ARRCC - Art Therapy

Art therapy provides a supportive, confidential and safe
environment to enable the individual the opportunity for
expression and communication and can be particularly helpful to
people who find it difficult to express their thoughts and feelings.

The relationship between the client and therapist is of central
importance, although this creative therapy is in fact a three way
process between the client, the therapist and the image or
artwork.

Clients work at their own pace and for as long as they require,
making sense of worries, mixed emotions and concerns.

The Art therapists understanding of art processes is underpinned
by a sound knowledge of therapeutic practice.

Jill Lyon, Art Psychologist
BA (Hons) in art and an MA in
art psychotherapy having
trained in London at
Goldsmiths College.

Jill has been a member of the
ARRCC team for nearly three
years and has over thirty years
experience of working with
people in many different age
groups and in diverse
residential and community
based environments, as a
mentor, counsellor and
psychotherapist. These
include child and family
centres, palliative care, mental
health, learning disabilities
and the prison service.