Art Psychotherapy: my approach is trauma-informed pluralistic art psychotherapy, with a person-centred core. I work collaboratively, aligning with co-production principles and practises. 

Counselling / Psychotherapy: my approach is trauma-informed pluralistic psychotherapy, with a person-centred core.  I work collaboratively, aligning with co-production principles and practises. 

Practice in both counselling / psychotherapy and art therapy / art psychotherapy requires "a coherent approach" (HCPC, 2023, BACP, 2024, 2025). A coherent approach means that whilst there are many art therapy practises and styles, they are always within the coherent whole of art therapy. Similarly with counselling, the range of practises used must "make a coherent whole" (BACP, 2025). 

My coherent approach features a coherent whole which has:

• a CORE of good governance - laws, ethics (HCPC, BACP, BAAT), and governance related HCPC standards, BACP competences, and BAAT guidelines. Plus quality assurance and clinical governance processes.
  This governance core supports and nourishes: 

• an integrative framework guiding the diverse ELEMENTS of evidence-based theories and associated practises.

My integrative framework is 'trauma-informed pluralistic art psychotherapy' (Sibbett, 2003, 2014, 2016, 2019) and trauma informed pluralistic counselling / psychotherapy (Cooper & McLeod, 2011, 2015; McLeod, 2015, 2018; McLeod & Sundet, 2016; Cooper & Dryden, 2016) which I synthesise with trauma-informed care principles (SAMHSA, 2014; Sweeney et al, 2016). This is based on a person-centred integrative model of health, grounded in eco-biopsychosocial and systemic models, earth-caring values, and common factors research and evidence-based research. It is an integrative approach, featuring a person-centred core, informed by other evidence-based theories such as mentalization, attachment, trauma, systems, psychodynamic, ecopsychology, social justice, art, anthropology, transpersonal, social activism, child and adult development, etc. It also encompasses eco practice: promoting eco-creativity and a reciprocal caring relationship with and for the rest of Nature.

I mainly use a metaphor or symbol of a tree to represent coherent approach featuring a coherent whole with its CORE of good governance supporting the integrative framework guiding its diverse  ELEMENTS of evidence-based theories and associated practices.

NB. See the page on Trauma Informed Pluralistic Practice for more details of this coherent approach and integrative framework.