Susan James's Page

My interest is in

Touch Drawing Personal Use, SoulCards Personal Use, Facilitating Touch Drawing, Facilitating SoulCards

What brings you to an interest in Touch Drawing or SoulCards?

I am a Psychotherapist in Clinical Training with experience in using metaphor and imagery for self awareness and within therapy.

My experience applies to:

Therapy, Art, Creativity, Education, Spiritual, Intuitive, Children, Teens, Aging, Health, Abuse, Childbirth, Grief, Hospital, Meditation, Family, Cancer, Expressive Arts, Creative Art Therapy

Other areas of interest & experience

I am very interested in the use of imagery and metaphor for self awareness as well as in Trans-generational psychotherapy. I am particularly interested in the experience of art making using paint, collage, crayon, sculpture and sand tray. I teach Creative Writing and Journaling with clients, both in the NHS setting and privately.

Have you done Touch Drawing?

Yes

How did you find out about the Touch Drawing Community?

I bought first pack of Soul Cards quite a few years ago and have used card imagery extensively both personally and with clients. I was very pleased to discover your web site recently.

Have you facilitated Touch Drawing?

Not yet but I plan to

In what setting have you facilitated?

I am going to incorporate Touch Drawing into my NHS client work and private work which already incorporates art for self awareness and exploration in many forms.

Share a special experience with Touch Drawing or SoulCards.

A feeling of being able to 'catch' and gently hold something beyond words (- rather like a butterfly net in slow motion!). For me, words often whizz by far too fast to really feel or get to know, talking 'about' life - so, this way I feel able to catch glimpses of a deeper aspect of myself, to enable me to be still and connect more deeply. An almost 'sacred' feeling when everything slows down and I can really feel and know what was beyond words!

Do you facilitate SoulCards with others?

Yes

If so, with whom and how?

I have used cards for many years with clients for deeper exploration - and in self awareness, alone as well as with friends and family.

Is there anything else you would like us to know about you?

I would like to facilitate Touch Drawing here in England. Oh - and I'm also a trained Homoeopath!

City, state, zip and/or region and country

Staffordshire, England