Creative Practice

Art

Art can give shape to the emotional landscape, offering a glimpse into the seen and unseen parts of your inner and outer world. Through colour, texture, form, and space, the image often speaks where words fall short, revealing hidden aspects of self and experience.

In therapy, the act of creating can gently invite you to stay present with feelings that may otherwise feel too much to hold. The image becomes a companion, something to return to, reflect with, and learn from, offering insight, expression, and a safe place to explore what’s within.

Clay and Sculpture

Working with clay invites a deeply tactile form of expression, a way of speaking through the hands when words are not enough. The weight, texture, and malleability of the material offer a direct connection to feeling, allowing emotion to take form through touch. There’s a quiet honesty in sculpting, something raw and free of everyday distractions. It encourages a slow, sensory engagement with experience, offering a grounded way to explore emotion, memory, and self through the body’s natural language.

Movement, Drama & Somatic Work.

Movement and drama offer a way to explore who we are through the body,

through gesture, posture, and presence. These creative forms help us reflect on the roles we’ve taken on in life, the relationships that have shaped us, and how past experiences might still be quietly influencing the present. Sometimes, words can feel too far away or too sharp. Movement allows us to express what lives beneath language, to feel into the shape of emotion, memory, and connection. Drama brings insight to how we relate to others, making space to reimagine familiar dynamics and discover new possibilities.

Somatic work gently invites awareness of the body as a place that holds not just tension, but also wisdom. Breath, movement, and stillness are used to connect with what has been stored; stress, emotion, or old patterns, and to meet it with compassion. This approach doesn’t push or rush. It offers space to slow down and listen, supporting a more grounded relationship with yourself, and with the world around you.