Vanessa Wallace
Vanessa is an expert in self-compassion and self-love as well as highly skilled in enabling her clients to make changes within their thinking processes, supporting them to shift their perceptions to healthier alternatives bringing on healing and positivity in life.
With over 20 years experience of working in mental health services Vanessa has been on a journey of recovery herself from anxiety, depression and addictions.
Vanessa brings out the best in her clients supporting them to access their own self confidence and self belief. She is an amazing listener with a calmness and non- judgemental approach that is compassionate and understanding.
Vanessa believes that everyone has their own amazingness and ability to shine, we just need to give ourselves permission to access that.
Lorna Wiggins
Lorna is a compassionate counsellor and coach that has been helping people transform their lives since her career in began in 2006. Lorna believes that with support, anxiety and depression can be beaten
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Imagine a clear mind, feeling grounded and calm; better connected, confident and positive, no longer being hard on your self – it’s all possible. Not only can Lorna help you explore and understand where your worry and fears are rooted, she can introduce you to a range of strategies including her extensive and personal experience with mindfulness which transforms into practical self-help steps.
Lorna believes that becoming an active participant in your own recovery can make you feel good about yourself. Taking the courageous step of seeking help will start you on the path back to happiness and enjoyment will return to your life.
Sue Royle
Susan Royle is a qualified Yoga teacher and meditation Facilitator. specialising in Restorative, Hatha, and Yin Yoga as well as Yoga Nidra. Teaching weekly classes, corporate events, retreats and one to one bespoke sessions.
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"My aim is to share the skills I have learnt during my years of training and my own experiences, to ensure every moment is engaging and enjoyable as I demonstrate and share techniques that can be incorporated into our everyday lives. I enjoy combining the science and the spiritual, capturing the elegance of our own bodies embracing elements, seasons, breath balance and positivity to ensure our time together is accessible to all of you and most of all transferable into our daily lives. , sharing ways that relaxation can be incorporated into every day. Giving us permission to pause even if only for a moment or two making space for self-care."
Susan
Susan has been coaching since 2003, is professionally trained and certified in life coaching, advanced energy coaching, emotional freedom technique (EFT), addiction recovery coaching and as well as Yoga Teacher.
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Susan has had her own struggles with depression, addiction and anxiety and found these tools to be beneficial for herself and her clients. She is passionate about supporting people to find inner peace and happiness.
Susan naturally connects to people and her style is friendly, positive, playful, creative and adaptable with all types of people and environments.
She has extensive experience of working in the field of mental health, addiction and wellbeing.
Tania
"I spent years living from fear, self-doubt, and a sense of not being enough. I learned early to look outside myself for validation — to seek approval, attention and acceptance from others because inside I didn’t feel safe, worthy, or steady. That pattern showed up in relationships, in my own inner voice, and in the ways I learned to survive rather than thrive.
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What I’ve come to understand is that those struggles were not just mine. They were shaped long before I was born, carried in the ways my family loved, protected, and adapted to trauma. Generational patterns were not something to fix. They were invitations to be met, witnessed and finally released so life could open in ways I never thought possible.
My healing shifted when I began to work with my ancestors, my body, and my nervous system together. I learned to love myself not as a concept but as a felt reality. I learned to trust my instincts, to lean into uncertainty with curious steadiness, and to meet my own courage every time fear showed up. What was once a shadow became a source of grounding. What was once survival became capacity to choose.
Today I stand in my own life as the person who holds space for women to see themselves without shame, pressure or performance. I work in a way that is body-led, trauma-aware, and rooted in how lived experience and inherited family narratives shape identity, belonging, worth, and leadership. I am not here to “fix” you. I am here to walk with you as you uncover what was never yours to carry and return to yourself with clarity and strength.
If you have felt the impact of generational patterns in your relationships, your sense of worth, or the way you show up in life, I’m here to walk alongside you. This work has changed my life and I am honoured to support others who are ready to meet their own truth and step into lives that feel like home from the inside out."
Frankie
"My name is Frankie,
I have been in the beauty industry for 14+ years and worked for large spas and salon over the years before becoming freelance in 2022. This has given me the freedom I needed to focus on bringing quality of treatments and importantly time to my clients to achieve what they need.
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I have developed a strong following for my massages.
The techniques I offer are Aromatherapy - which is used for stress reduction, lymphatic drainage and pure relaxation.
My most popular form of massage is Deep tissue - This treatment is a deeper manipulation of the muscles to ease stiffness and tightness and relieve muscular tension."
Jennifer Butler
Jennifer is the Crystal Clear Team’s administrator. She has many years’ experience supporting at Director level and also operational team levels.
Her training in behaviour change and experience working with the NHS during her career brings valuable knowledge, compassion and empathy to her role.
Jennifer understands how difficult living with depression and anxiety can be. Her passion for supporting and promoting health and well-being is evident in everything she does.
"It [the retreat] was brilliant. I never expected to have felt as comfortable as I did, so quickly. Vanessa, Lorna and the team created a supportive environment to open up and share, with no judgement. I feel like I've made friends for life!" - Kate
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