Therapeutic and creative support for organisations, teams and communities
Holding Space develops therapeutic art groups, creative health and wellbeing programmes, reflective sessions and individual art therapy for organisations, teams and communities.
Each offer is built collaboratively around the people taking part, the setting, and what your organisation wants to provide, whether that’s emotional support, space for reflection, support through change, or opportunities for connection and shared creative exploration.
Sessions are relational and neuro-affirming (more on my approach here). No previous experience of art-making is needed for anyone taking part.
What can be commissioned
- One-off therapeutic art sessions
- Short-term or ongoing group programmes
- Blocks of individual art therapy for staff, clients or community members
- Creative health and wellbeing sessions
- Reflective creative spaces for teams
Sessions may include a creative invitation, individual or shared art-making, and time for reflection. Format, pace and structure are adapted to the participants and the purpose of the work.
Who the work can support
Programmes can be developed for a wide range of people, including:
- Staff teams and employees
- Parents, carers and families
- Adults and young people
- Neurodivergent people
- People experiencing change, loss, burnout or isolation
- People who may face barriers to accessing traditional mental health services
Previous work has included creative wellbeing sessions for NHS staff, therapeutic art groups for parents and babies, and programmes for neurodivergent young people.
Holding Space was also commissioned by Manchester Museum to deliver Nurturing Resilience for Climate Activism, a therapeutic space where people could process the emotional impact of hostility towards climate activists and consider how to sustain themselves in their activism.
Developing an offer together
I work collaboratively with each organisation to understand who the work is for, what support is needed and how it can be made accessible.
We can discuss the intended purpose, setting, number of participants, session format, safeguarding requirements and materials before I develop a proposal.
