About me
Feel calmer in your body — without needing to talk
Clay Field Therapy® in Liverpool for adults, young people and children experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, stress, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, emotional difficulties, or a sense of feeling stuck. This gentle, body-based approach can be particularly helpful when you understand your difficulties intellectually, but still find yourself carrying tension, distress, or disconnection in daily life.
If talking therapy has not fully helped, this offers another place to begin.
I am Simon Riley, a psychotherapist and Clay Field Therapy® practitioner with experience supporting children, young people and adults through anxiety, trauma, bereavement, loss, emotional overwhelm and life transitions. My approach is grounded in person-centred values and informed by many years working therapeutically with children, young people and adults, including within specialist bereavement services. I have particular experience supporting people affected by bereavement and grief, childhood trauma, emotional overwhelm, and significant life transitions.
Using touch, clay, and guided sensory experience, sessions help create a greater sense of calm, steadiness, and connection with yourself.
No art skills.
No experience.
No pressure to explain.
If you're curious about whether this approach might help, I welcome you to get in touch to arrange an initial session or ask any questions.
This approach may suit you if you:
- Feel stuck in constant thinking or mental noise
- Are easily overwhelmed or on edge
- Struggle to switch off or settle
- Feel disconnected from your body
- Find talking therapy hasn’t fully helped
What changes over time
This work is less focused on analysing experiences and more focused on helping your nervous system feel safer, steadier, and more able to cope day to day.
A body-based approach that works through touch, not talking
I offer structured, in-person sessions using Clay Field Therapy® — a simple, hands-on way of helping your nervous system slow down, settle, and stabilise.
You sit in front of a clay field — a wooden box filled with clay and water.
Using your hands, you explore texture, pressure, movement, and contact at your own pace.
Many people notice that when the hands have somewhere to begin, the body starts responding before words arrive.
You don’t need to be creative.
You don’t need experience.
You don’t need the right words.
You just need your hands.
How sessions work
Sessions are calm, structured, and paced around you.
Talking is included where helpful — but the focus is on helping your system regulate through direct, sensory experience.
Sessions are available for adults, adolescents and children, with the approach adapted according to age, developmental needs and individual circumstances.
This is short-term, stabilisation-focused work designed to help you feel more grounded in your day-to-day life.
Sessions take place in person in Liverpool (Ullet Road Eco Offices) on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays.
I also offer introductory Clay Field Therapy® workshops in Liverpool for therapists, helping professionals and individuals who are curious about experiencing this approach for themselves.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified counsellor, play therapist and Clay Field Therapy® practitioner with extensive experience supporting children, young people and adults through anxiety, trauma, grief, bereavement, neurodivergence and emotional overwhelm.
My work is grounded in person-centred counselling, play therapy, embodied therapeutic practice and Clay Field Therapy®. I have particular experience in specialist bereavement services and supporting people where talking alone has not fully helped.
I work in an ethical, structured and reflective way, with clear boundaries and careful attention to pacing, suitability and emotional safety.
Ongoing supervision and professional development support safe, effective and accountable practice.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Emotional overwhelm; nervous system regulation; grounding and stabilisation; developmental trauma; sensory and embodied approaches; feeling disconnected from self; regulation through touch.
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Fees
£65.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Start here
Initial consultation session (90 mins): £65
A chance to explore whether this approach feels right for you, ask questions, and begin gentle stabilisation-focused work.
Therapeutic sessions (75–90 mins): £85
Sessions last 75–90 minutes to allow enough time for regulation work and sensory processing without rushing the process.
Clay Field Therapy® is usually offered as short-term, stabilisation-focused work, although the number of sessions varies according to individual needs.
3-session block — £240
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Further information
Important information
Clay Field Therapy® is offered as a gentle, structured and supportive approach that works through touch, sensory experience and reflection.
Sessions are tailored to the individual and paced according to your needs. An initial consultation provides an opportunity to discuss what brings you here, answer any questions you may have, and explore whether this approach is likely to be helpful for you.
If I feel another form of support may be more appropriate, I will discuss this with you and help you consider the available options.
