I am Guhysakhi – Bernadette Carelse – and Holistic Education is an integration of a range of healing practices that I started practicing since 1995 – and continue to do so. My intention is, as far as possible, to awakened health, wellbeing, vitality and spirituality for each person that comes to me for therapy or participates in a workshop.

From 2005 to 2024, I worked as a an Educational Psychologist, developing skills to work with families, children, young people, school staff and other professionals. My doctoral research was in using mindfulness to help children develop their attentional skills. This was a space in which I developed Holistic Educational, a holistic educational approach.

During 2021, I was ordained in the Triratna Buddhist Order – and given the name Guhyasakhi, which means ‘she who has the mystery as a friend’. This process enabled me to better communicate about mystical and imaginal realms of being.

Currently, I offer healing therapy sessions and workshops on a donation basis. I provide therapy in the form of Zen Shiatsu, Chi Nei Tsang, Eye-movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Shamanic Healing. I also run workshops and training in Shamanic Counselling and Buddhism and Deep Ecology.

Please feel free to contact me for more information about these sessions and workshops.