Art Psychotherapy
Combining psychology and creative expression to support healing.
What is art psychotherapy?
Art therapy is a psychological intervention that can only be delivered by a state-registered art psychotherapist. It combines psychological understanding with art-making to explore thoughts, feelings and experiences that may be difficult to understand, resolve or put into words. No artistic skill is needed. The value is not in the quality of the artwork, but in what the creative process can communicate and help us understand.
Art Psychotherapists are trained to notice and work sensitively with spontaneous expression, symbols, imagination, metaphor and internal narratives. Drawing on an understanding of child development, early life experiences and the connections between emotions, behaviour and bodily responses, the therapist can help people to integrate feelings, understand and reshape relational patterns that may be causing difficulty.
Who can benefit?
Children and young people
I work with children and young people struggling with psychological and emotional difficulties. I help them to become more aware of their thoughts and feelings and know how to respond to them, so they can feel happier and more in control of their lives. I offer therapeutic support that empowers families, and I also collaborate with other professionals involved in their care.
Families and separation
I have a particular professional interest in reducing the psychological and emotional impact of families going through separation, including where families are involved in court proceedings. My therapeutic training, trauma training, and lived experience of the family courts inform an understanding of the trauma impacts and repercussions that accompany highly complex family issues.
Therapists
I offer specialist consultation for therapists working with complex trauma and separating families.
Together we harness potential, cultivate hope, let go and trust that the 'unknown’ may hold more than we could ask or imagine.
Thinking about therapy?
If you are wondering whether art psychotherapy might be helpful for you or your child, please get in touch to discuss what is happening and whether I may be able to help.