🎨 When Words Aren’t Enough: A Gentle Invitation to Heal Through Art.

Sometimes, people come to me not because they have the right words, but because they’ve run out of them.

They sit across from me and say things like, “I don’t know where to start,” or “I just feel... heavy.” Sometimes there are tears before we even speak. Other times, there’s just silence, a kind of quiet that speaks volumes.

I know that space. I’ve been in it too!

It’s the space of carrying too much for too long. The kind of tired that doesn’t go away with sleep. The kind of ache that doesn’t show up on scans but lives in the body all the same. Maybe it’s the weight of trauma or a relentless internal critic. Maybe it’s the quiet grief of feeling unseen, unheard or like no one really understands how hard it’s been just to keep going.

This is why I do, what I do!

Because there is something sacred about sitting beside someone as they begin to loosen the edges of what’s been locked away. Not with pressure. Not with fixing. But with a gentle unfolding. With colour. With breath. With a single line on a page.

I work with people who are holding more than they’ve ever said out loud. Women trying to hold their families together while falling apart themselves. Men who’ve always been told to be strong but never safe enough to be vulnerable. Teens who feel like no one gets them. Neurodivergent kids who’ve spent too long masking. New mothers still carrying the shock of a birth that didn’t go to plan. Those walking through grief or stuck in burnout, or just feeling like they’ve lost touch with who they are.

Art has a way of holding what words can’t. It doesn’t judge. It doesn’t rush. It just gives us a place to start. A safe place to be seen, maybe for the first time in a very long time.

If you're reading this and something inside you is whispering, maybe this is for me? I want you to know that you're welcome here.

You don’t have to explain everything. You don’t need to be good at art. You just need a willingness to begin.

You can work with me online from the comfort of your home or in person if you're nearby. I also offer a range of online creative experiences; gentle art therapy courses designed to help you explore, express and reconnect. These are for those moments when you need something nourishing but aren't quite ready to talk. They're created for people just like you and you can join the waitlist anytime.

There’s no rush. Just one step, then another. And I’ll walk beside you.

You are not broken. You are becoming!

Let’s begin, together.

Jody