Art Therapy

I am an HCPC-registered art psychotherapist and full member of BAAT. I use art psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, psycho-dynamic, or attachment-based approaches to work with children, young people and adults who have experienced trauma, and/or are neurodivergent (ASD, ADHD, LD) as the basis of individual therapy, couple therapy, parent-child therapy, or group therapy. I have worked in Child and Adolesent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) community and in-patient settings. I have delivered both individual and group art therapy sessions as well as Non-Voilent Resistant (NVR) and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS-based parenting courses, which have resulted in a noticeable reduction in my patients' emotional, behavioural and relational difficulties, leading to a marked improvement in their quality of life. I speak English and Mandarin.

My session settings:

Face to Face

Online Therapy

Telephone Therapy

What I can help with:

ADHD  

Anxiety/Depression

Autism

Bereavement

Forensic

Gender dysphoria

Learning disabilities

Mental health and wellbeing

Neurodiversity

Obsessive compulsive disorder

PTSD and Trauma

Perinatal

Personality disorders

Psychosis

Race and racial identity

Sexual abuse

Sexual identity

Stress

I work with:

Adolescent

Adopted and looked after children (registered)

Adults

Children

Couples

LGBTQA+

Schools

Young people

Art therapy is an established form of psychotherapy, delivered by trained art therapists (also known as art psychotherapists).

A young disabled boy in an art therapy sessionArt therapy uses art as the primary mode of expression, alongside talking with an art therapist. It aims to reduce distress and improve social, emotional and mental health by promoting insight, self-compassion and a sense of agency and self-worth.

During art therapy, you are supported by an art therapist to use art to express and articulate often complex thoughts and feelings through art making. This may be following difficult or traumatic experiences which may be hard to talk about.

 Art therapy can help people of all ages and at all stages of life, including those whose life has been affected by difficult personal or cultural experiences, illness and/or disability. You do not need to be skilled in art to benefit from art therapy.  

 In the UK, the title art therapist and art psychotherapist are protected by law. All UK art therapists must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). All registered art therapists can be found on the HCPC’s register.  

Reference: https://baat.org/art-therapy/what-is-art-therapy/