Do I need to have any art experience to do art therapy?

Not at all! Art therapy focuses on the process of making as opposed to creating a finished masterpiece. The emphasis is on the exploration of meaning. I facilitate you in attending to that meaning, however and whenever it emerges, during and at the end of making.

How do your sessions work specifically?

Art therapy has many applications. During individual sessions, I utilise the frameworks of counselling & psychodynamic therapies with a phenomenological approach. This means there is no interpretation of your artwork by me - the meaning comes from you.

This way of working prioritises lived experience and multi-modal forming; we find ways to know more through our making and/or are led by the materials themselves.

Sometimes meaning comes through silent connection with others while we are making, or the conversations that come with a collective making process, or what the physical making reveals to us.

How can art therapy be helpful to me?

Art therapy can be beneficial to connect with self, to unpack emotions and experiences, or to work specifically with aspects of humaness, such as anxiety, depression, grief & loss.

It can empower you, and build your capacity on multiple levels. You can choose to take a deep dive or a delightful skip across the surface.

Art therapy takes us beyond words, where we can be with the unknown in whatever way we are showing up.

How many sessions will I need?

This depends on you.

What art materials can I use?

I provide all your materials during face-to-face individual sessions, whether that is creative art therapy, bespoke ceremonial & ritual objects, or handcasting.

You can use acrylic and watercolour paints, canvas or paper, collage, oil and chalk pastels, pencils, clay & collections from nature.

If you book sessions via Zoom, you are welcome to use your own materials - whatever you have at hand! This can be items from your recycling bin, lego, chalk, Sharpies, leaves etc. Alternatively, I can post out materials prior to our session for an extra cost.

For bespoke ceremonial and ritual object making, I provide materials such as felt, needles, stuffing, ribbon, cotton thread, Japanese paper for lanterns, etc.