Age Range
Young people and adults
Description
About the Practice
When a diagnosis, loss or abuse has changed how a young person sees themselves, art can offer a gentler route back into expression. Lydia Gilroy Art Psychotherapy gives Manchester 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
Loss, depression, major life changes, new diagnoses, abuse, identity, neurodivergent experience and LGBTQIA+ support
Significant experience with neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ communities 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.
Online Support from South Manchester: 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: Sessions use art-making and conversation at a pace that can suit young people who find direct emotional questioning too exposed.
Location
Online / In-person
Online sessions for young people and adults; weekly term-time sessions for young people
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
Ask about parent involvement, consent and school liaison for young people
Post-diagnosis Support
Significant experience with neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ communities referenced
Daily Living Skills
Emotional expression, regulation, communication, confidence and family/school participation by therapy scope
School Support
Ask about parent involvement, consent and school liaison for young people
Home / School Visits
Online sessions for young people and adults; weekly term-time sessions for young people
Creative Arts Therapy Modality
Art psychotherapy
Registration / Professional Body
HCPC-registered Art Psychotherapist
HCPC / Protected Title Status
HCPC protected-title art psychotherapist registration referenced
DBS / Safeguarding
Ask provider about DBS and safeguarding arrangements before child-facing work
Age Range
Young people and adults
SEND / Neurodivergence Experience
Significant experience with neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ communities referenced
Session Format
Online sessions for young people and adults; weekly term-time sessions for young people
Parent / School / Organisation Work
Ask about parent involvement, consent and school liaison for young people
Fees / Availability
Ask provider
Scope Limits
Therapy or therapeutic support, not autism/ADHD diagnosis, crisis care or statutory assessment unless clearly stated