Therapeutic Interventions: Unlocking Emotional Expression

In our 12-week program, your child will engage in a safe and supportive environment where they can explore drawing and talking therapy. Through play, drawing, and sand play therapy, they will have the freedom to express themselves. As they work at their own pace, they will be encouraged to describe their pictures using storytelling language, which will help enhance their emotional literacy by making sense of their internal world and processing their experiences.

Working in small tailored groups, participants will engage in a variety of activities aimed at developing their emotional literacy, empathy, and self-confidence through methods such as drawing and talking therapy and sand play therapy. Each session is designed specifically to address the collective needs of the group. 

It is incredible to see the bonds these children forge as they learn to share and trust each other!

Using a sand tray, your child is invited to create their own unique 3-D pictures with props and figures, allowing them to tell a story. This evolving sand story reflects aspects of their internal world, thoughts, feelings, and experiences, which is a crucial part of drawing and talking therapy. Sand play therapy is particularly suited to my younger clients (5 years+) and those who demonstrate a preference for kinesthetic learning or tactile, sensory play, ultimately enhancing their emotional literacy.

Each client is offered a free, no obligation consultation at which we can discuss specific concerns or questions, allowing me to learn more about your child. During this consultation, we can explore various therapeutic approaches, such as drawing and talking therapy, to enhance emotional literacy. 

You and their class teacher will then be invited to complete diagnostic questionnaires at the start and end of the block of sessions. We may also incorporate sand play therapy as part of our sessions to support expression and learning. 

After the completion of sessions, and once the final questionnaires and feedback have been collated, I provide a summary report. 

I have a particular interest and experience in supporting neurodivergent young people through the education system and am happy to signpost to other services and resources where appropriate.

All my sessions, including drawing and talking therapy and sand play therapy, are held on the school site in a quiet room. Children are taken out of class discreetly for 30 minutes at a time. 

I am proud of the wonderful working relationships I have with the dedicated team of SENCOs, inclusion managers, and family workers in our local schools. We work closely together to ensure sessions are coordinated with school trips, INSET days, and assemblies, rescheduling where necessary. 

They also assist me in ensuring that diagnostic questionnaires are completed and returned by class teachers, which allows us to gain a holistic view of the emotional literacy and support needs of each child.

All clients, past and present, are invited to borrow books from my lending library, which covers a range of subjects including emotional literacy, breathwork, drawing and talking therapy, mindful drawing, neurodiversity, and sand play therapy.

*COMING SOON* Zoom sessions will be available to support individuals who are home-schooled or those unable to access mainstream education. These sessions will focus on drawing and talking therapy, emotional literacy, and sand play therapy to help enhance personal development.