Category Archives: Art for Wellbeing
This is the second of my series of posts on creative journaling. This week, I’ll be giving you some ideas about creating a layered art journal page. The fun, beauty – and also the therapeutic process – of journaling can be enhanced by creating background layers in your journal page. It makes the process so…
Have you ever kept a diary? Full of secrets and hidden under your bed? Many of us have kept a written diary, particularly in our teenage years – and for very good reasons. Keeping a journal can be therapeutic – it may not solve all your problems, but there is evidence that shows how beneficial…
It has long been recognised that the arts have potential healing and therapeutic effects. For many years I have used photography as personal therapy to help myself through some dark times in my life, when my camera, my dogs and walks were the main things keeping me sane. As a person-centred counsellor, I’m interested in the increasing evidence…
Branch Weaving – Weaving the Stories of our Lives In my Art for Wellbeing weekly group, we have started to try out branch weaving. I have been interested in weaving for some time, and wanted to try out a weaving activity with a group that didn’t involve individual looms. Sticks and branches were the perfect…
Things that I Love Have you ever taken the time to think about the things that you love? Really think about them? Most of us go through life noticing things in our lives that we’re not so happy about, and perhaps don’t spend enough time appreciating the fabulous things that we all have …. family,…