Highly Sensitive Person Retreat

Clinical Psychologist and Parenting Coach Genevieve is a clinical psychologist, conscious parenting coach and author. After 15 years working in the NHS, private practice in Harley Street and inside big corporations, she wrote two parenting books with Penguin, including ‘Five Deep Breaths: The Power of Mindful Parenting.’ Genevieve is one of the leading experts in the UK on high sensitivity in children, with regular appearances in the media including BBC Woman’s Hour, Channel 4 and The Guardian and has appeared on webinars with Sensitivity Research. Genevieve specialises in working with highly sensitive children and their parents. She is the author of “The Resonant Parenting Project,” and “The HSP Revolution.” In the 20 years since Genevieve qualified as a psychologist, Genevieve has helped hundreds of people from all walks of life transform trauma and stress into a greater sense of confidence, ease and flow. But her own healing journey has taught her that a supportive community can be the catalyst for transformation on a whole new level. Born to a single mother in an alternative community in the east of England, Genevieve’s earliest experiences of feeling safe and protected in a village-like atmosphere laid the foundations for her later professional interest in community healing spaces. While earning her psychology doctorate, Genevieve wrote a thesis on the psychological benefits of group singing. But it was only in her late 20s, when she was starting to confront unresolved traumas and losses from her own past, that she began to discover the true power of healing in community. Over a period of several years, Genevieve explored countless healing modalities, investigating everything from nature connection to shamanic drumming, sound bowls and ecstatic dance. When she stumbled upon a sweat lodge ceremony in Oxfordshire in southern England, she finally understood what it meant to feel truly safe and held. The community there was so supportive that for the first time she truly felt comfortable being vulnerable in front of others, and never felt judged. Nobody stepped in to try to fix or rescue – but they did bear witness, and it was in that space that Genevieve did some of the most profound work on herself. Running retreats for highly sensitive people represents the fulfillment of a vision that Genevieve has held ever since that time – of creating healing spaces where people can find sanctuary, connect and learn from others on the same journey, and rediscover who they really are.

Transpersonal Coach, Trainer and Educator Jules De Vitto has a BSc in Psychology, MA in Education and MSc in Transpersonal Psychology, Consciousness and Spirituality and is an accredited transpersonal coach, trainer and experienced educator. She is the founder of the Highly Sensitive Human Academy - a central hub that offers courses, coaching, articles and a podcast for Highly Sensitive People. She is a leading expert in the field of high sensitivity and helps those who identify with the traits of to navigate emotional overwhelm, step into their authentic power and align with their true purpose in life. She is a published author and wrote one of a series of books on Resilience, Navigating Loss in a time of Crisis. Her research has also been published in the Transpersonal Coaching Psychology Journal and Journal of Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychology. In addition to her academic and coaching pursuits, Jules has spent years engaging in deep transformative healing work. She is a Reiki Master and Teacher and has completed Michael Harner’s Shamanic Practitioner Training through the Foundation of Shamanic Studies and a Grief Ritual Leadership Training with Francis Weller. She offers holistic sound baths with Tibetan Singing Bowls, a ancient healing modality she studied in a monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. Jules is passionate about creating community for Highly Sensitive People and embracing the full spectrum of our emotional and sensory capacities rather than trying to ‘fix’ ourselves. Deepening the connection to our sensitivity enables us to open our hearts and form better relationships with ourselves, others and the world. As an expert in the field of high sensitivity, her writing has been featured in SAND and Highly Sensitive Refuge and she has been invited to speak on the Sensitive SEO Podcast, Quiet and Strong Podcast and the Healthy Sensitive Podcast.

Alan is a certified Systemic Coach, NLP Practitioner, and YACEP Yoga Alliance Breathwork instructor. With a deep passion for working with people, he guides them to a healthier, more balanced, and more meaningful life. His coaching is rooted in research and evidence-based methods that prioritize tangible results over empty promises and draws upon a combination of ancient wisdom and modern coaching techniques. Originally from Berlin, Alan has lived several years in Portugal, where he has also worked and practiced at a research-led mindfulness and wellness retreat center. He will be facilitating men's groups and providing introductory workshops to breathwork, using his knowledge to deepen the power of the mind-body connection and cultivate useful skills to navigate life's challenges with more ease.

Meet Simone Da Costa who provides teaching and administrative support on the HSP Coaching Course. Simone is a certified HSP Coach, Integrative Psychotherapist, Facilitator, Author and Yoga and Meditation teacher. She is the founder of her private practice in Integrative Psychotherapy where she offers one to one psychotherapy for adults. Her training is in Core Process Psychotherapy which is the integration of Buddhist psychology and theology with Western psychodynamics and psychotherapy. Simone’s integrative approach to therapy offers a mind-body, somatic approach to traditional talk therapy. She uses the tools and teachings of mindfulness in order to help clients to build a relationship with both their mind and body and thus, take back control of their mental, physical and emotional health. Over the past eleven years, Simone’s journey towards her own personal growth and development has introduced her to multiple, alternative modalities of healing including; yoga, mindfulness, meditation and spirituality. She uses her years of personal experience and professional study to create unique, group workshops, retreats and online programs. These cover a variety of topics like emotional intelligence, stress management, self-care, mediation, personal empowerment, goal setting, femininity, self-compassion, self-love and more.

Josh will be facilitating a conscious dance session. Josh’s life dream is to bring dance to the collective as a medicine as he truly believes in the healing power of movement and music! Josh’s dance spaces are often referred to as joyful and playful and nothing brings him greater joy in life than to see you, the dancer, expressing yourself through movement! Josh has been DJ’ing for two decades and involved with Conscious Dance practices since discovering 5 Rhythms in 2015. Josh has been running “Dancing the Elements” since the summer of 2021 and has developed his own down-to-earth, intuitive and empathetic style. All music is improvised as a collaboration between you, the dancers, and himself. (Photo Credit: @mo_visual)