Kairos Consultancy (N.I.) - Art Psychotherapy

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.

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

Art Therapy sites

Golden Tree Pearl.
Artwork (c) CS

Floating Lights.
Artwork (c)CS

Sycamore Tree. Photograph (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)

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