Time4Mind

Such a powerful image! How can you reduce your mental load?
How can you support your child to process those worries and clear their minds?

is a great way to support ourselves to be more mindful and process internal thoughts and feelings.

Get in touch today if I can support you or your family to unclutter those minds!

My phone is only working on WiFi with WhatsApp at the moment. Apologies to anyone who has called or sent me a text message! Hoping to have my phone fixed by this weekend🤞📱

What new years resolutions have you made? How are they going?
Let this be the year you look after yourselves and build on a positive mental outlook! 🧠💕

The first Wisdom Wednesday of 2022 - Let's make it a good one🙌📚🦋☀ #2022

Lego Therapy is a great intervention for children who need some support with social skills, turn taking, behaviour support and speech and language.

Suitable for all young people, particularly those with with ASD 🧠🥰

Get in touch for more information! 🏗️

Couldn't have said it better!

There is so much more to behaviour than most people think. Children don’t try to upset us, there is usually something behind it. They are communicating their need through behaviour. If we look behind the behaviour we can see a child who is doing the best they can

Being mentally healthy doesn’t just mean that you don’t have a mental health problem.

If you’re in good mental health, you can:

make the most of your potential,cope with life, play a full part in your family, workplace, community and among friends.

Some people call mental health ‘emotional health’ or ‘well-being’ and it’s just as important as good physical health.

Mental health is everyone’s business. We all have times when we feel down or stressed or frightened. Most of the time those feelings pass. But sometimes they develop into a more serious problem and that could happen to any one of us.

Everyone is different. You may bounce back from a setback while someone else may feel weighed down by it for a long time.

Your mental health doesn’t always stay the same. It can change as circumstances change and as you move through different stages of your life.

There’s a stigma attached to mental health problems. This means that people feel uncomfortable about them and don’t talk about them much. Many people don’t even feel comfortable talking about their feelings. But it’s healthy to know and say how you’re feeling.

Always here to help those who need a helping hand 💕

Can you relate with this and recognise yourself or your child? At some time in all our lives, we will find we are carrying around huge burdens, often masking our truth from the rest of our friends, family or work colleagues for fear of judgement.

Drawing & Talking simply helps you to lessen your load and give some breathing space.

Creating a safe and non judgemental space, this 12 week intervention allows you to work at unravelling all those complicated emotions and experiences, at your own pace.

Please drop me a message if you think I could help support you, or your family.

A brilliant read for ideas to keep those little people busy and supported during the holidays!
https://bit.ly/3gfl3wH

Free activities to do with your kids this summer to boost their wellbeing Make the most of your six weeks off school.

Please have a read and check out how amazing my bestie is. She is going above and beyond for her colleagues and our NHS. Without the NHS, we would be in a very different situation right now. The ambulance service is over worked and underpaid, with everyone's mental health taking a hit. These guys are amazing. 73.4 miles of swimming is crazy! But thats one length for everyone of her colleagues, and that is INSPIRATIONAL. Please give what you can, to support our front line when they need us the most ❤️
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1971075523051245&id=100004464482814

With the summer holidays approaching, why not help support the children with their team building skills to help them work together more, problem solve and communicate effectively. Lego therapy is a fun activity that children of all ages can get involved in. Drop me a message to see if I can help you and your family.

Now the sun is shining, it helps to put a smile on everyone's faces. Why not try some positive affirmations to make your or your child's day even better. Positive praise and reinforcement of these affirmations are a great support to those having a tough day!

This year's focus for *Mental Health week* is nature. Can you try and add something into your week to allow you to spend some time with nature? Here's some ideas....

🌟Yoga outside
🌟Plant some new flowers
🌟Use your sense to see what new things you can discover
🌟Take the longer walk home and explore
🌟Visit that national trust place you keep thinking about
🌟Go and feed the ducks
🌟Find some leaves you can take home and do some leaves pressing with!

There are so many ways to remember how amazing nature can be! Get out there and give it a go! 🌻🌳

With recent figures suggesting that 2/3 of students are experiencing a decline in their mental health and emotional well being, the strain on the NHS is greater than ever! There needs to be more access to low cost, short term therapeutic techniques like Drawing and Talking.
Mental health isn't about reaching a destination, it's a process. Please get in touch if you have any questions about the service I provide ☺️

Universities mental health support ‘plugging gaps’ in NHS services, leading body says ‘It is deeply troubling students are not getting support they need,’ National Union of Students says

Wondering why would Drawing and Talking support me or my child?

Check out this great article!

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A brilliant reminder from MHFA to take time to check in with yourself and others 🤍

How can drawing and talking support children and young people who have experience trauma?

1) Drawing taps implicit memory. Trauma and drawing are largely sensory experiences; drawing pictures about aspects of "what happened" prompts sensory memories of traumatic events.
2) Drawing actively engages children in the process of repair and recovery. It provides the possibility to move from a passive to an active role in the treatment process.
3) Drawing provides a symbolic representation of the trauma experience in a concrete, external format.
4) Drawing makes us a witness to children's trauma experiences.
5) Drawing increases children's verbal reports about emotionally laden events. Research supports that drawing encourages children to provide more details and to organize their narratives in a more manageable way than children who are asked only to talk about traumatic experiences.
6) Drawing assists in reduction of reactivity (anxiety) to trauma memories through repeated visual re-exposure in a medium that is perceived and felt by the client to be safe.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/arts-and-health/200907/helping-children-draw-out-their-traumas?fbclid=IwAR2kjXLmgzI82m0u8SPNOAVQ_qDP8IJyk_7SjI6EXbtL4m0iivvD23LKMLk

Drawing and talking is a person centered therapeutic approach focusing on prevention, early intervention and recovery.

The work is designed to support people with anxiety, depression, previous trauma, low self esteem, loss of loved ones and to support mental health in general.

A bit about me...
My name is Paige, and I am a fully qualified advanced Drawing and Talking practitioner. I have worked within school settings for the last 10 years and for the last 6 years I have specialized in special needs and social, emotional and mental health needs. I am a qualified ELSA (emotional literacy), as well as holding several qualifications including psychology, SEN and childcare.
I have been using Drawing and Talking for the last 2 years and have seen first-hand how children and adults thrive from this non-directive and safe approach to heal and find resolutions to their issues. I always feel privileged to be involved in their challenges and being part of helping them along the journey brings me great reward.
I believe working 1-1 with children and adults through a Drawing and Talking programme allows them the opportunity to process the emotion without having to discuss the actual situation that is troubling them in detail (Unless they want to!). Sometimes when we feel anxious or distressed about something, we cannot verbalise the problem and that’s why Drawing and Talking sessions are led by the client, they are in control and the work supports them in processing their inner pain, confusion, anxiety and helps them to find their own resolutions.
I work in a school setting as well as starting my own practice Time4Mind. I provide this invention in the comfort of your own home where the child or adult feels most comfortable. Drawing and Talking is a 12-week programme the charge is £30.00 per session. I also offer these sessions using sand-play rather than drawing if this is preferred or necessary for personal circumstances. I have lots of experience and I am confident that together we can find a support a child or adult to find resolution. If you would like to discuss this more, please drop me an email because I would love to hear more about you.

For further information please visit www.drawingandtalking.com and find my profile under find a practitioner!

Home - Drawing & Talking Creators of a short term pro-active intervention intended to complement rather than replace the work of Specialist Mental Health Services.