No one goes through life untouched by difficulty.
People enter therapy for a variety of different reasons. Some may want to explore the past, or work through a current difficulty, others to accomplish goals within their career or relationships. Some who begin this process feel dissatisfied and can’t quite place the reason why. I like to think of distress and trauma on a spectrum: where we fall on its scale can impact how we interact with others, understand the world and relate to ourselves.
Whatever the motivation, arts psychotherapy can provide you with a non-judgemental space to gradually work through distress and dissatisfaction using both talking therapy and creativity.
Unlike purely talking therapy, using the arts within sessions can provide a much-needed outlet to express what so often words cannot. This can be particularly useful when working through trauma and or distressing events, as it is often extremely hard to verbalise the experience and the complex feelings connected with them.
You do not have to be an ‘artist’ or even ‘good’ at art as the intention behind art psychotherapy is to express feeling rather than create a technical masterpiece. Anyone who is interested in working symbolically and with metaphor may be a good fit for this way of working.
Art psychotherapy combines talking therapy with creative expressions of feeling.
Using the arts within sessions can provide a much-needed outlet to express what so often words cannot.
You do not have to be ‘good at art'. Anyone interested in working symbolically and with metaphor can benefit from art therapy.
I offer long-term and short-term work using the arts. This allows creative expressions of feeling to be introduced gradually alongside talking therapy.
Online, Telephone and Face to Face sessions avaliable
I recognise that therapy is not always affordable but it should be accessible. I therefore offer some low cost slots for those unable to meet the cost.
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