The ether is a space for the unknown, the intangible and the ever-evolving ⟡ ݁₊ .
Etherscapes is a therapeutic arts space founded by Ella Bonneretti, a registered psychotherapist in the UK. Through psychotherapy and the arts, I invite you to explore your own possibilities, co-create with the world around you, and always be in a process of becoming.
.✦ ܁˖ Background
My professional experience supporting adults and children with their mental health spans 13 years, and has included work in settings such as recovery houses, residential homes, helplines and charities. I have an academic background in Psychology and am currently completing a Masters in Psychotherapy, researching the intersections between artist, therapist and autistic identities. In addition to private therapeutic work, I’m employed with a grassroots charity offering holistic, creative support to care-experienced children and young people. I absolutely adore the work I do.
I was diagnosed as autistic in my mid-twenties. A lifelong interest in people, behaviour, meaning and connection started to make sense in a new light. The neurodiversity movement has shaped the way I see difference and disability - yes, neurological differences are very real, and yes, the environments we exist within can amplify the extent to which people are disabled or accommodated. I’m fortunate to be able to use my voice, training and education to support other people who are sifting through all the dominant messaging out there about ‘normality’, whether that’s around disability, whiteness, gender, or anything else that diverges from ‘typicality’, in search of their own sense of meaning.
Etherscapes was formed to integrate my love for psychotherapy with the importance creativity has held for me as an autistic person. This lived experience continues to inform my way of being as a psychotherapist and artist.
.✦ ܁˖ Core Qualifications and Learning
- ✧ PgDip Counselling and Psychotherapy, Liverpool John Moores University
- ✧ BSc Psychology, University of York
- ✧Foundations in Art Therapy, British Association of Art Therapists
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✧Clinical Concepts: Art, Spirit and Image, Centre for Applied Jungian Studies
- ✧Suicide Awareness Prevention, Zero Suicide Alliance
- ✧Level 3 Advocating on Behalf of Children and Young People, NYAS
- ✧Level 3 Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, EduCare
- ✧Level 3 Child Safeguarding, EduCare
- ✧Autism, ADHD and Dyslexia Awareness, EduCare
- ✧Growing Stronger: ACE Aware, Merseyside Youth Association
- ✧Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism, NHS England
- ✧Single Session Counselling - A Solution-focused approach, Action for Children