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I will help guide you through your thoughts and feelings, as well as highlighting any patterns or links. Working this way helps my clients to gain self clarity and to process what you share with me. I have had clients explain to me that their thoughts are like spaghetti, all messed up in their head, feeling confused and unclear on how to become unstuck in their situation. I will listen with empathy and compassion and help you to make sense of your mind by reflecting what I am hearing in a way where you can understand yourself, which can create personal change and growth.

“Creativity is like Freedom: Once you taste it, you cannot live without it. It is a transformative force enhancing Self-esteem & Self-empowerment.”

Maya Angelou

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Integrative art therapy can be an effective tool for accessing the unconscious and processing trauma for several reasons:

Expressive arts therapy uses movement, drawing, painting, storytelling, roleplay, improvisation, sculpting, music/sound, writing in a holding and safe emotional space to enable individuals experiencing and expressing feelings in an embodied way and and access their unconscious, where trauma is often stored.

This is an alternative path for self-exploration and a way to communicate with the the therapist or facilitator beyond words and the constraints of the rational mind, that repeats patterns of thinking that keep us stuck.

When the client creates art in a session, allowing to be witnessed, she is opening a window to her soul to me as a therapist. I am in awe as we process the strong images of self-expression that help us comprehend her inner world and gather more meaning from each visit.

“ntegrative art therapy can be an effective tool for accessing the unconscious and processing trauma for several reasons”

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Maya Angelou

Integrative art therapy can be an effective tool for accessing the unconscious and processing trauma for several reasons:

❋ Symbolic expression: Art-making allows individuals to express themselves symbolically, tapping into the language of the unconscious mind. Images,

❋ Non-verbal communication: Trauma can sometimes be stored in the body and unconscious mind, making it challenging for individuals to express verbally.

❋ Creative exploration: Engaging in creative activities stimulates imagination and intuition, enabling individuals to explore their inner worlds in a safe and non-threatening way.

❋ Non-verbal communication: Trauma can sometimes be stored in the body and unconscious mind, making it challenging for individuals to express verbally.

❋ Creative exploration: Engaging in creative activities stimulates imagination and intuition, enabling individuals to explore their inner worlds in a safe and non-threatening way.

Hi there,

I'm

Rita Cotrim  

I have an MA in Clinical Psychology (ISPA, Lisbon) and a Diploma in Integrative Art-Psychoterapy from The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education, a leading arts-psychotherapy institute in London. I’m a BACP member and an Integrative Counsellor (trainee) at Heart-to-Heart Bristol. I’ve created the Rooted to Being project to provide low-cost therapeutic services, resources, workshops for the community as an expressive arts facilitator and therapeutic coach drawing from my 8 years studies within mental health and my own transformative self-journey. I’m a passionate believer in the connective power of nature, imagination, and integration of shadow and inner child work.

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The compassionate therapeutic listening and witnessing where all parts of you are welcome.