For Teenagers

What is Creative Therapy and how can it help teenagers

For older children and teenagers, Creative Therapy uses the creative process to help facilitate young people to connect with the self and with self-expression. It supports safe containment of the person’s experience and helps them to create meaning from them. Creative therapy offers a bridge when verbal dialogue may be difficult. It also supports clients to explore ways to expand and develop healthy coping strategies and resources, while enabling them to explore and develop new ways of relating to themselves and others. A major component of my work with young people is through sandplay therapy. Sandplay therapy is “hands on” psychological work and can be an accompaniment to talk therapy. It is a powerful therapeutic method that facilitates the psyches natural capacity for healing. The experience of engaging in creative therapy will be different for everyone and as such the process is tailored to the needs of the client.

Parent Coaching

Wraparound can offer coaching sessions to parents, online or in person, as and when you feel you need them, in areas such as:

• Challenging behaviour in children
• managing complex behaviours
• setting limits and boundaries
• understanding anxiety and practical tips in how to supprt your child
• working through family disruptions such as illness or divorce
• empowering parents in establishing stronger relationships with your children
• effective communication with your children and teenagers
• building confidence in your child
• finding ways to parent positively during challenging times