About me
Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or just not quite yourself? You're not alone and you don't have to figure it out by yourself either.
I'm Cesca, a qualified Integrative Counsellor using the Arts (MBACP), offering online arts counselling. This can be especially helpful if you've tried traditional talking therapies before and they weren't quite right, maybe you're now looking for something that works more for you.
Online arts counselling might be more accessible if you are managing a chronic health condition, juggling a busy family life, or you simply feel more able to open up from the comfort of your own space.
What you might be holding right now
Maybe it's anxiety that won't switch off, or a low mood that's settled in and won't lift. Maybe you're an adult only just understanding your ADHD or neurodiversity, and starting to make sense of years of masking, burnout, or feeling like you're working twice as hard as everyone else just to keep up.
Maybe it's low self-confidence that's been quietly shaping your choices for longer than you'd like to admit. Or you're navigating grief, a shift in identity, or a big life change, difficult transitions, or you just need somewhere steady to land each week in a non-judgemental space.
Whatever's brought you here, you don't need to have the right words for it yet.
What working together could look like
I offer a gentle space shaped around you — never a one-size-fits-all approach but always approaching with your creativity and needs. You might want to use arts or talk it all through. You might want structure to hold onto or want space to slow down and just breathe. Sessions might include creative exploration, drawing, writing, imagery & metaphor, or simple grounding practices - but you never need to be "good at art." It's just another way in, for the parts of you that don't always come out in conversation.
Why clients choose to work with me
I bring both professional grounding and lived understanding. I have chronic non-visible disbility, and identify as a queer, neurodivergent practitioner.
My professional background spans dementia & palliative care, learning disability and Autism services, and community creative health work — alongside training in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy drawing on psychodynamic, transactional analysis, Gestalt, and somatic approaches. I work in a trauma-aware, neurodiversity-affirming way, with compassion, warmth and clear boundaries, so you always know where you stand, even as we explore what's genuinely hard.
Availability & How to Start
I offer a free 20-minute informal chat via phone or video, so you can ask questions and see if we feel like the right fit — there’s no obligation to continue but it gives you time to ask any questions before we start working together.
Contact me:
cescamylescreativecounselling@gmail.com
www.createsupport.org
Training, qualifications & experience
- Postgraduate Professional Certificate in Counselling using the arts - IATE (Institute of Art and Therapy in Education London.)
- Counselling skills (using the arts) - IATE
- Therapeutic application of the Arts - IATE
- Therapeutic group facilitation - Creative Counsellors CIC
- A-Z LGBTQ+ Mental health
- ADHD awareness
- Awareness of learning Difficulties Certificate
- Mindfulness-based Interventions for use in the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ADHD and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Disability confident practitioner and experienced in supporting people from neuro-diverse and LGBTQ backgrounds.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Online: £60
Concession rate: £50
I offer weekly or fortnightly sessions
Payment via BACS either weekly or monthly prior to sessions.
When I work
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Further information
I am disability confident practitioner.
I have a strong inclusion focus, specialising in supporting individuals with neurodiversity, invisible illness, disabilities and their family members.
Lived experiences of CFS/ME & FMS drives my passion to support those who face barriers in accessing therapies and counselling and offers me understanding of your unique challenges so we can work together from a place of support and empathy.
