​After setting up the space I uncover what has brought my client to the session. I do this by listening unconditionally. Rarely, are we truly listened to and heard by friends and family. During this time my client may have surprising realisations about the situation or issue and with my guidance can make changes to their life. 

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There are so many benefits to being more creative, many believe that you have to be ‘artistic’ to enjoy or benefit from being creative.  Creativity is in all of us, we might just have forgotten or be a bit out of practice! 

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Holistic - consideration of a person as a whole interconnected being - body, mind, and soul/spirit. 

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Integrated Creative Arts - an amalgamation of creative techniques.  Integrative approaches often involve two or more creative techniques to enhance awareness, encourage expression, understand emotional growth, and enhance relationships with self and others.  Creative techniques can include anything from drawing, painting, and mixed media. Using music, journaling, creating with nature - any activity that engages a person’s creativity. 

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Therapy - to facilitate and support self-expression, self-development, self-understanding, and a healthy self-image.  Empowering yourself. 

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The main benefits are:​

• Being creative is a beautiful and effective way of stimulating and relaxing the mind

• Become mindful, express your creativity, learn, grow, and accept

• Slow your breathing

• Calm your body and mind

• Discover the moment - become aware of all of your senses, observe yourself

• Gently explore your physical and mental health while opening to your soulful spiritual self

• Connect with you

• Be

• Reignite your imagination, bring forth your carefree inner child

• Re-discover lightness, a sense of freedom, play, have fun, let go

• Keep your magic alive, explore and re-discover the beauty of colour, writing, storytelling, music

• Improve your focus and concentration

• Discover new ways of expression

• Symbolise feelings and emotions in new ways

• Relieve yourself of stresses and concerns

• Enhance your problem-solving skills

• Reduce stress and anxiety

• Lower your blood pressure

• Relieve symptoms of depression and trauma

• Creativity can change our beliefs

• Creativity encourages open-mindedness

• Creativity can push us out of our usual comfortable patterns and help us learn, discover and grow

• Accept and allow

• Recharge

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In today's fast-paced world, too take a moment to connect with our inner selves and unwind helps both mind and spirit. One way to achieve this is through the creation of art. As such, I suggest we explore our creativity and express ourselves through painting, utilizing the medium of our choice. 

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