there especially for adults, so I wanted to provide support and information for adults with dyspraxia or who think they may have the condition. We offer peer support as well as awareness training. In our 3 hour training course we will be presenting information, sharing lived experience and hosting discussion, the topics covered/learning outcomes are as follows:
- Diagnosis and symptoms of DCD/dyspraxia
- Overlap with other neurodivergent conditions
- Parental perspectives and lived experience
- Dyspraxia as a disability, workplace adjustments
- A strengths-based view of dyspraxia
- Comorbidities with neurodivergent, mental health and other health conditions
- Dyspraxia in adults and children
Please RSVP asap to secure your place as numbers are limited.
The session costs £10 in cash on the day.
Future dates:
- 11 July - anti-racism in therapy (follow up session) with Tonia Mihill
- 17 October - topic TBC (suggestions or volunteers welcome!)

25/03/2026

Join Dr Chris and Pauline for a fascinating training day on Relationship Dynamics, focusing on Games People Play!

Lively, interactive, humorous and challenging!

Venue: The Costessey Centre, Longwater Lane, Norwich NR8 5AH

Time: 10am-3.00pm

Cost: £59, including all materials and CPD certificate. Includes refreshments, please BYO lunch.

Book your place here: https://deeprelease.org.uk/event/norwich-game-over-understanding-the-dynamics-of-everyday-relationships/

Thank you!

17/03/2026

Hello colleagues, peers and friends,

Please see below for an important notice from me and Catherine about the Norfolk Psychotherapy Club, and for details of our next CPD session which is on Saturday 25 April 10am-1pm and will be held at the Eudaemonia Wellbeing Centre in Norwich.

Update from Lotte and Catherine
Having coordinated the Norfolk Psychotherapy Club (NPC) for over a year now (Catherine has been involved much longer!) Catherine and Lotte are going to step back at the end of this year due to personal reasons. Therefore we need volunteers to take on the coordination of NPC from January 2027 onwards. The role can be carried out by one or more people and involves:
- monitoring the inbox and keeping the contact list up to date
- arranging speakers and booking venues for the 4 NPC meetings
- sending certificates to attendees
- keeping track of the finances

If you are interested please email us and we can answer any questions you have. If no one comes forward by the end of the year unfortunately we will have to close down the Norfolk Psychotherapy Club so please do step forward if you have capacity/interest.

Next NPC meeting - 25 April 10am-1pm, at Eudaemonia Wellbeing Centre (directions attached).
Dyspraxia Dialogues with Catherine Watson
Dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder) is a common neurodivergence, yet there is still much less awareness of this than other types of neurodivergence. Dyspraxia Dialogues is a community group I created after my own late diagnosis of the condition during my 30s in lockdown. I realised there was little awareness and support out there especially for adults, so I wanted to provide support and information for adults with dyspraxia or who think they may have the condition. We offer peer support as well as awareness training. In our 3 hour training course we will be presenting information, sharing lived experience and hosting discussion, the topics covered/learning outcomes are as follows:
- Diagnosis and symptoms of DCD/dyspraxia
- Overlap with other neurodivergent conditions
- Parental perspectives and lived experience
- Dyspraxia as a disability, workplace adjustments
- A strengths-based view of dyspraxia
- Comorbidities with neurodivergent, mental health and other health conditions
- Dyspraxia in adults and children

Please RSVP asap to secure your place as numbers are limited.

The session costs £10 in cash on the day.

Future dates:
- 11 July - anti-racism in therapy (follow up session) with Tonia Mihill
- 17 October - topic TBC (suggestions or volunteers welcome!)

Best wishes

Lotte and Catherine
Norfolk Psychotherapy Club

Eudaemonia Wellbeing Centre
56 Thorpe Road
Norwich
NR1 1RY

09/01/2026

We have been given the details of CPD workshops facilitated by Cathy Nottingham - do contact her directly if you are interested

I’m excited to be in touch with a series of upcoming workshops and CPD opportunities. Events take place in February and March 2026 and are comprised of a variety of personal development and supervision themed groups. These experiential sessions use creative imagery and journaling practices to facilitate inner development, supporting you to explore your inner world at a depth aligned with your personal growth.

Please see the summary of events below and find full details on the attached fliers:

Connection to Self
Sunday 15th February 2026
10:00 - 12:30
Sunfyr Barns

Creative Self Supervision
Friday 20th February 2026
10:00 - 12:30
St George’s Works

Shadow Exploration
Friday 6th March 2026
10:00 - 12:30
St George’s Works

Connection to Self
Friday 13th March 2026
10:00 - 12:30
St George’s Works

CPD certificates will be available for all events.

Please get in touch to secure your place, or if you have any questions.

Kindest regards,
Cathy

C. Nottingham@towardstheself

08/01/2026

We’ve had very few RSVPs for our Norfolk Psychotherapy Club on 24 January. Therefore we have decided to change the topic for the day. We are very pleased to announce that NPC member Laurence Wild has agreed to share her sabbatical experience working in Western Uganda. Please see below for more information and please RSVP ASAP so we know if we have enough numbers to run the group.

The session is 10am-1pm and will be held at Carrow House (directions attached) and is £10 cash on the day.

Counselling in Western Uganda

Hello. I’m Laurence, a Norwich-based counsellor. I’ve recently returned from two months volunteering in Fort Portal, Western Uganda with local mental health charity Fort Healthy Mind Initiatives. Working alongside two local counselling psychologists, I co-delivered therapy to individuals, families and groups in the surrounding communities. This experience of working in a completely different linguistic, cultural, economic and geographical context Counselling in Western Uganda threw up a lot of issues for reflection. Some of these are impacting how I think about my work back here in the UK. Others are maybe less relevant but just so interesting! During this session I aim to outline the work we were doing and the issues I encountered, to invite you to share any of your own related experiences with the group, and to encourage us to reflect together on what might be learned from this.