offers in-person, small group counselling and psychotherapy training in Guernsey.
Clear Light Academy
Clear Light Academy warmly welcomes you to your counselling training journey. Our courses are designed to support both professional development and personal growth, bringing reflective and relational learning together with clear academic and ethical standards.
We are committed to creating a learning environment that is respectful and inclusive, where small class sizes allow students to be supported with care and encouraged to engage thoughtfully with both theory and lived experience.
Teaching is grounded in care, responsibility, and professionalism, and delivered clearly and supportively. Students are guided carefully through the learning process, building critical thinking, self-awareness, and confidence in their emerging professional identity.
We are an evolving training centre with a clear vision:
To contribute to a strong local counselling community by training practitioners to high standards and supporting them throughout their professional journey.
About Clear Light Academy
Clear Light Academy, based in Guernsey, offers high-quality, in-person counselling education for those considering a professional pathway into counselling.
Training is face-to-face, discussion-based, and relational, with a strong emphasis on clear teaching, reflective learning, and realistic skills practice.
The academy is intentionally small, allowing students to be known as individuals and supported throughout their training. Teaching is thoughtfully paced and delivered within a respectful and inclusive learning environment, where questions are welcomed and professional development is actively encouraged.
Clear Light Academy is committed to contributing to a strong local counselling community, with clear progression routes and a longer term vision that includes developing accessible counselling provision and future placement opportunities.
Our Courses
Clear Light Academy offers in-person counselling training in Guernsey, from introductory skills training through to practitioner-level qualifications, designed to support clear progression through counsellor training.
Training pathways at Clear Light Academy are suitable for anyone:
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seeking to develop listening and helping skills to support their current roles
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exploring whether counselling as a profession feels right for them
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committed to pursuing counselling as a career through recognised training routes.
About your Lead Tutor
Clear Light Academy is led by Ava Winter, a psychotherapist and educator based in Guernsey. Her approach to teaching is relational and supportive, shaped by a strong understanding of adult learning and individual difference. Students are guided with care and clarity, with a focus on developing confidence, reflection, and sound professional judgement.
Ava brings together many years of experience in both education and clinical practice. Having trained and worked extensively as a teacher before moving fully into psychotherapeutic counselling, she established Clear Light Academy to bring together her passions for teaching and counselling within a high-quality, in-person learning environment.
Testimonials
"Ava is an exceptionally skilled and knowledgeable tutor. She brings lessons to life with real life examples, she is incredible with her patience and creates a calm supportive learning environment, in and out of the classroom"
"Ava has been one of the best – if not the best tutor I have ever had... She is caring and compassionate, as well as thorough."
"Ava is an exceptional tutor. From the very beginning, she fostered a safe, inclusive, curious, compassionate and supportive environment"
"I want to say what a truly fantastic tutor you have been. Outstanding in fact. You brought counselling alive and made the learning meaningful, engaging and inspiring."
Contact Us
If you have any questions or would like to find out more, an initial conversation can often be helpful. Please get in touch by email info@clearlightacademy.com or via the form below to arrange a time to talk.
