
St Andrews Castle
The Active Business Centre
33, St Andrews St South
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3PH
Lifecraft
The Bath House
Gwydir Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB1 2LW
07791 440000
St Andrews Castle
The Active Business Centre
33, St Andrews St South
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3PH
Lifecraft
The Bath House
Gwydir Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB1 2LW
07791 440000
I am a UKCP accredited Clinical Psychotherapist and HCPC registered Integrative Arts Psychotherapist working with adults and young people.
People come to Psychotherapy with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues and just feeling stuck in their lives.
Knowledgeable about human development, psychological theories, clinical practice, spiritual, multicultural and artistic traditions, and the healing potential of art and psychotherapy I offer ........
Confidentiality and Support
I offer a confidential, non-judgmental and safe space for you to talk and reflect on your life and support your journey to meaning, supporting the freedom to change and imagine, and an opportunity to become who you want to be.
Creativity
Combining a range of psychotherapeutic theories with empathy and an understanding of the psychological aspects of the creative process, I will listen, accept, explore and work creatively with you, your feelings and beliefs.
Individual needs
Working with words, metaphor, image and symbol, connecting mind and body, the work is molded to meet the needs of each unique individual client.
Improved awareness and confidence
Art Psychotherapy improves wellbeing, awareness, self-confidence and coping skills; it increases cognitive function and can reduce anxiety and depression.You do not need artistic ability or experience and sometimes entire sessions can use words alone.
Conscious Living
Using the arts activates the imagination; it helps you to access your unconscious mind. The art shows you new possibilities and supports growth and healing, providing you with a chance to make conscious choices in your life.
Expression and Neuroscience
When words are not enough, the arts help express many meanings at once. Art making can be soothing and satisfying, it can help you to get in touch with feelings and memories. From a neurological perspective, working beyond words, with the creative process activates far more of our mental capacity.
The Arts
Using the Arts media is an optional extra to the Psychotherapy, something you may chose to use, materials include: Paints, pastels, charcoal, pencils, clay and sculpture, sandtray, collage, postcards, poetry, drama, puppets, working with dreams, bodywork/movement and music.
Clients have reported the benefits of Therapy include
improved personal insight and understanding of emotions; improved exploration and expression of feelings and problems; improved confidence; coping strategies/techniques; improved personal relationships; improved wellbeing and day to day functioning; improved control; improved planning and decision making.
Continuing Professional Development
Recent Courses are:
Fragile Selves: Working with Narcissistic and Borderline States of Mind. Confer online (2018-2019)
How Art Heals: Integrating Practice and Research. Professor Shaun McNiff. The London Art Therapy Centre. (September 2018)
Embodied Approaches to Psychotherapy. Confer online (2017-2018)
Landscapes of Grief. Julia Samuels. Confer. (July 2017)
Eco-Psychotherapy London Wetlands Centre. Confer. (March 2017)
Psychotherapeutic work with Intergenerational trauma. Feb 2017)
Resolving clinical dilemmas in Therapy: Susie Orbach (January 2017)
You can contact me for an initial consultation session for which I charge £55. In this session we will discuss your reasons for wanting therapy, the length and frequency of our sessions, the fees and we can get a feeling for working together.
(negotiable fees for students and low income)
Some concessions and reduced rate packages are available - You may be eligible for reduced rate fees, please see The Golden Yew Project CIC website - www.thegoldenyewproject.org
Online counselling: | No |
Telephone counselling: | No |
Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Sign language: | No |
Other languages: | None |
I have availability in Cambridge on Tuesdays and in Central Bury St Edmunds (with free parking) on Wednesdays and Thursdays. email me at gaby@ukartspsychotherapy.co.uk for a consultation
Children |
Young people |
Adults |
Older adults |
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