Chelsea Natural Health Clinic

Person Centred Art Therapy by Nicola Croote at Chelsea Natural Health Clinic, Fulham Rd.,SW10

What is Person Centred Art Therapy?
Person centred art therapy can be used as a tool to help you discover more about yourself and bring any unconscious issues into your awareness. It works by helping you to get in touch with your right brain, the part of the brain that is more creative, spontaneous and playful.

What happens in a person centred art therapy session?
I will invite you to close your eyes if you feel comfortable to do so and will lead you through a relaxation exercise . I will ask you to allow an image to come up for you when I say a particular word, for example ‘flower’ I will ask you to notice everything that you can about the image eg. where is the flower? what does it look like? is there anything else that you can see? I will then invite you when you are ready to choose paper and pens, pencils, paints, pastels etc (whatever you feel like using) to draw your image. Once your image is completed I will go through your image with you asking you specific questions about it in order to help you make the connections that will help you to understand more about yourself and issues in your life. Whatever is in your unconscious mind and is relevent to your current or future situation will be portrayed in your image. My job is to help you discover this in a safe, supportive and creative way.

Why Person Centred Art Therapy?
Because every now and then we can get stuck in our lives and even talking about it doesn’t help. Person Centred Art Therapy is a way of helping you to get unstuck by making you aware of new possiblities or behaviours and feelings that are preventing you from moving forward.

But what if I can’t draw?
It really doesn’t matter if you think that you can’t draw very well as it is not about admiring the end product, it is about the process of making the image and finding out the meaning underneath. Lots of people I have worked with including myself held this belief to start with but I encourage you to trust the process and just have fun with it! Person Centred Art Therapy can really surprise you with what it can uncover.

How much is a Person Centred Art Therapy session?
Sessions are £50
or
a block of 6 sessions is £250

If you would like to try a Person Centre Art Therapy session or would like to book a block of 6 sessions to help you work on a specific issue book an appointment contact me on 07841 420067 or email me at ncroote@nicolacroote.com

Counselling to Help you Connect with your Inner Child by Nicola Croote of Chelsea Natural Health Clinic, Fulham Rd, SW10

When was the last time you had fun and were able to let go of feeling self conscious in order to have a good time?

If it has been a while it may be down to the fact that it’s difficult for you to connect to the child part of yourself, the part of you that is carefree and spontaneous, creative and fun loving.  It may be because that part of you is wounded or damaged and hides away for fear of judgement or criticism.

If you watch children you will see that they are spontaneous, playful and are always using their imaginations to make play more fun and enjoyable.   As adults we often lose this ability especially if these qualities were not encouraged by the adults around us, if we had strict parents or suffered from abuse or neglect.   We can grow up feeling self conscious, guarded and fearful of letting ourselves go in order to have fun and often turn to substances or other behaviours which make it a lot easier.  However this often comes with negative consequences such as hangovers and worse

Through therapy I can offer you the chance to re-connect with the child part of yourself, which will dramatically improve your life.

Being able to connect with your inner child may be painful to start with as you may uncover past hurts and difficult feelings, however once you make that connection you will also find a deep well of creativity and the ability to have fun again.  You will re-discover activities and interests that you had forgotten about and you will find the healing that takes place will change all aspects of your life for the better.   You will be able to manage feelings rather than your feelings controlling you, your relationships will improve as you learn how to integrate your inner child with your inner adult.

This type of therapy is extremely powerful and effective and can be accessed by anyone who wants to improve their life and tap into their creativity.    Creative therapeutic tools are used within therapy sessions in order to facilitate your connection to your child part such as:

• Art
• Objects
• Story telling
• Clay

These help you to make the connection to the young part of yourself very quickly and effectively and give you the opportunity to experience something different from simply spending the session talking.

If you would like to make a change to your life and try something different that will give you rapid results, make the commitment to yourself and invest in some counselling sessions.

I am currently offering a spring special offer of 6 sessions for the price of 5  so it’s the perfect time to make that change – what are you waiting for?

Nicola works from the clinic on Mondays from 3pm and is available to speak to  on 07841 420067.  Alternatively use the form above or call reception on 0207 352 3087

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