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Equilore addresses inaugural gathering Therapy is a rich relational process, yet working as a therapist can be an isolated, lonely experience. PHYSIS Grove is intended to offer something important to us all – a gathering place where we can connect, explore and belong. PHYSIS comes from the ancient Greek, meaning nature or the innate principle of growth and becoming within all living things. It reminds us growth is cultivated, not forced. It requires the right conditions.

I remember graduating from my training and being able to call myself a Psychotherapist. I was a weird mix of over- and under-confident. My training had been superb, and I trusted it and the tutors who delivered it. I was already working in private practice, and it was going well. But suddenly I was out there alone. One-to-one supervision remained, and continues to remain, very important, but the pull to be part of something bigger, to continue learning and evolving was immens

We don’t talk enough about what happens after qualification. During training, therapists are surrounded by support. We have our tutors, who seem to know and understand so much. Our placement does the work of attracting and assessing prospective clients. The clinical lead will judge whether we are the right therapist for them, and safeguarding leads provide an invaluable backstop for challenging ethical concerns. We’ve also got our supervisor. These are people to turn to whe