Masha's professional memberships & affiliations
* UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) - Registered Psychotherapist & Supervisor
* NLPtCA (Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy & Counselling Association) - Accredited Psychotherapist & Supervisor, Board Member 2020-2024; Accreditation Registrar 2022-2024
* WASTP (World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals) - Registered Sand Therapist - Consultant/Trainer; Credentialing Committee Member 2023-24
* AST (Association for Sandplay Therapy) - Member
* CoSH (College of Sound Healing) - Tutor & Gong Practitioner
* Creative Counsellors - Professional Member
Clara Charlesworth
Clara is a qualified Psychosynthesis counsellor as well as a professional musician. She offers therapy 1:1 both face-to-face in Suffolk and online, as well as co-facilitating Pesso Boyden groups at The Sand & Sound Centre in Stockport and in London/Suffolk.
Clara has a specialist interest in offering therapeutic support to musicians, and also offers flute journey meditations. Clara and Masha offer occasional sound healing weekends at The Sand & Sound Centre.
You can find out more about Clara and get in touch with her via her website https://www.claratherapy.co.uk/
Pete Joscelyne
Pete is a qualified counsellor and Pesso Boyden therapist who works inprivate practice in Devon. He is also a registered Children's Social
Worker. Pete works 1:1 with clients in person and online, and also facilitates Pesso Boyden therapy groups at The Sand & Sound Centre in Stockport, as well as in Devon. Pete is a father of three, loves the outdoors and is a keen sailor.
You can find out more about Pete and get in touch with him via his website https://pessoboyden-devon.co.uk/
Kate Thorpe
Kate is an integrative therapist specialising in anxiety, stress and sleep issues, using a wide range of tools in her practice, including EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), IEMT (Integral Eye Movement Therapy), Metaphors of Movement, hypnotherapy and integrative sandplay.
Kate will be co-facilitating the Arts for the Blues creative therapy programme with Masha at The Sand & Sound Centre, starting in autumn 2025.
Her private therapy practice is based in Glossop - she works both face-to-face and online. You can get in touch with Kate via her website https://www.katethorpe.com/
Julie Ralphs
Julie's background was working with Children's Services for 20 years supporting children with special needs in schools and Foster care.
Alongside this in 1999 Julie developed a passion for holistic therapies studying Aromatherapy, massage and Karuna Reiki. This lead onto her love of sound and going on to complete her sound practitioner training, followed by Don Conreaux’s Gong Master training.
Julie says: 'Sound is so much more than what we hear, it has to be felt. Sound is the language of the universe and medicine to the soul.
Sound has the ability to silence the mind, touch the soul and open the heart, allowing access to the higher self, creating a space to search and reflect.'
Julie offers a monthly Gong Bath Meditation at The Sand & Sound Centre - when bookings are open, you can find the details here.