About me
NEURODIVERGENT* ALIGNED ART PSYCHOTHERAPY, COUNSELLING AND SUPERVISION WITH JO RAY
I am an Integrative Art Psychotherapist, Child Counsellor, and Clinical Supervisor. I work therapeutically with adults, young people and children on an individual basis; and I offer clinical supervision in groups, pairs or 1:1. My private practice is based in East Dulwich and Peckham, in South London, or online as needed.
I am neurodivergent and bring both rich lived experience and in-depth understanding to my practice. I have extensive professional experience of working with neurodivergent* clients of all ages.
ART PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICE
Art therapy can help with emotional, behavioural and relational patterns that may be difficult to verbalise or hold in thought. Working with the arts in this context can help you identify, connect-to and experience your emotions on a deep non-verbal level. Many psychological issues are multi-layered, and we often learn to skilfully avoid core feelings.
‘Art can permeate the very deepest part of us, where no words exist’ Eileen Miller
I provide a confidential space with emotional warmth, acceptance and respect. We will co-create gentle ways of working with the arts, to explore and communicate your internal experiences, alongside talking and meaning making. It always remains your personal journey, and you will set the pace – any opportunities for change will be your choice to pursue.
‘Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life’ Pablo Picasso
DO I NEED TO BE GOOD AT ART?
No artistic skill is required. It is about using the art to express, communicate and explore your internal experiences.
‘The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance’ Aristotle
INTEGRATED PSYCHOTHERAPY
I work integrating many models of psychotherapy theory which provides flexibility to grow and adapt the therapeutic work as the journey unfolds – this enables us to tailor the therapeutic process to meet your individual needs.
‘The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth’ Laozi
Please see my website for more details about art psychotherapy and what this looks like in practice and if you are curious about how the arts might support your therapeutic journey.
*Please see my website for discussion about, and explanation of, my language choices around neurodiversity.
Training, qualifications & experience
Integrative Art Psychotherapist, Child Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor
HCPC; UKCP; MBACP; NCPS; IATE; BAAT; BAATN; BA Hons; MA; PgDip’s
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
I trained as an Integrative Art Psychotherapist (MA) and Child Counsellor (Dip CC) at IATE; and as a Clinical Supervisor (Dip ATS) with BAAT.
REGISTRATION
My work is governed by my memberships and registering bodies, professional conduct and ethical frameworks:
Professional Registration:
- HCPC, UKCP and NCPS registered
- Registered member MBACP
Professional Memberships:
- BAAT
- IATE
- BAATN (friend member)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AS A PSYCHOTHERAPIST
With over 15 years’ of working with the arts psychotherapeutically, my professional experience includes:
- Children and adolescents, in state primary and secondary schools in Wandsworth and Lambeth
- Children and adolescents, in independent primary and secondary schools in Croydon and Southwark
- Adults, in an NHS clinic for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
- Adults as part of Dimbleby Cancer Care within NHS hospitals
- Clients of all ages in private practice
Please see my website for more details about my professional documentation and experience.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
NEURODIVERGENCE
I openly bring my own neurospicy lived experience and developmental path, including intergenerational understanding, and the complexity of working with trauma alongside a neural network that is already dysregulated by everyday life.
THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE WITH NEURODIVERGENCE* CLIENTS
I have many years’ experience of working with neurodivergent* clients. I often support clients, be they adults, young people or children, through turbulent times, maybe pre-diagnosis, during the diagnostic process, or recognising self-diagnosis, managing periods of burnout and exhaustion, rejection sensitivity fatigue, emotional based school absence or the path to learning beyond the education system.
In this context I do work with families, including siblings. However, I am not a family therapist, and this work is undertaken as an advocate for the child client.
Some at-home sessions are available, usually reserved for young people who struggle to leave their home and are not wanting to work online. If this is your situation, please contact me and we can discuss how such sessions might be managed – we will likely need longer than 30 minutes for our initial conversation.
Please see my website for more details of my therapeutic practice with neurodivergent* clients.
*Please see my website for discussion about, and explanation of, my language choices around neurodiversity.
Therapies offered
Fees
£110.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
FEES AND AVAILABILITY
Therapy sessions are 50 minutes, and can be held weekly, fortnightly, monthly or ad hoc, according to your needs.
Some concessions are available and are circumstance dependant.
My availability changes weekly so it is best to ask for my current availability when you are ready to book a session. When I am fully booked, I am happy to recommend other practitioners.
My regular days are:
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in East Dulwich in-person and online
- Thursday at Caya Therapy in Peckham in-person and online
Both have good transport links and free parking.
Please see my website for more details about PRACTICALITIES.
Further information
AN INITIAL CONVERSATION
I usually meet with clients, or parents of clients, for an initial chat on Zoom before booking a first session – in the case of separated parents, both parents will be invited for an individual initial chat.
CONFIDENTIALITY
All sessions are confidential, unless, under rare circumstances, I have a concern about someone’s safety. In such situations, as far as is reasonably possible I will attempt to speak with you first – usually this is a transparent conversation in a session when the safety concern emerges.
WORKING TOGETHER AGREEMENT AND PARENTAL CONSENT
Once we have decided to work together, I will send you a copy of my Working Together Agreement document. Please note, any child client with separated parents will require signed permission from both parents.
Please see my website for more details about PRACTICALITIES.
