Sessional Art Therapy

I am an art therapist based in Leeds, registered under the HCPC and a full member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT). I have an up to date Enhanced Disclose and Barring Service (DBS) check which is on the update service, and am fully insured for sessional work. I also engage with monthly supervision with a clinical supervisor to support my work.

I graduated from the University of Roehampton with a Distinction in art psychotherapy in 2024, and come from a background in Psychology (BSc, University of Leeds, 2019). 

My career in mental health has been vast. I have worked across a range of services including :

* mental health crisis support, 

*suicide bereavement (postvention) services,

*child bereavement support services,

*women-focused in the community and inpatient psychiatric settings,

*supporting adults, children, young people, and couples in their homes, the community, schools, and colleges.

* across West Yorkshire and in the South of England

*third sector organisations, within the NHS, private healthcare companies, schools and with higher education providers.

As an art therapist, my priority is creating safety and containment in sessions, providing a space that aims to be non-judgmental, anti-oppressive, person-centred, and nurturing. 

I take an integrative approach to support, drawing upon understandings from child development, psychoanlaytics, person-centred theory, mindfulness techniques, and trauma-informed approaches. 

I very much work with the individual as a whole, unique person, aiming to understand them from their own frame of reference including their intersectional experiences across race, gender, sexuality, disability, and socioeconomic experiences.