Looking over my website I'm a little horrified (!) at how long it's been since I've logged on to check it over, or post any updates. Professional and personal life is usually busy so that somewhat accounts for...
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Thoughts on SPACE!
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the importance of space in therapy and counselling. I am talking, mostly, about the physical room that therapy takes place in. However, this is symbolic and representative of the emotional, relational, reflective space that...
Read MoreSummer Happenings: an update on my professional activities
Summer 2018 has been a varied and exciting one. I’ve used some of my time investing in my own art making: it’s been a treat to let the creative ideas flow and see what unfolds. I’ve never really made art for...
Read MoreTo blog or not to blog…?!
Unbelievably six months has passed since I last posted an update, despite it floating around my to-do list. I do enjoy musing and writing, so it says a lot about how busy things have been, and it’s also made me...
Read MoreRefreshed & ready for the term ahead…
September marks the start of the new school term, and I am looking forward to reconnecting with clients and supervisees who have had a break from therapy and clinical supervision over the school summer holidays.
Piecing it together: CAMHS and Private Practice; observations from inside and outside the system
The NHS is making headlines on a near daily basis, with the system under enormous pressure to provide services, to an increasingly large population, with less relative funding, and staff shortages within several professional groups. The implications of this are...
Read MoreDeveloping art therapy services in schools & new models of supervising trainee placements
July is here and we are storming toward the summer holidays and the end of another academic year! In schools, the stress of exams and threat of Ofsted inspections is fading, and the energy of sports days, end-of-year productions and...
Read MoreFinding Ground in Shifting Sands: The importance of self-care amidst dismantling of services and in relation to self, systems and client groups
Hi everyone! How are you doing? For me, early 2016 has been a time of challenge, transition and growth. While Creating Healthy Minds remains reassuringly consistent and stable, this has been in contrast with we've seen happen in much of public health care...
Read MoreSpring 2016 check-in
No blogs published since October 2015? What have I been doing with my time?! Quite a lot actually… which no doubt accounts for my absence in cyberspace. The end of 2015 saw me complete a postgraduate diploma in Systemic Family Practice:...
Read MoreWhat’s in an image?
During a recent talk about art therapy, one participant shared a dilemma:
I’m not sure whether a career in art therapy is for me, because everyone else seems to see deep meanings in the examples of artwork you're showing, whereas I... Read More
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