Sandra Buchanan ArtsTherapist-Counsellor-Professional Supervisor

Sandra Buchanan ArtsTherapist-Counsellor-Professional Supervisor When inquiring into an experience how does creative process help? These can often be life changing experiences.

Creative arts therapies are a person centred approach to counselling tapping into your unconscious unlocking new perspectives and opportunity to make meaning of your world and identify pathways for change. By allowing you to become absorbed in creative activity, spending a little time while sensing, touching and feeling opens you to the process of focusing on your inquiry or problem or issue. Thi

s in turn provides you opportunity to explore through embodiment, distancing, and externalisation. In the process tapping into your unconscious thoughts unlocking insights, opportunity for new perspectives and different outcomes. When reflecting during a session some questions we explore may include:
-What draws your attention the most?
-What comes to mind when you focus on this?
-What do you become aware of when reflecting? A theory recognised and employed in creative arts therapy is the concept of flow, a holistic experience felt naturally when participating with total involvement. Flow is a state of being so involved in the experience of play and exploration for the pure enjoyment of the experience. Flow is the sense of fun used when working with you to allow for more fluent ideas and greater creative problem solving. At the conclusion of a recent session a client reflected: ‘I went on to making an image of my experience which gave me a way of

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'completion happens in its own way' by me
19/04/2026

'completion happens in its own way' by me

Art Therapy for Women Surviving Cancer 2026 scheduled groups:April 30thMay 28thJune 25th July 30thAugust 27thSeptember 2...
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Art Therapy for Women Surviving Cancer
2026 scheduled groups:
April 30th
May 28th
June 25th
July 30th
August 27th
September 24th
October 29th
November 26th
all sessions are $20 and run for one hour and start at 3pm

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📣 📄 Call for submissions!

The International Journal of Art Therapy is calling for manuscripts for a special issue on art therapy with people with learning disabilities.

The special issue will showcase work that disrupts traditional narratives and offers new insights into what inclusive, co-produced, and culturally responsive art therapy looks like now, and in the future.

🔗 Find out more: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/art-therapy-with-people-with-learning-disabilities/

Supervision groups are now available. 4 session closed groups and open groupssee website for details
01/02/2026

Supervision groups are now available.
4 session closed groups and open groups
see website for details

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