Client Success Stories

I have been practising as a counsellor within the field of addiction for many years now, coupled with me own challenges of severe depression and trauma from the past, I find I can become heavy with the weight of it all. I found this opportunity to join Josh and some other practitioners on the surfing retreat in Morocco – and I can safely reflect, this has not only altered my perspective on my own challenges, but has also invigorated me in a way I hadn’t experienced before. Feeling apprehensively excited over joining such a wonderful group of people has allowed me to tap back into my own inner resources, by allowing a process of healing to take place. Taking part in the early morning Yoga routine, followed by the educational aspect of the course allowed me to stand still and become more grounded whilst learning new skills and techniques that underpin various psychological aspects of trauma and recovery.

The morning sessions were perfectly paced so as to allow, what felt to be, a natural progression into some personal therapy in the other workshops. Josh facilitated the space with care and nurturing, helping each of us to focus on the pain we chose to bring, thereby allowing the healing process to begin. This was immensely healing and rewarding for me, allowing me the time to process some internal pain that was blocking my development. The experience of this balance of Yoga, therapy, and some meditation/breathing exercises was perfectly put together, nothing felt rushed, and I felt completely supported throughout this journey. The physical exercise of the surfing seemed to ground and pull together all of this work as it allowed us to practice breathing whilst in the face of initial stress, learning to slowly let go and be in the ‘flow’ of the moment.

On my arrival back home and to work, everything has felt differently. I work in a ‘front line’ service which can be immensely stressful, demanding and challenging, however using the skills and tools I have learnt whilst on this retreat I have developed a routine of regular Yoga and breathing exercises which has and is helping me to reshape my functioning. I am finding I am more ‘in flow’ and feeling connected, and am also teaching some of these tools to the people with which I work. In conclusion, this experience has been immensely rewarding in releasing some painful trauma, and allowing me to take stock, and refocus both my professional and private life. I feel huge gratitude to Josh and his team, and would strongly recommend that if you are reading this feedback and looking at his retreat – that is not an accident! Go do it!!!

I’ve recently returned from Josh’s first Clinicians Self Care Retreat in Morocco, what a wonderful healing and reviving experience it was for me. I’m a busy psychotherapist who was getting pretty close to burn-out, always there for my clients but not so much for me. Over the years, I’ve referred many clients to Josh for trauma resolution, always with great results. So I took the plunge – literally – and off we went!

In the course of seven sun and sea filled days, I rediscovered my passion for my work, dealt with the tragic recent loss of my beloved sister, and experienced a renewed joy of living. So good to make new friends with others on a similar journey, so good to be cared for by Josh and Youssef and their great team.

I’ll be back next year!