I work with young people up to the age of 24, talking, playing and using the arts to help them explore and make sense of their world, the events in their lives, and their feelings and responses to these.  The space to reflect may mean the young person is able to work out their own solutions.  I work face to face, offering short- or long-term work in the Cannon Hill area of South West London.

 

I believe that although young people occasionally use words to tell those around them how they are feeling, often they use behaviours instead.  They may need help and support to find the words for the feelings at the root of their actions.  Young people who are helped to access their feelings in a safe environment can move to living their lives more fully. 

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Confidentiality is an important part of the therapeutic process; the sessions are confidential unless there is reason to believe the young person is at risk of significant harm.  This is explained to the young person at the beginning of the work.

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I offer young people a non-judgmental space to explore all their feelings. 

 

The relationship between the client and therapist is central to the work; only when we feel safe can we access our deepest feelings.  I work with various art mediums for therapeutic conversation: play, art, puppets, sand tray, and whatever else the young person may be drawn to.  Using the arts can enable someone to access painful feelings when perhaps words are not known, or not big enough, for the feelings.