Creative Psychotherapy

Go beyond words to process complex emotions, regulate your nervous system, and find empowerment in your healing.

What is Creative Psychotherapy?

Creative Psychotherapy is a therapeutic approach that integrates traditional talking therapy with creative expression—such as art, movement, music, writing, or drama—to help individuals explore and process their emotions, experiences, and inner world.

Unlike conventional therapy, which relies heavily on verbal communication, creative psychotherapy offers alternative pathways for expression, especially when words feel limiting or inaccessible. It’s particularly powerful for those navigating trauma, grief, anxiety, or complex emotional states.

Process

How group Creative Psychotherapy works

Our creative psychotherapy groups offer a safe, playful, and open space where healing and exploration unfold through shared creativity.

Opening the Space

Each session begins with a gentle arrival—an opportunity to pause, reflect, and notice how we're feeling in the moment. This helps us settle into the space and connect with ourselves and each other.

Finding our Rhythm

Together, we discover the group's unique rhythm. Through movement, storytelling, art, and other expressive forms, we begin to explore our feelings and experiences in ways that words alone may not reach.

Creative Collaboration

We offer a creative activity which aids exploration of our internal world. This may be in small groups or individually.

Closing with Reflection

We end each session with a reflective check-out, acknowledging what we're holding, what's shifted, and what we're taking with us. This helps integrate the experience and supports emotional clarity. These sessions will link and support the work your have explored in your EMDR Group session.

Who can Benefit?

Creative Psychotherapy can be incredibly helpful when you are feeling stuck or overwhelmed with emotions as it offers helpful ways to process and express these feelings.

This approach is suitable for people of all ages and backgrounds. You don’t need to be “good at art or be artistic” or have any creative experience—it's about expression, not aesthetics. Sessions can be especially helpful for those who are:
Experiencing mental health challenges
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Struggling to self-regulate
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Facing a bereavement or loss
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Feeling anxious
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Living with depression
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Experiencing mental health challenges
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Struggling with communicating
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Feeling isolated
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Experiencing family difficulties
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Trying to overcome trauma
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Enduring low self-esteem
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Engaging in self-destructive behaviour
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Ways of working in the group

Transformative healing in a supportive group setting

Non-verbal expression

Clients use creative tools—like drawing, painting, collage, or movement—to externalize thoughts and feelings that may be difficult to articulate.

Symbolic exploration

Imagery, metaphor, and sensory experiences often reveal subconscious patterns, offering insight and emotional release.

Integrated Reflection

The therapist helps the client reflect on their creations/experiences, linking them to personal narratives, emotions, and therapeutic goals.

Safe Space

Sessions are held in a non-judgmental, supportive environment where the focus is on the process—not artistic skill or outcomes.

Client Testimonials

Experiences from our compassionate community of healers

"I felt overwhelmed, broken, and lost. Heather immediately made me feel heard, seen, and understood in a warm, safe space. Thanks to her creative work, I’ve gained invaluable tools. I wholeheartedly recommend her."
"I felt overwhelmed, broken, and lost. Heather immediately made me feel heard, seen, and understood in a warm, safe space. Thanks to our work, I’ve gained invaluable tools. I wholeheartedly recommend her."
"Susan is a highly competent and professional creative therapist. She has a compassionate nature and is very skilled at finding creative ways to work with children and adults. I strongly recommend her."
"After a traumatic surgery, working with Heather was a life-changing process. She put me at ease from the first session, and I felt completely safe. I no longer experience any of the symptoms I struggled with."
"Susan has a calming, positive, and reassuring presence. I felt safe and empowered in our sessions. She creates space for you to find your own way, but has the perfect judgement to steer when needed."

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