These are from students, consultees/supervisees and conference participants, as the UKCP does not allow psychotherapists to share testimonials from clients:
SA – Mary Clare’s authenticity and knowledge created an immediate sense of ‘safe space’, which created a perfect basis for learning. Her warmth, experience and total command of this complex subject meant that the foundation was laid for the best possible learning and experiential experience.
EA – An EMDR masterclass. Thank you!
EM – Absolutely amazing event, very helpful, and Mary Clare enabled us to see the integration in action. Awesome, totally accessible and fabulous demonstration.
SC – Mary Clare is an exceptional presenter with deep subject knowledge and skilful and responsive delivery. She seamlessly connects theory to lived clinical experience. This is the real standard clinical training should aspire to.
MG – I adore working with you, Mary Clare. You are very clear and open and strong and professional. Your humour shines and your curiosity is king.
SR – Can’t fault Mary Clare. Wonderful presence, ability to hold and impart difficult information.
AE – A tour de force, and a superlative quality of connection with me as a member of the audience.
RE – A very inspiring speaker. Explanations at just the right level.
EM – Refreshing and assured presentation which instilled confidence and encouraged development of my practice. Thank you.
MB – Very creative, intuitive and imaginative. Dancing in relationship. Lovely piece of flexible working.
NL – Mary Clare was a treat – very very knowledgeable, practical with lots to take away and actually use with clients. Beautiful balance of theory and practice.
CG – I always leave our sessions with a great sense of calmness and mental strength.
SG – Mary Clare has an incredible ability to be emotionally present throughout the day even whilst talking about theory. She has the ability to tune into her students quickly, which makes the whole experience very engaging and enjoyable.
EA – I enjoyed the relaxed, yet highly informative manner in which Mary Clare delivers her training.
ML – The mix of teaching/experiential was well-balanced and exquisite.
AK – Mary Clare has a gentle, kind way of teaching and interacting with the people taking the course. I liked the conversational style and not going through each slide one by one. The demo with a ‘client’ was most helpful to see what decisions she made and how she talked to the parts that showed up. This gave me confidence to try it myself with my clients. Most important for me is knowing how to leave the client feeling safe and contained at the end.
CC – Mary Clare renewed my confidence in some somatic practices I had stopped using. Grounding in how you support people when they are hyper- or hypoaroused. Being clear with clients that you have a methodology that will help and you will hold the process. I had already got a huge amount from the reading list.
AE – Excellent presenter. Mary-Clare was so full of warmth, gentleness and enthusiasm for her work, it was really inspiring. I have already been using some of these ideas, with really remarkable shifts for people.
MD – Mary Clare was very clear and gentle in her teaching approach, and I wanted more time with her.
WH – Thank you for being who you are and enabling me to have a deeper knowledge and understanding of my life. You showed me great strength and clarity and an inner strength of self-belief which I will take away with me now.
RG – I loved the flowing presentation style and the demonstration. The speaker was excellent, I enjoyed her style and delivery. I learned a great deal about how not to make dissociation into something to be feared.
NLPtCA – Our special thanks go to our Guest Speaker, Mary Clare de Echevarria, who spoke with authority and compassion about working with the body to resolve and heal trauma. The experiential context of her presentation and the personal insights brought the subject alive.
EA – Lovely presentation, very compassionate and passionate
GM – I really enjoyed your presentation yesterday, it was elegantly constructed and presented. I have been involved in the IFS field for many years, and I have also been integrating IFS with EMDR over the years, incorporating it as a core interweave. I thought your presentation captured the essence of this in a most accessible, user-friendly way and elegant way.
DK – You are boundaried, prepared, knowledgeable. You are also caring, giving, authentic and totally present. I felt held and supported throughout the weekend.
LC – I’ve gained a sense of confidence that I can bring my increasing awareness of complex trauma into my client work. More than that, I retrieved a sense of self-belief in myself as a therapist and in my therapeutic style which tends to be both holding and warm (the latter having been frowned upon by a previous therapist/supervisor).
LA – A heartfelt and sincere thank you, Mary, for your generous presence and the invaluable support that you shared with us today. I truly appreciate your time, openness, and the depth of knowledge you so thoughtfully offered. Your contribution made the session enriching and inspiring, and it was a privilege to spend time with you to share our thoughts and join our hearts to make sense of our journey.
AN – Very interesting and loaded with gems. I will read the transcript and extras you share for sure. Thank you.
CC – Mary Clare I believe your work absolutely resists oppression and that it is in every fibre of your being.