Services

Your child will work one to one with myself who is a trained Drawing and Talking practitioner for 30 minutes, once a week over 12 sessions. Within the sessions, your child will draw anything they choose and will be encouraged to talk about feelings using storytelling language to help them make sense of their internal world. The technique is intended to allow the child to play, by drawing a picture, and process any emotions they are holding internally in a safe and nonconfrontational way, working at their own pace. The sessions remain confidential between the child and the practitioner. At the end of each session, your child’s picture will be put into their folder and  kept safely away until the next session. At the end of all the work (12 sessions), when the child is feeling better, the folder is handed back to your child for them keep as they wish.  

 Drawing and Talking is not intended to be used as a tool to ‘find out’ what is wrong or why the child behaves the way they do. It is not behaviour modification or used to fix a problem that a child has or is experiencing. Practitioners do not interpret the pictures and do not ask direct questions. The technique should also not be used to replace other specialist services, (such as CAMHS, Psychotherapy, Art or Play therapy) but can be used as an interim tool whilst waiting to be seen by CAMHS or other professionals and can also be used after referral has been completed to complement external agencies. 

 Drawing and Talking is a child-centred one to one intervention focusing on supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of children and young people. 

• Those who have suffered trauma. 
• Have been or are in the process of being adopted or fostered.
• Suffer because of separated or divorced parents. 
• Are young carers.
• Are vulnerable teenage parents. 
• Experience emotional trauma because of their LGBT status. 
• Are socially disadvantaged.
• Are suffering from the effects of domestic violence.
• Suffer from anxiety, stress or phobias.
• Have suffered loss or bereavement of any kind.
• Are withdrawn or continually unhappy.
• Are ill, disabled or autistic.
• Find it difficult to make friends.
• Quarrel frequently with peers or siblings.
• Bully others or is bullied themselves.
• Suffer from disrupted or disturbed sleep.
• Display inappropriate behaviour.
• Do not play.
• Are not realising their full potential either socially or academically.
•  Are at risk of being, or have been excluded from school

 Once an individual feels safe and the Practitioner has created a secure attachment, their imagination begins to unfold. Based on Jungian principles, they will be guided through the power of healing when working with the unconscious.

After completion of the Drawing and Talking therapy, individuals are more able to control their behaviour and most importantly have higher self-esteem, allowing them to thrive in the world around them.