Age Range
Children, young people and adults
Description
About the Practice
When a young person has carried trauma too quietly for too long, art therapy can make the unsaid visible without putting them on the spot. Bessie Grace Creates 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 and creative art sessions
Trauma, complex PTSD, post-traumatic growth, emotional exploration, self-expression and confidence
Art psychotherapy and creative practice can support children who process through image, symbol and making
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.
Trauma-Informed Creative Practice: 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: The work separates therapy from art classes, giving families a clearer route into clinically held creative support.
Location
Online / In-person
Art psychotherapy, creative art sessions, clubs and workshops
Typical Wait Time
Ask provider
Fees / Price Range
Ask provider
Assessment Tools / Approach
Art psychotherapy and creative art sessions
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
Creative sessions and therapy enquiries available; ask about parent or school involvement for children
Post-diagnosis Support
Art psychotherapy and creative practice can support children who process through image, symbol and making
Daily Living Skills
Emotional expression, regulation, communication, confidence and family/school participation by therapy scope
School Support
Creative sessions and therapy enquiries available; ask about parent or school involvement for children
Home / School Visits
Art psychotherapy, creative art sessions, clubs and workshops
Creative Arts Therapy Modality
Art psychotherapy and creative art sessions
Registration / Professional Body
HCPC-registered Art Psychotherapist with Master's degree in Art Therapy
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
Children, young people and adults
SEND / Neurodivergence Experience
Art psychotherapy and creative practice can support children who process through image, symbol and making
Session Format
Art psychotherapy, creative art sessions, clubs and workshops
Parent / School / Organisation Work
Creative sessions and therapy enquiries available; ask about parent or school involvement for children
Fees / Availability
Ask provider
Scope Limits
Therapy or therapeutic support, not autism/ADHD diagnosis, crisis care or statutory assessment unless clearly stated