Age Range
Children and adults
Description
About the Practice
When a child is holding too much behind silence, avoidance or behaviour, art psychotherapy can give the feeling a safer place to appear. Leah McClelland Art Psychotherapy North London gives North London families a creative therapy route for children and young people who cannot always explain distress through words alone. The work is therapy, not an art class, music lesson or drama club: the creative medium is used to support emotional expression, regulation and repair.
Clinical Expertise
Art psychotherapy
SEND, adoption/care interests, emotional expression, family stories and feelings that are hard to speak directly
Experience with autism, learning disability and challenging behaviour referenced through earlier support work; SEND and adoption/care research interests referenced
Why Work With Us?
HCPC Art Psychotherapist: Parents can see the professional route behind the work, including protected-title or professional-body signals where available.
North London Child and Adult Art Psychotherapy: Creative arts therapy can help a child communicate through image, sound, story, movement, metaphor or making when direct questions create pressure.
Parent and Setting Awareness: Families can access protected-title art psychotherapy while checking how parent, school or care-history work is held.
Location
Online / In-person
Private art psychotherapy sessions from a North London studio; supervision and consultancy by enquiry
Typical Wait Time
Ask provider
Fees / Price Range
Ask provider
Assessment Tools / Approach
Art psychotherapy
Self-referral Accepted
Parent enquiry accepted where the provider offers a private enquiry route; check consent and safeguarding for the child’s age
Written Report Included
Consultancy with schools, charities and NHS settings referenced
Post-diagnosis Support
Experience with autism, learning disability and challenging behaviour referenced through earlier support work; SEND and adoption/care research interests referenced
Daily Living Skills
Emotional expression, regulation, communication, confidence and family/school participation by therapy scope
School Support
Consultancy with schools, charities and NHS settings referenced
Home / School Visits
Private art psychotherapy sessions from a North London studio; supervision and consultancy by enquiry
Creative Arts Therapy Modality
Art psychotherapy
Registration / Professional Body
Fully qualified and accredited Art Psychotherapist; HCPC registration referenced
HCPC / Protected Title Status
HCPC protected-title art psychotherapist registration referenced
DBS / Safeguarding
Ask practitioner about DBS and current child safeguarding arrangements before booking
Age Range
Children and adults
SEND / Neurodivergence Experience
Experience with autism, learning disability and challenging behaviour referenced through earlier support work; SEND and adoption/care research interests referenced
Session Format
Private art psychotherapy sessions from a North London studio; supervision and consultancy by enquiry
Parent / School / Organisation Work
Consultancy with schools, charities and NHS settings referenced
Fees / Availability
Ask provider
Scope Limits
Therapy or therapeutic support, not autism/ADHD diagnosis, crisis care or statutory assessment unless clearly stated