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I have been a trained Art Psychotherapist for almost 30 years. Before that I was both a general nurse and midwife with a special interest in paediatrics and oncology. It was around the time I was working with hospitalised ill or traumatised children, and also seeing the effect on children of community and other violence, that I discovered the field of Art Therapy; I had always been passionate about art-making and its potential for connection and healing in my own life, so it felt natural to follow this new direction.

Growing up in a fishing village, I had witnessed first hand how communities were left devastated and fractured by apartheid, extreme poverty, community and state violence, and later the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The discovery of Art Therapy (not yet a recognised profession in South Africa) led me to leave South Africa for a while to begin my training in the UK, as it was not possible then to study Art Therapy in South Africa.

Art Psychotherapy

I work in a largely psychodynamic and client-centred way, meaning that the process is co-constructed and adapted to each person’s specific needs and experiences.

Creativity Groups For Women

These creativity groups offer women gentle, supportive and restorative spaces, where they can reconnect to both their innate creativity and themselves. They will be encouraged to participate in various creative activities, art-making, textiles, stitching, reflection, writing and sharing experiences.

Bereavement Counselling

I have been offering individual bereavement counselling to children and families for over 25 years, and more especially to bereaved mothers over the past 10 years.

What our clients say about us

Art therapy has helped me by allowing me to manage my fear, anxiety and sadness, by just letting me breathe. Art therapy has also helped me by just letting me be me and expressing all the emotions without being judged. It has also helped my family understand my emotions, as it felt like whatever I was going through, they were too. Art therapy, together with my family inspires me to keep fighting. Thank you, Angela for the opportunity and allowing me to express my fears, anxiety and raw emotion through my art.

Child (Age 11)

X’s excitement in involving the whole family in his art is reassuring to see.
Art therapy was our saving grace, in April (during the Easter break) X was hospitalised for 3 & a half weeks due to side-effects of his chemo medication. He became silent, angry and really despondent. He refused to talk about how he was feeling. He was angry that he had to be the one with cancer and had slowly started to give up on everything. No matter what I tried, he just wouldn’t budge. Then his oncologist recommended art therapy and that’s where we met an incredible, patient and caring woman…. She visited X almost everyday while he was in hospital and we could see the difference in his attitude and character after the very first visit. He was finally able to express his feelings of anger, through art, without having to actually speak to anyone about it. Art was his way of escaping all the medical jargon he had become so accustomed to. He enjoyed this “escape”, as this was his time to just be a normal 10 year old boy! Not the boy with cancer! Angela, from our family to you, we want to Thank You from the bottom of our hearts for the passion, love and care in which you have dealt with ALL of us, not only X. You always showed genuine concern for me, as X’s mom and always enquired about the wellbeing of his father and sibling.

Child’s Parents

Welcome to our website

Services We Offer

Art Psychotherapy

Creativity Groups For Women

Bereavement Counselling