I recently undertook three weeks of volunteering in India, with the NGO’s IVHQ and EDUCARE, where I stayed with a local family in the town of Naddi. I chose the women’s education and empowerment group and worked primarily with a migrant community based just outside of...

This is a post I will be updating on a regular basis as I continue to research Art Therapy and its uses with different service user groups. The list as follows details links to articles of interest and an overview of their content. It is broken up into subsections, con...

Walking down Winchester high street I see a presumably homeless guy in a door way, completely absorbed by drawing. There’s a beautiful black and white drawing with line and dot work next to him and he’s working on another one. He’s got a box of high quality coloured pe...

In a world where women overshare and men don’t share at all (not to stereotype or anything there of course) talking about feelings invariably makes people shudder, panic and want to pat the person somewhere neutral whilst hoping their facial expression is supportive an...

There comes a point in nearly everyone’s life where they decide they need help. Whether it’s with opening a tin can or asking for something larger, like emotional support, it’s something we all experience.

Take anxiety for example, people often presume that the hardest...