About me
I am an Integrative Arts Psychotherapist and cofounder of The Creative Therapy Studio in Chelmsford, offering empathetic and evidence-based holistic art therapy.
I support clients online and in-person through tailored therapy and provide a non-judgmental space where they feel seen and heard and empowered towards their goals. I work with a broad range of issues including low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, isolation, grief, identity, relationship difficulties, trauma, attachment, and neurodiversity.
Art therapy uses psychological and creative processes for personal development - clients don't need to be 'good at art or drawing' or have any special skills to take part. It can help with emotional regulation, resilience, self-awareness, and an increased sense of fulfilment, and well-being.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA, HCPC Art Therapist, BAAT, BACP
- HCPC: Membership with Health & Care Professions Council / AS018952 / Registered Psychotherapist
- BACP: British Association of Councillors and Psychotherapists /Membership number 01024228/ Membership category: Registered Member MBACP
- BAAT: Full Member, British Association of Arts Therapists (BAAT).
- Training: Integrative Arts Psychotherapy
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.
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.
The British Association of Art Therapists
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
Fees
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Concession spaces for students or people on a low-income. Concessions considered on an individual basis
Further information
- Online, face-to-face or hybrid
- Free 15-minute telephone consultation for new clients
- Peaceful studio, close to amenities & surrounded by nature.
