Art Psychotherapy in Leeds city centre & Online

Life can feel stressful, disconnected, or difficult to make sense of. You may be navigating pressure at work, challenges in relationships, anxiety, low mood, trauma, or a quiet sense that you want to understand yourself more deeply.

About the Therapist

I offer Art Psychotherapy for adults who are looking for a different way to experience therapy. While talking is part of our work, creativity gives us another way to explore feelings, memories, and experiences that can be hard to put into words. You do not need artistic skill, only a willingness to be curious about what arises.

My approach is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed. I support people to make sense of their experiences, build self-compassion, and accept the version of themselves who arrives for help.

I am a qualified Art Psychotherapist and HCPC-registered practitioner, offering face-to-face sessions In Park square in the Centre of Leeds and I also offer online appointments. I work inclusively with adults across gender, sexuality, neurodiversity, disability, and social background.

I trained at the Art Therapy Northern Programme in Sheffield, where I completed an MA in Art Psychotherapy Practice. Before that, I earned a BA in Psychology from Leeds Beckett University. I continue to develop my practice through ongoing training and regular clinical supervision, so that clients receive thoughtful, ethical, and professional care.

My Approach

I take a trauma-informed and integrative approach to therapy. This means I aim to create safety, choice, and collaboration, while drawing on approaches including Jungian, humanistic, compassion focused, and trauma-informed ways of working.

At the heart of my practice is a belief that creativity can help people access what words alone cannot always reach. Art can be a way of externalising feelings, exploring inner conflicts or interpersonal dynamics, witnessing your own experience, and discovering new possibilities. We will work at your pace, with your preferences and boundaries respected throughout and without imposing my meaning onto your images.

Experience and Background

Alongside my private practice, I have worked in a range of mental health and community settings. After qualifying, I moved into crisis work as a support worker in Wakefield, supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties outside of usual service hours. This work deepened my understanding of trauma, self-harm, suicide risk, and the importance of compassionate, responsive support.

I later became a team leader, managing busy shifts and supervising and training staff members, facilitating mental wellbeing workshops for LGBTQ+ people, offering individual art therapy, and running short-term groups for survivors of violence and people with learning disabilities. I began seeing clients privately in 2022 and have continued to build a broad, inclusive practice since then and find the work incredibly rewarding.

Creative Connections Project

During my training, I co-founded Creative Connections, a funded outdoor Art Therapy project at Appletree Community Gardens in Wakefield. Working with Spectrum People, we offered safe, socially distanced art therapy during the 2020 lockdowns to people experiencing mental health difficulties and social isolation.

The project helped people who had previously found therapy difficult to access. It was nominated by a service user and, as part of the Spectrum People team, won the BBC Radio 4 All in the Mind Awards in 2021.

Qualifications

  • MA Art Psychotherapy Practice — Art Therapy Northern Programme

  • BA Psychology — Leeds Beckett University

  • Registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Sessions and Fees

Sessions last 50 minutes and cost £70.
A block of four sessions is available for £250.

I offer both in-person Art Psychotherapy in Leeds and online sessions, so you can choose the setting that feels most accessible and comfortable for you.

Note on Finance

I understand therapy is an investment. My fee reflects the care, training and experience I bring. It covers our session time and art materials, plus essential unseen work of planning, reflection, supervision and ongoing learning, so I can support you safely and ethically.

Inclusion and Accessibility

I am committed to creating a therapy space that actively welcomes people across gender, sexuality, neurodiversity, disability, class, and experiences of poverty or marginalisation. I continue to learn, reflect, and adapt my practice so that people who have often been overlooked can feel seen, respected, and supported.

Outside the Therapy Room

Alongside my work as a therapist, I value time with my cat, my own painting practice, fashion design/textiles, life drawing, crochet playing bass guitar, (basically any creative hobby or passion I can connect with) and spending time with the people closest to me. Creativity is not only something I offer in therapy, it is central to my experiences and helps me reflect deeply on both my client work and my personal experiences.

Begin Art Psychotherapy...

If you are looking for a therapist who will meet you with warmth, creativity, and respect for your pace, I would be glad to hear from you. Whether you are navigating stress, trauma, anxiety, low mood, identity questions, or a desire to understand yourself more deeply, Art Psychotherapy can offer a supportive space to begin.

Ready to take the first step?

If you are seeking a creative, compassionate space to feel heard and understand yourself more fully, I would be glad to hear from you.

Book an initial conversation today to see whether Art Psychotherapy in Leeds or online feels right for you.