Bridget Rees, Somerset Arts Therapies Centre, Glastonbury (2025)

Registered with HCPC and a member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT). Art Therapy is often described as a form of Psychotherapy that uses art to express and explore our inner worlds. Sometimes people find it difficult to talk about what is troubling them, or prefer to communicate using visual expression. The process of making art can be helpful in itself - you don't have to end up with a finished piece. Children will use art and play as a natural part of their communication. Helping children to put words to their creations (although words are not always necessary) can help them to find a way of expressing themselves to others that might otherwise be perceived as difficult behaviours. Having things seen in a different way through the art can be enormously helpful for parents and carers too. Adults who come to Art Therapy often find great relief in being allowed some space to re-connect with their more playful and spontaneous selves. Those who have experienced difficult childhoods may find it helpful to release stuck feelings from that time. Neuroscience tells us that the parts of the brain activated during art-making are the same as those in pre-verbal development.

05/10/2025

It is very exiting and a wonderful privilege to have contributed a chapter to the new Handbook of Neuro-Dramatic-Play®. I have written about the use and themes of water in NDP informed Art Therapy. Thank you to the editors Clive Holmwood and Sue Jennings for putting this resource together. I am really enjoying reading about other clinicians' and practitioners' application of NDP across cultures and other modalities.

https://www.routledge.com/The-Handbook-of-Neuro-Dramatic-Play-Cross-Cultural-Attachment-Based-Play-for-Clinicians-and-Practitioners/Holmwood-Jennings/p/book/9781032807089

14/07/2025

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The Somerset Arts Therapies Centre CIC provides specialist mental health and wellbeing support to people of all ages.

17/05/2025

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06/02/2025

10/03/2024

I'm now a Certified Trainer for Neuro-Dramatic-Play®. Looking forward to working alongside Dr Sue Jennings and Dr Clive Holmwood, with this attachment-based intervention that focuses on early playful relationships.
https://www.ndpltd.org/

Pleased to announce the completion of my Trainers Certificate in Neuro-Dramatic-Play®. I'll be joining Dr Sue Jennings and Dr Clive Holmwood to deliver training on attachment-based interventions that focus on early playful relationships and how these can be recreated in the therapy room. https://ww...

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