Hello,

I’m Sian, founder of ‘Sian Ells Well-being’. I offer Counselling and Well-being sessions in the Conwy Valley and surrounding area in North Wales.  Sessions can be indoors or outdoors from 50 minutes to full days. I can offer sessions in Welsh and English. I am a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists  (BACP).

I aim to ensure that you feel comfortable accessing and attending Counselling and Well-being sessions.

I decided to train and become a Counselling and Well-being practitioner because Counselling, Well-being and the great outdoors, got me through huge loss and some very difficult times in my life.

With this came feeling lost myself. Counselling and Well-being enabled me to move forward from this, allowing for growth and change. I got to know myself better, be more me and be more content in life. Something clicked and I felt on the right path.

I had also worked for a local authority for 20 years and it didn’t feel right anymore. I needed to do what I needed to do, which was to follow the Counselling and Well-being path that was becoming clearer in front of me.  I haven’t looked back.

As a result I offer the following Counselling and Well-being services:

• In-person and online counselling
• Walk and Talk counselling
• Forest bathing well-being sessions. These are mindful sessions, slowing down and using our senses in nature for our well-being

Feel free to click on the links to find out more about each one.

I am particularly interested in how the outdoors and nature can benefit our well-being and healing, from feeling better to the scientific evidence behind this.

Combining therapy with exercise to tuning into our senses and connecting mindfully with nature and being creative are some examples.

It is great to immerse ourselves in the outdoors but we can adapt sessions to gain the benefits of nature even when indoors. We are all individuals and sessions can be tailored to you.

I am currently working on an exciting new project called Creativity in Nature. I have written and developed the Well-being and Counselling program working in partnership for a local community group. The program combines the benefits of being in nature, being mindful and creative through Forest Bathing. We aim to make counselling more accessible through linking this optional offer to the well-being sessions. We have offered individual sessions based on art, environmental art, sound and the written word. We are also offering a longer 6 week course. The feedback has been very positive with the program being reviewed and continually evolving as required.

If you’d like further information do get in touch via my contact page.

• Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB) 2021
• BACP member:
• Level 2 Eco Therapy (Awaken School)
• Coming to our Senses  (Feel Good Forest Bathing)
• Choose2Change Facilitator Training (Relate Cymru)
• Bereavement Volunteer (Cruse Cymru Bereavement Support)
• Online and telephone counselling (BACP)
• REC Outdoor First Aid
• Creativity Champion (64 Million Artists)
• Degree in Geography
• Distinction in the art foundation

I love being outdoors and I love being creative and thinking outside of the box. From walking to swimming, camping and sitting around the fire, to beach yoga or watching my teenager play rugby. Snowdonia is a great place to be.

If you have any questions on the above, would like to enquire about sessions, check availability and to book, do get in touch.