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Welcome to our 16th episode of The Spirit of Creative Entanglement. We are three art psychotherapists, and this space is for curious minds seeking relatable, authentic, and meaningful stories about healing from all walks of life, both professional and personal. Join us as we explore creativity, connection, and the transformative power of storytelling and self-expression.

We are delighted to welcome Dr Vicky Armstrong as our guest today. An Art Psychotherapist and lecturer at Dundee University, Vicky is also the co-founder and collaborator on the award winning research project Art at the Start. This vital collaboration supports shared art making between babies and their care-givers and the impact this has on their development and attachment relationships.

Join us as we explore the fundamentals of attunement within parent-infant dyads, and think about ways that connection is nurtured through creativity. Our conversation takes us from the transformative power of the arts through making your first mark in the world to the impact and growth of Vicky's research and practice nationwide.

https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/artatthestart/

A youtube video made with families

https://youtu.be/Ow5ga30cAI8

The paper from the control trial of the art therapy group

https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22078

A qualitative study interviewing parents

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455623000643?via%3Dihub

The new book edited by Mary Rose Brady, with a chapter outlining the parent infant art therapy approach and also some lovely vignettes by other art therapists.

https://uk.jkp.com/products/a-practiceled-handbook-of-art-therapy-with-children-and-young-people?srsltid=AU7gw4ULfbNSgoOOiqWctC0RhUUcqojMylkGn1zMS1yjKjqtRkvX3oqy

Lucille Proulx
Lucilleproulx.com

www.hand2health.co.uk, @hand2health,

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Welcome to our 15th episode of The Spirit of Creative Entanglement. We are three art psychotherapists, and this space is for curious minds seeking relatable, authentic, and meaningful stories about healing from all walks of life, both professional and personal. Join us as we explore creativity, connection, and the transformative power of storytelling and self-expression.

In this episode, we’re joined by Claire Manson, art psychotherapist and co -founder of Studio Upstairs, an arts and mental health charity supporting people to experience therapeutic change and growth through their creative and personal recovery journeys. Claire revisits memories of establishing Studio Upstairs in October 1988 in association with Diorama Arts, and how, driven by voluntary commitment, the Studio grew from opening just one day a week to operating five days a week within three years, becoming a unique working arts studio and therapeutic space still thriving today.

A discussion rich with professional and personal depth, insight, and learning moments, join us in this fascinating conversation where Claire shares her own very personal reflections of four decades of learning, practice, personal growth, and the power of saying yes to stepping into the unknown.

https://www.studioupstairs.org.uk

https://www.desjusticeuk.com/

www.hand2health.co.uk, @hand2health,

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Welcome to our 14th episode of The Spirit of Creative Entanglement. We are three art psychotherapists, and this space is for curious minds seeking relatable, authentic, and meaningful stories about healing from all walks of life, both professional and personal. Join us as we explore creativity, connection, and the transformative power of storytelling and self-expression.

In this episode, we’re joined by Daniel Thomas, Neurologic music therapist, author, lecturer, and managing director of Chroma, the UK's only national provider of Creative Arts Therapies. Formed in 2013, this groundbreaking partnership initiative started with the motivation of changing the way arts therapies are delivered across organisations. Join us as Daniel shares his inspiring journey of moving from clinical therapist to business entrepreneur, his motivations and challenges, and the essential relationships that have supported him along the way. From the business of therapy, marketing and entrepreneurship within the creative arts therapies, to living a life that works for you, this conversation invites us to consider how to expand our career horizons and, as therapists, understand how our skills and experience can be utilised beyond the therapy room.

Some of the links to the information we discuss in the podcast can be found in the links below:

https://wearechroma.com

https://amzn.eu/d/0bhErOYE

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-thomas-%F0%9F%8C%88-b6774434/

www.hand2health.co.uk, @hand2health,