Mindscape Therapy and Consulting
Creative Psychotherapy Practice based in Bournemouth, Dorset. Provides services to children and adults.
Introducing our new space for expressive psychotherapy and art therapy in Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. This art therapy room is fully equipped with expressive art therapy, sand tray therapy, and play therapy materials. It is also suitable for clinical supervision, coaching, and verbal psychotherapy.
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During these strange and difficult times, I am focusing on the themes of wellbeing and creativity, I thought I would post some words from a mindful creative writing activity I did for myself.
Poetry and writing down how one feels has always been very therapeutic and like making art it can also help to express and process feelings. It can also be quite whimsical and silly depending on your mood. You can also have fun trying to come up with flowery big words 🙂
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During these challenging times, it seemed important to investigate how art therapy can help with anxiety.
In this article, I will give an insight into how the creative art making process can help with anxiety. I will outline some strategies to help anxiety and discuss whether colouring books are a useful tool for anxiety. I look at the process of art therapy and how it can enable us to express and explore emotions.
“For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art” Edvard Munch
Art Therapy is the use of the creative arts to express and reflect on emotional states with the guidance of an art therapist. It is effective as an approach due to the fact that it can help people express things that are difficult to talk about. It is also called Art Psychotherapy and is a well-developed profession in the UK and the US, being an approach that is used to help people of all ages.
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