Alison's Art Therapy

30/03/2026

SUNDAY STUDIO! starts April12th
10-1pm
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22/03/2026

Rare availability! Online art psychotherapy for adults.

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07/03/2026

A great event - on today only in the cathedral then in queensgate on Friday

16/05/2025

ways to hear how art therapy helps

13/05/2024

Touché.

We can't simply launch into trying to resolve traumatic memories – flashbacks, dissociative amnesia, the emotional and often unconscious imprint of . We need a solid foundation of safety and support first.

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03/05/2024

Free chances to try street art this weekend in pb! 😎

11/03/2024

Looking after myself comes in many forms...this weekend a spring wreath workshop Cambridge Art Makers with some good friends that nourished my hands and spirit with the touching and making, and my heart with laughter and connection to others.
What (have you done today) did you do this weekend, to make you feel good!

28/01/2024

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Alison Hawtin is a highly experienced Art Therapist and Attuned Artist working from Ulverston in Cumbria and Peterborough UK: Alison offers consultancy, direct therapy, supervision, training, mentoring and arts & health projects. She is a published author and researcher. She has 20+ years expe

10/11/2022

3 of my personal favourites from the exhibition of art students work, curated by one of their tutors

23/10/2022

Easily underestimated - that space to simply BE

How can it be that the thing that benefits us most as survivors is often the hardest thing to find? I've experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly in but I'm grateful that the good has mostly won out.

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16/10/2022

And noticing is at the heart of art therapy 🖼🎨👁🔍🖼

After , it's hard to experience joy. This is due to multiple reasons, not least because the brain regions connected with joy are shut down. 'Noticing' (mindful awareness) reactivates them, especially the medial prefrontal cortex: https://www.carolynspring.com/blog/noticing-the-extraordinary-ordinary/