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Somatic Art Therapy
Create, play and move your way to freedom
Hello! My name is Kae (she/they).
I’m a somatic art psychotherapist. I have lived experience as a queer, neurodiverse person.
I’m so glad you’re here! Once you’ve had a read through what I do, please reach out via my contact page with any questions or to book a consultation.
What I do
I co-create supportive environments to help you find compassion, celebrate your identity, and connect with your vitality in meaningful ways.
I provide trauma-sensitive art therapy and somatic coaching for adults who identify with neurodiversity (a formal diagnosis is not required!).
My therapeutic approach is playful and attuned as we navigate your journey with care and coordination. We start by increasing your resources and sense of safety within your body and mind before we process and integrate your lived experiences.
My work aims to be non-pathological - I do not believe there is anything wrong with you: I believe the systems around us often do not meet our needs and can create harm. I do refer to diagnoses on my website as a way for people to find my work. I acknowledge the usefulness of labels as shorthand and as a way to access support.
I prefer the phrase Neurocomplexity, coined by the therapist and writer Lindsey Mackereth, which encompasses the interplay of cognition, creativity, intuition, cellular response, sensory reception and attention in neurodiverse bodies and minds (Mackereth, 2023). I aim to help you work with, not against, this wiring.
Who I work with:
My clients often recognise interrelated elements and qualities in their experiences; we can embrace this instead of feeling overwhelmed. Many clients have been told by mainstream doctors and therapists that they are too complex or too much. You are not too much! You just haven’t had access to the right tools, support, and community.
My clients have often experienced relational trauma in childhood or adulthood. This shows up as complex trauma, CPTSD or chronic shame.
My clients often have complex inner worlds, such as OCD, dissociation, or synesthesia.
My clients may also be living with chronic illness such as Chronic Fatigue, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, mast cell activation syndrome, migraine, or POTS.
My clients may have Learning Differences such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia.
My clients are often gifted, highly sensitive people.
They may be Autistic, AuDHD, or have ADHD. Including those who are self-identified, later diagnosed and highly masked.
My clients may have been at higher risk of abuse throughout their life and may be working through SA, interpersonal abuse, or violence.
My clients may be navigating life transitions, such as relationship changes, life stages, illness, or bereavement.
My clients may be gender non-conforming and embrace non-heteronormative sexuality and relationships.
I actively welcome LGBTQIA+ clients. I especially welcome those who are trans, working class, or minoritised.
We can work together through
Online Art Therapy
Outdoors Eco-Art Therapy
Outdoors Walk-and-talk Therapy
Somatic Therapy and EFT
Free-form creative expression using art, sound and movement.
What to expect from sessions
Honesty and authenticity - freedom to move about, no pressure to sit still or make eye contact, a space to unmask, body doubling, and co-creating the session. I do plenty of check-ins and offer lots of chances to give feedback.
Creating art using traditional art materials or found objects to explore issues together - shared gaze on the artwork and no pressure to talk.
We can create grounding and stabilisation through art-making, somatics and nature-based practices.
We can find solace and strength by being in nature, connecting with the web of life and seasonal changes.
We can connect with folk practices that are sustaining and life-affirming.
We can explore how neurodiversity affects your life.
We can work toward self-acceptance and compassion.
We can develop your voice so you are empowered to advocate for your needs.
We can work towards understanding and releasing any toxic shame you are carrying.
We can release any social awkwardness and anxiety so you feel more able to connect with community.
We can co-create solutions to release any coping mechanisms that are unhelpful or destructive.
We can process grief around lived experiences and help you find your joy again.
We can integrate the following modalities in which I am trained
Art Psychotherapy: Using non-directive art-making to work at depth with the unconscious and early life experiences. Making sense of current difficulties in relating to others and all parts of ourselves from an attachment perspective.
Sensorimotor Expressive Art Therapy: Using the whole body and all of our senses to express and create. This may include rhythm, sound, and bilateral drawing (making art with both hands together).
Somatic Inquiry and Movement: Looking inwards, noticing sensations and finding ways to express them through the body; unlearning unhelpful patterns of thought and reactivity; finding freedom and increasing confidence by moving together and connecting with playfulness.
Trauma-Sensitive Meditation and Mindfulness: Using the tenets of non-judgement, curiosity, and compassion to practice being with ourselves and our experiences in the kindest way possible.
Trauma-Aware Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP): This is the gold standard treatment for working with OCD symptoms, and I’ve helped many clients reduce the impact OCD has in their lives. We untangle relentless thoughts and intrusions and find a kinder way of being with the intensity of the experience.
Emotional Freedom Technique: This form of energy work helps you manage your energy and not take on what isn’t yours; it is great for confidence and for working with anxiety and phobias.
Creative Coaching: Connecting with the creative cycle. Discover your natural ebbs and flows in productivity so you can work with your cycles, not against them.