Accessibility & Flexibility in the comfort of home

I ask all clients to consider for online working:

Will you have privacy? Safety and privacy are important for every session. It’s important you aren’t interrupted or needed in a caring capacity for vulnerable adults or children.

What art materials do you have at home? For every session I will include and offer of art making. It is worth having a pen, coloured pencils/crayons/felt tips, and paper, and playdough/clay. I can discuss and send information on DIY art materials you can find at home, or make in the post art packs for £30 to cover 6 weeks worth of sessions.

Where will you store your artwork? What you make in sessions may hold feelings you’re not comfortable sharing with others outside of therapy, will you have a private place to put these? I recommend a box file or cupboard which only you use. We will discuss this beforehand.

Do you have good working internet or need tech support? Getting disconnected or not being heard in sessions can feel abrupt and frustrating.

In our inital phone call we will discuss any tech issues or needs before booking in our first session to support thinking around how to create a therapeutic safe space at home.

Creative Counselling isn’t useful for people who are currently in or going into crisis, as I work in a different way to crisis support. If you or someone you care about are in crisis, this needs a higher level of support in services that need a GP referral and ongoing help. If you are struggling now and need urgent help, please contact your GP or;

you can text SHOUT to 85258

call the Samaritans helpline on 116 123

Or If you are frightened or worried or there is a risk of immediate harm/ danger to you or others
contact 999 immediately.

“It is a brave decision to reach out for help. You are not alone.”