Launching soon is Pia Jones and Sarah Pimenta’s new trio of Therapeutic FairyTales exploring how nature can support children and families through different feeling states. Into The Forest is for children with anxiety; The Sky Fox for children feeling isolated;…
From a nervous disposition to phobias to a full-blown anxiety attack, how do we understand and work with anxiety? Of necessity, people do need a certain degree of vigilance for their own protection. How then do we assess what is…
On the 6th December 2018, I had the privilege to deliver an art therapy workshop to a client group from the Silverlining Brain Injury Charity. Their mission states their goal is; "to unite, engage and rehabilitate all those affected by brain injury…
On 22 September 2018 we were delighted to welcome Professor Shaun McNiff, veteran art therapist, prolific author and wonderful artist to run a one-day symposium for London Art Therapy Centre. Many art therapists have read his books and for those…
By Hephzibah Kaplan On one weekend in January 2018 London Art Therapy Centre hosted Professor Susan Hogan and her colleague Kate Phillips for a special 2-day event to learn and reflect about their work on the Birth Project they have…
“It seems many health professionals involved in antenatal care have not realised that one of their roles is to protect the emotional state of pregnant women.” Michel Odent, M.D. This recent clinical meeting on Birth and Art Therapy was prolifically…
By Hephzibah Kaplan London Art Therapy Centre decided to put on an exhibition to celebrate the launch of two new important art therapy books edited by art therapists Marian Liebmann OBE and Sally Weston. (See photos of this event in…
On a cold March evening, with winter chill still in the air and hope for Spring's new life not yet in London, Hephzibah Kaplan thoughtfully presented the following topic, Death and Dying at the London Art Therapy Centre clinical meeting.…
On Wednesday, 18 March, I attended the monthly clinical meeting at London Art Therapy Centre on the topic of Death and Dying. The meeting was coordinated by art therapists Mirella Issaias and Colleen Steiner Westling. The director of the centre,…
The early days of professional art therapy focussed on developing a theoretical base, usually after noticing the astonishing beneficial effects of art-making with clients. Since World War 1 when Adrian Hill coined the term Art Therapy, the profession has been…