09/02/2021
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What is Drawing & Talking?
When we draw we can access and express difficult emotions and deep worries that we might not otherwise access on a conscious level.
Drawing and Talking allows symbolic and safe expression of feelings and a mechanism to resolve them.
Drawing and Talking is a safe and gentle method of working with children and young adults. It can help with underlying emotional difficulties that may be affecting their learning, behaviour, self-esteem and relationships.
The core of this pro-active intervention is encouraging children and young people to draw with an adult, with whom they feel comfortable, regularly, at the same time each week, and this person asking some non-intrusive questions about the pupil’s drawings.
Drawing and Talking works with the child’s inner world rather than with their conscious, cognitive mind.
It is not a behaviour modification technique and can therefore be carried out alongside and cognitive behaviour programme.
Working with the child’s inner world needs to be carried out safely and non-intrusively, with respect for the child’s own pace and state of being. That is why anyone using Drawing and Talking learns to stay in the world of the child’s drawing. The child sets the pace and decides what to bring to the session. Often, in a first session, a child will produce a very neutral drawing, something in the room or the view from a window. Once they feel safe, their imagination begins to unfold.
It is now estimated that ten percent of young people suffer with some kind of mental health problem. Drawing and Talking is a low-level, pro-active and cost effective intervention which is intended to complement rather than replace the work of CAMHS, Art or other specialist therapists, enabling young people, who would otherwise go untreated to get the help they need before problems become entrenched.
