Arts Barge CAT
Creative Arts Therapies
Arts Barge Creative Arts Therapies offers a range of therapeutic interventions to children and families. The team comprises of two Art Therapists and a Drama Therapist and an Integrative Psychotherapist. We offer individual sessions and dyadic therapy work with children and parents together. We work mostly with adoptive families, foster families and kinship care families.
Our expertise is in working with children, especially those who have experienced early years trauma that impacts their emotional wellbeing and relationships now. We support parents in integrating a Therapeutic Parenting model in their parenting dynamic.
We are currently offering a Covid recovery package to support families whose relationships have been strained by the pandemic. Please contact us to talk about your needs.
We also welcome enquiries on a private basis from anyone interested in creative arts therapies.
The CAT Team
Hannah West
Art Psychotherapist
Hannah is founder of the Arts Barge CAT and a founding Director of the Arts Barge Project. She qualified as an Art Psychotherapist in 2007 at The Art Therapy Northern Programme in Sheffield.
Since qualifying, Hannah has worked in child mental health in Yorkshire and Hull and also in the Targeted Mental Health in Schools project. She also has experience of working in the NHS, community settings, children's residential care homes and schools.
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Hannah is also trained in CATT, a children's Trauma Focused CBT technique for PTSD and she engages in relevant CPD regularly such as child development, attachment, trauma, reflective practice, dyadic art therapy and Transactional Analysis.
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Hannah is registered with standards regulator HCPC (The Health and Care Professions Council and is also a member of the British Association of Art Therapists.
Samantha Stubbs
Art Psychotherapist
Samantha qualified as an Art Therapist in 2004, after studying at The University of Sheffield. More recently she returned, to The Art Therapy Northern Programme, as part of the Associate Staff Team, to facilitate students’ training groups.
Throughout her career, Samantha has offered therapy to children who have experienced early years trauma. She has worked with children in residential care homes, fostered children, and adopted children. She also had a previous role that involved supporting foster carers and delivering training.
Samantha is also trained in CATT, a children's Trauma Focused CBT technique for PTSD and she engages in relevant CPD regularly such as child development, attachment, trauma, reflective practice, dyadic art therapy and Transactional Analysis.
Samantha is registered with HCPC (The Health and Care Professions Council) and is also a member of the
British Association of Art Therapists.
Contact us
Please get in touch if you'd like to know more about what we do or if you'd like to discuss a referral.
Arts Barge CAT
Second Floor
21 Front St, Acomb,
York, YO24 3BW
Hannah: 07932 566182
Samantha: 07729 511 200
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