We are a tiny community interest company trying to do big things.  We are run by volunteers, wellness professionals and trauma-informed specialists that want to give back in their spare time. We generally support people living within the Harrogate and Rural Districts (HG postcodes).

We are passionate about improving mental, physical & emotional wellness along with trauma care. 

We bring:

• Over 50 cumulative years of experience from trauma-informed keynote speakers and trainers
• Grass roots outreach experience from our school wellness hubs
• Qualitative and quantitative data in this field
• Our experience of sitting on the commissioning board for Complex Emotional Needs in NY
• Up to date research in this field
• A wide selection of reference material and books on adverse childhood experiences and trauma
• Pilot schemes in schools around childhood adversity and trauma
• Evidence based experience around adverse childhood experiences, trauma and public health
• Community consultation data
• Our experience working with stakeholders and being external trainers for the NHS
• Our experience with clinical supervision in this area
• Accredited trauma-informed training
• Primary care approval to support childhood adversity and trauma 

There are certain pathways to access our services:

1. If you are an adult and live within the Harrogate and Rural Districts you can access a free 30 minute telephone triage assessment when funding permits.

2. If you are an adult living inside or outside the Harrogate and Rural Districts or can pay a £25 donation for a 30 minute telephone triage assessment (all profits go back into the company to help subsidised places and can be redeemed off future services with us). Complete a referral form on the contact us page.

3. If you are a parent or carer of a child living in the Harrogate and Rural Districts you can have a free 30 minute chat by emailing contact@thewellnessgateway.org  Please quote which school your child attends as we may have a Wellness Hub there.

Adult Services:

• Psychological education and trauma-informed workshops delivered in Ripon, in house and online
• Psychotherapy, Trauma-focused EMDR, CBT, EFT, PTT, DBT and The Rewind Technique – Ripon
• Neuro-Tapping and EFT – Ripon
• Clinical Hypnotherapy – Ripon/Masham
• Men’s Social Group Ripon
• Women’s Circle Ripon 
• Trauma, Tension and  Release Therapy – Harrogate
• ASD and ADHD support
• Reiki – Pateley Bridge
• Reflexology, Reiki and Massage – Ripon
• Touch Therapies – Pateley Bridge
• Accredited Psychological Trauma-informed diploma delivered in Ripon, online and in house
• Wild Swimming – Harrogate and Nidderdale
• Outdoor mindfulness within nature
• Student Placements
• Community Wellness Hubs in schools
• Men’s Social Groups
• Outdoor meditation and Sound Therapy Sessions
• Seasonal Trauma-informed Yoga
• CBT Trauma-informed Menopause workshops
• Trauma-informed 2 hour workshops
• 4 session online learning course self-help designed from EMDR Therapy Techniques

Child & Teen Services Ripon

• One to one subsidised therapy
• A holding space – somewhere to come and talk
• Inclusive signposting 

All facilities are subject to availability

We are pleased to say that we are an approved organisation working in conjunction with Living Well North Yorkshire who are the contracted provider for the four Primary Care Networks across Harrogate and Rural District to deliver a social prescribing service across seventeen GP Practices. Social prescribing (also known as community referral) allows GPs, nurses and other healthcare workers to signpost patients to support outside of health services, through community organisations, local support groups and holistic hubs. Social prescribing can be accessed through self-referral, mental health and social care services, pharmacists and hospitals.

Primary Care Networks help integrate primary care with secondary and community services, and bridge a gap between general practice and emerging Integrated Care Systems. GP practices are working together with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in their local areas in groups of practices known as primary care networks (PCNs). PCNs build on existing primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care for people close to home. Clinicians describe this as a change from reactively providing appointments to proactively caring for the people and communities they serve.

Please signpost individuals to our contact page.

Our Blended Approach – Neurosequential Theory (Dr. Bruce Perry)

• Top down approach or cognitive (the mind) educating people about the mind and body, the imprint of trauma and interacting memory into the rational brain by talking therapies and hypnotherapy
• Bottom up approach or somatic (the body) encouraging people to re-connect with their bodies, to trust others and build relationships, to spend time in nature, sensory activities,  rhythmic and regular self-regulation 
• To invite people who have used the centre to become part of a community consultation group
• To remove barriers to recovery

How do we work?

We are passionate about improving wellness, by assessing need by using a triage system then offering advice, signposting, private therapy, therapeutic activities and education where funding permits. 

Collaboration with New Beginnings

New Beginnings are a peer led charitable organisation supporting female survivors of domestic abuse in the Harrogate District. They provide a safe environment for women and their children to re-establish themselves, reach their goals and achieve a happier, healthier future.

Collaboration with One to One Wellness

• Facial
• Indian Head Massage
• Back Massage
• Reiki
• Crystal Healing