Directory of Complementary Medicine and Alternative Healing

Art Therapy

Known as Art Psychotherapy to assist clients to find their own way of explaining thoughts and feelings. By enabling an individual to find better understanding of self and own problems, this therapy can facilitate communication of inner or hidden thoughts, feelings and in communicating feelings with others when verbal expression does not come easy.

In a safe environment clients to work in with various art materials. Often, therapist are artist and this enables them to understand art as a healing process. Practitioners may incorporating psychodynamic, humanistic and symbolic approaches to support, engage and encourage clients to express themselves with others through artwork.

Art therapy is suitable for the young and mature on a one-to-one or group basis. Very helpful for individuals with acute mental illnesses, depression, emotional and behavioural difficulties, palliative care, learning difficulties and survivors of abuse.

Therapists can be found throughout the NHS, Social Services, Education, Prisons, Voluntary sector and working independently. For access details about local facilities, contact your Regional Co-ordinator or ask for G.P. referral. 

Yorkshire and Humberside Region of Registered Art Therapists
Sally Weston B.A.A.T.
Regional Co-ordinator
c/o Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies
16 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA

Drama Therapy

This therapy uses creativity in an active way for exploring, expressing and developing individual potential. It is concerned with growth and adapts to the needs of each individual with the therapeutic aim varying according to personal needs. For example: Coming to terms with anger and frustration, Working on fears and inhibitions.

Drama therapy can be about sharing and having fun within a group, learning to communicate and bring feeling into the open. It is about being accepted and realising that one is not alone. The four main areas of practice are:

1.              Exploration: creative work aimed at exploring personality problems and potential.

2.              Working on Problems: working things through by releasing emotions.

3.              Rehearsing New Behaviours: practising independence or assertiveness.

4.              Developing group cohesion: using actions to develop trust, co-operation and communication.

Some areas from which this techniques can draw upon are: dramatic re-enactment, story and ritual, artwork, sound and voice work, symbol and metaphor, dream work, movement, role play, guided fantasy, relaxation and more. Dramatic re-enactment in its many forms aims to enable us to re-work life experience symbolically, as we become more confident individuals, as an integral part in a group and while participating and re-creating ourselves drama re-enaction.

Ruth Edwards
45 St Winifred’s Road
Harrogate
HG2 8LW

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