Creative Therapy
Child-free time for creativity and sharing your experiences in a safe environment…
“Creating artwork allows your mind to be in a safe place while it contemplates the tougher issues you are dealing with.” ― George E. Miller
Shine’s Creative Therapy Course is a 12-week course, which runs for two hours, once a week. It covers a wide range of arts and coping strategies, giving the mums a mindfulness toolbox that enables them to better cope with their anxiety and depression.
We fund a creche, which runs alongside the course, meaning mothers can leave their babies in safe, qualified hands, while turning their attention to themselves for these two precious hours.
Local artists join us to run a variety of workshops, including crafts such as: felting, origami, printmaking, slow-stitching, green sketching, batik work, mandala painting, journalling and collage, crochet, poetry and mosaics.
We know from experience how effective creative therapy can be for people who are struggling, and it provides a vital distraction and calming tool for when mothers are feeling anxious or low. Each session, mums leave with something truly beautiful that they can feel proud to have created. Attending our sessions, mothers boost their confidence, share their worries and experiences with other mothers going through the same thing, and get some much-needed ‘me’ time, along with a hot cup of tea and someone to talk to.
We run courses in Cirencester and Swindon, three times a year. Please click on the relevant button below to find out details of the course timings and locations, and get in touch if you would like to know more, register for a course, or refer a mother to our services.
Some of our recent work…
