EXPRESSIVE ARTS AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING
SELF DEVELOPMENT COACHING
&
TRAUMA THERAPY
FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS & YOUNG ADULTS
with Gillian
AdPGDip, PGDip, PGCert, BA(hons), MBACP
NON PROFIT PROGRAMMES & TEACHING
Creating spaces where the art connects, supports and transforms
Taking a trauma informed and safeguarding focused lens when working
with families and young people
​Opening doors for healing, empowerment and safety using the arts in humanitarian aid
An educational workshop or ongoing mentorship programme to support teachers, facilitators and practitioners working with vulnerable families young people within the context of humanitarian aid and developmental education.
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These trauma informed psycho-social safeguarding support workshops are offered in support of your specific needs. I aspire for this exchange to be a co-collaboration and to develop this framework further to best suit the needs and interests of your organisation and the people you support.
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Contact me to enquire about this workshop/teaching programme.
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Helping Kids and Teens Feel Like Heroes workshops
A place for play, empowerment and healing
Informal, practical and interactive, these arts, drama, music and nature based sports workshops provide fun and creative ways of helping children and adolescents to recognise their worth, know their strengths and gifts and connect their peers in times of crisis and struggle.
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Each workshop varies depending on the location, culture, and availability of resources. Alongside myself, local artists and athletes become guides in transforming community spaces, the individual lives of struggling young people full of potential, and the lives of those in their community.
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Workshops available from anywhere from a half day to over a number of weeks.
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Contact me to enquire about this workshop
A Lisbon based Non Profit supporting refugee families
​Asylum seekers and refugees are among the most vulnerable people in society. If they are to stand a chance of rebuilding shattered lives, their mental health is paramount.
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At this time, when so many families in warn torn countries are being displaced, our team of therapists, artists and multi media professionals came together, launching this initiative to offer a safe, creative, healing and educational space to foster connection and a sense of belonging for children and families brought here due to war.
Our hope and wish is to support the building of a community, a space within which to come together in purpose and empowerment following the trauma of witnessing and escaping armed conflict and families being displaced from their countries and homes.
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I am leading the therapeutic arts programme for children, with the support of exceptional volunteers. We facilitate collaborative expressive art creation as a tool for telling stories and to support sustainable skill building and healing for crisis affected young people.