Matilde Tomat

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Welcome to The Resting Tree : a psychotherapeutic alchemical lab.

Working with me, some people say, is not easy. Maybe because I find that this practice allows for some Work to be done. Still, I can promise that I will never give up on you because no change is too small to be neglected.

I like to see therapy as an alchemical process: we start with what you bring, with whatever ingredients are part of your life at the moment. Our space and time together will turn into a laboratory. We will give it attention and respect. 

The aim of therapy, in my opinion, is to reawaken and connect the thinking, planning and logical side of ourselves to the intuitive, bodily and creative one; to awaken personal inner awareness and to find a long-lasting deep connection with the Soul. My main interests have always revolved around spirituality and creativity, and where the two overlap. Hence, this alchemical journey includes sessions, reading, keeping a journal, and other creative means. As part of working with me, I suggest to all of my clients to journal following the structure of The Artist Way by Julia Cameron. My vocation, as a psychotherapist and psychogeographer is working with people who feel the need for a radical change and rebirth, the release of blockages and constrictions, and a sense of liberation. If you are an artist, writer, or creative Being, this means allowing for a deeper exploration of your Identity. Emancipation happens through the re-appropriation of the True Self, a meeting of the opposites and a recognition of our Shadow which all allow for transformative and long-lasting change through the discovery of Your Inner Truth. 

For this reason, my approach is multifaceted, integrating psychotherapy, philosophy, spirituality, and art.

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Re. SUPERVISION : currently I am enrolled in a L6 Diploma in Clinical Supervision course. My approach is the same as my therapeutic one and I am accepting supervisees during my training following the legal and requested guidance, at a discounted fee until the end of my course in DEC 2023.

Re. COVID and Regulations: I am following the Government's latest regulations and I am offering both face-to-face and online sessions.

Part of the work I do can be found in my blog here: https://www.matildetomat.com/latest

I have noticed that particularly lately most of my clients come to me with questions regarding the meaning of their own life, values, and the search for their own purpose; especially when working with artists and writers, their main area of exploration concerns the lack of a sense of fulfilment, and working with their shame and fears.

I have also noticed during my experience that I tend to be found by clients who need to:

• work on that deep-rooted sense of loneliness, sadness, anguish and heartache, emotional pain and weight they are carrying around within them
• connect to a higher purpose / meaning / significance
• explore and work with the Inner Child
• understand the difference between temporal and everlasting happiness
• assistance while going through a phase of emotional (fertile) emptiness, transitions, menopause, crisis (spiritual and not)
• heal the past / childhood trauma (including physical and sexual violence)
• heal sexual abuse (including incest) and violence (including traumatic/criminal death) in childhood
• heal a relationship (birth family, marriage, work)
• go through a divorce or break-up
• facilitate one’s own passing
• feel more in touch with the Divine / sense of divine
• understand / cope / live with anxiety and panic attacks

Fees per 50 therapeutic minutes

£40 adults – first session: £30 which includes a free initial consultation

Adults: 1 free session when pre-booking and pre-paying a series of 10 (total of £350)

Couples: £60 per session (Couples therapy will also include some 1:1 sessions at usual rates)

Archetypes & Tarot Sessions: £30 per single 1-hour session

£30 undergraduate students with proof of attendance for the course (max 10 hours)

SUPERVISION : £40 per 1.5 hr sessions while in training (course should end in DEC 2023). 

Telephone / Outdoor / Remote Counselling: fees are as per in-person

(these new fees are in place from Mon 20 Sept 2021; old fees unchanged from Mon 7 Sept 2020)

I do work with adults and on a one-to-one basis, from home, unless otherwise agreed (see telephone and written counselling, or walk&talk):

• I see clients only if they have previously pre-booked the session with me; please, be mindful of the time which is dedicated only to you and arranged in a way to protect both your privacy, other clients, and my family members;
• My fundamental values follow BACP’s ones. These are defined to protect both of us, in our therapeutic relationship, and also my own premises

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For anyone who is interested, I do offer outdoor counselling sessions grounded in psychogeography and hence assisting you in exploring your story and pain while immersing in nature (fees to be agreed depending on location); and walk&talk experience, especially when coupled with mindfulness breathing and walking, mostly along the Leeds/Liverpool Canal. I also offer telephone and written counselling. Telephone and Written Sessions are always paid in advance.

At home, I do mostly share my space with Virginia and James, my cats. They won't be participating in the sessions, but please bear this in mind if you are allergic.

Should I not be able to answer the phone, please do leave a message or send a text and I will contact you as soon as possible. I will then send you via email directions and contract.

I am available to be booked for weekend workshops or group work.

As a member of the BACP I do abide by and deeply believe in its Ethical Framework in working with you, for your own wellness, at your pace, and within those well-defined boundaries, creating a safe island where healing can take place. I am fully insured, supervised (both on a one-to-one basis and also within a group / peer supervision). I am also CRB checked, and I do respect my own Continuing Professional Development.

For any information or to book a session, please send an email to info@therestingtreelancs.com

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