Art Psychotherapy
Art Psychotherapy / Art Therapy:
I am an Art Psychotherapist - HCPC Registered.
I have over 30 years experience as a practitioner with individuals and groups:
art psychotherapy, promoting mental health and creativity;
working with those experiencing a wide range of life issues. For example: stress, depression, mental health problems, loss / bereavement, relationship issues, attachment issues, identity issues, work-related problems, abuse, sexual issues, eating problems, trauma, vicarious stress / trauma, suicidality, self-harm, cancer care, palliative care etc.
I am a full member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
My approach and integrative framework is 'trauma-informed pluralistic art psychotherapy & psychotherapy'.
I adhere to the HCPC's (2016/2024) Standards of conduct, performance and ethics and work within the HCPC's (2023) Standards of Proficiency - Arts Therapists.
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What is Art Psychotherapy / Art Therapy?
"Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses art media as its primary mode of communication." (British Association of Art Therapists, BAAT)
For more details, see BAAT's summary: What is Art Therapy?
Art Psychotherapy / Art Therapy: a coherent approach
Practice in art therapy / art psychotherapy and counselling / psychotherapy requires "a coherent approach" (HCPC, 2023, BACP, 2022, 2024). My 'coherent approach' features a coherent whole which has a governance CORE of good governance, ethics, laws, and related standards and competences. This core supports and nourishes an integrative framework guiding the diverse ELEMENTS of evidence-based theories and associated practices. My integrative framework is 'trauma-informed pluralistic art psychotherapy & 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 synthesised with trauma-informed care principles (SAMHSA, 2014; Sweeney et al, 2016). This is based on a relational integrative model of health, grounded in eco-biopsychosocial and systemic models, earth-caring values, and common factors research. It is a humanistic approach, informed by other evidence-based theories such as psychodynamic and attachment, systems, ecopsychology 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 governance CORE supporting and nourishing an integrative framework guiding the diverse ELEMENTS of evidence-based theories and associated practices.
See Pluralistic Art Psychotherapy & Psychotherapy for more details.
Coherent approach
Tree metaphor:
a coherent whole
with a GOVERNANCE CORE
supporting an
INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK guiding
diverse ELEMENTS
Artwork (c) CS
Artwork (c)CS
“I maintain that there is a desperate social need for the creative behaviour of creative individuals.”
(Rogers, 1996: 347)“The mainspring of creativity appears to be the same tendency which we discover so deeply as the curative force in psychotherapy - man’s tendency to actualise himself, to become his potentialities.”
(Rogers, 1996: 350-351)“Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.”
(Sir Ken Robinson)