Embodied Psychology, Mentoring & Teaching: Art as Medicine

Group Class: Art as Medicine

Art can be a form of medicine. Poetry, story, rhythm, and metaphor open up pockets of peace and offer reflections on life. Writing becomes a place we go to discover ourselves, a space where truth can be spoken, felt, and revealed.

Imagination invites us into worlds that don’t yet exist, and in times of hardship, imagination can become a lifeline. Neuroscience shows us that we cannot be in survival mode and deep in imagination at the same time. Through rhythm, structure, and metaphor, poetry can nourish the soul and reshape the brain, supporting memory, emotional regulation, and resilience.

When we engage with the arts, heart rate can slow, stress can soften, and new neural pathways can begin to form. Metaphor can light up the sensory cortex, allowing language to feel more vivid, embodied, and alive.

In “Art as Medicine” sessions, we write and reflect together in community. We use poetry and the arts to explore different truths at once, to find beauty in the ordinary, and to create small sanctuaries of peace within daily life. These sessions are not about producing perfect work, they are about allowing imagination to move through you.

Mentoring:

I offer mentoring for professionals who want to deepen their understanding of embodied practice in therapeutic, clinical, or teaching spaces. This includes those becoming instructors in somatic modalities, yoga, or meditation, as well as clinicians seeking guidance on integrating the body into psychotherapy.

Together, we explore how to:

• Bring embodied experience into therapy, teaching, and consultation.

• Invite people to slow down and sense their body in gentle, accessible ways.

• Recognise what we express through body tone, voice, and language.

• Understanding how trauma shapes autonomic responses and how cues of safety, presence, and co-regulation create space for healing.

• Work with implicit memory and body-based experiences when narratives aren’t accessible.

• Track and attune to the nervous system, both your own and your clients’, to support regulation and resilience.

Sessions are collaborative and practical, offering both teaching and experiential practice. The space offers clinical consultation, somatic mentorship, and guidance in facilitating workshops on trauma and nervous system regulation. It’s designed to help you strengthen your confidence, attunement, and capacity to hold safe containers for others.