Indoor & Outdoor Art Therapy in Bristol
Jenny Clarke, Art Therapist
(HCPC and BAAT registered)
About Thyme Art Therapy
About Art Therapy
About Jenny Clarke
About Jenny Clarke
Art therapy (also know as art psychotherapy) is a form of psychotherapy where art-making is used to help you express feelings and thoughts which might be hard to put into words. Your art therapist is there to support you and help you reflect on your artwork and what it might mean to you.
You don't have to be 'good' at art. The art in art
Art therapy (also know as art psychotherapy) is a form of psychotherapy where art-making is used to help you express feelings and thoughts which might be hard to put into words. Your art therapist is there to support you and help you reflect on your artwork and what it might mean to you.
You don't have to be 'good' at art. The art in art therapy can vary from a squiggle or a collection of leaves to sculpture or painting you have spent weeks making. Sometimes simply playing with art materials can be therapeutic. You can decide what you make or do in each session.
Art therapists are allied health professionals, regulated by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and registered with the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
Art therapy is:
- safe – art therapy is a safe space just for you.
- confidential – your art therapist will keep your artwork and conversation private (unless they are worried about you or someone else's safety). Art therapists are required to talk about their work with a registered therapy supervisor to ensure safety and best practice. This is also confidential.
- non‐judgemental – your art therapist is there to understand things from your point of view and without judgment.
Art therapy can help with:
- expressing and understanding feelings
- emotional support
- relationships
- self‐confidence
- processing current and past experiences
- finding healthy ways of coping
- relaxing and taking time for yourself
Find out more about art therapy here on the British Association on Art Therapists (BAAT) website.
About Jenny Clarke
About Jenny Clarke
About Jenny Clarke
I am a psychodynamic and person-centred Art Therapist. This means that together we will explore your internal experience (your thoughts and feelings) but also your environment, circumstances and past experiences. Art therapy will centre around your needs and preferences. My aim is to create a safe space for you to reflect and explore your
I am a psychodynamic and person-centred Art Therapist. This means that together we will explore your internal experience (your thoughts and feelings) but also your environment, circumstances and past experiences. Art therapy will centre around your needs and preferences. My aim is to create a safe space for you to reflect and explore your strengths, challenges and any areas which are causing you difficulty. I have a warm, friendly and creative approach.
I qualified in 2021, with an MA Art Psychotherapy from the University of South Wales. I now also teach on this course part-time.
I work with children, young people and adults. I have a personal interest in supporting neurodivergent people and am AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD) myself. I have a neuro-affirming approach which means I understand that everyone's brains work differently, and I will explore the strengths as well as the challenges that come from being neurodivergent. I have experience of working with mental health, including anxiety and depression, trauma, addiction and bereavement. I have also worked with older adults with dementia.
I offer art therapy from my home studio or outdoors on the Northern Slopes, BS3. I use natural materials as well as traditional art materials. I also work online with adults.
I am part of the Nature & Nurture Collective (https://www.nature-and-nurture.org/) and run art therapy and art & wellbeing groups which are advertised on their website and below on my blog.
In addition to my private practice I am involved in a participatory research project with the University of Bristol exploring what makes spaces safe for supporting mental health (https://www.redcatchcommunitygarden.com/safespacesproject) and have recently written an article 'Safety in a person-centred, garden-based art therapy group for dementia' to be published in the International Journal of Art Therapy in 2025.
I am a voluntary co-ordinator (with Becca Quirk) of the British Association of Art Therapists Special Interest Group 'Nature-based practice and climate change'.
My recent CPD includes courses in Working with the Intersections of Privilege & Otherness, Suicide First Aid, Understanding Autism, Supervision, Working with People in Nature, Grief and Loss, Sandtray Therapy, and lots more (full list below).
I have a current DBS, first aid training, Level 3 Safeguarding training and am fully insured. I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (AS017413) and am a full member of the British Association of Art Therapists (46189).
Before I became an Art Therapist I ran a business called Happymess which offered art and messy play classes. I have an MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, from 2001.
What I offer
About Jenny Clarke
What I offer
Individual Art Therapy
With children, young people, adults and parent/child dyads
In my home studio
Windmill Hill, Bristol BS3
£50 per 50 minute session
Outdoors on the Northern Slopes
Off Wedmore Vale, Bristol BS3 5HY
£50 per 50 minute session
Online art therapy over Zoom (with adults)
£45 per 50 minute session
Introductory phone call or meeting
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Individual Art Therapy
With children, young people, adults and parent/child dyads
In my home studio
Windmill Hill, Bristol BS3
£50 per 50 minute session
Outdoors on the Northern Slopes
Off Wedmore Vale, Bristol BS3 5HY
£50 per 50 minute session
Online art therapy over Zoom (with adults)
£45 per 50 minute session
Introductory phone call or meeting
Free (20 mins)
Supervision
With Art Therapists or wellbeing practitioners working in community/charity settings or in schools
£60 per hour
Small groups of three children
In my home studio, Windmill Hill, Bristol BS3
£120 per 1.5 hour session
Art therapy in your organisation
Please email me to enquire
Selected CPD: Workshops, conferences and events attended
Most recent first
June 2025
Family & Systemic Psychotherapy to assist Arts Psychotherapists, by Angus Crutchfield, eco-systemic psychotherapist
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 6 hours, in person
May 2025
Weird Pride: The curse of expectations and why we need to trouble ‘normal’ in art therapy, Sarah Haywood
British Association of Art Therapists, Duel experience SIG, 1.5 hours, online
May 2025
Climate Café with art making
British Association of Art Therapists, Nature-based practice and climate change SIG, 1.5 hours, online
March 2025
Minding Autistic Minds conference
Ausome Training, 14 hours, online
March 2025
Neuro-dramatic Play with Dr Sue Jennings
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 3 hours, in person
March 2025
Annual Professionals conference, Exploring the principles of
neuroaffirmative practice
National Autistic Society, 7 hours, online
February 2025
Good Autism Practice in Schools with Amy Phipps
Bristol Autism Support, 2 hours, online
February 2025
Autism, social anxiety and masking - self-directed
Ausome Training, 2 hours, online
February 2025
Working with the Intersections of Privilege & Otherness with Dwight Turner
CAPPP, 7 hours, in person
January 2025
Existential conflicts in Neurodivergent Teens with Dr Megan Yakeley
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 2 hours, online
October 2024
Autism and Demand Avoidance with Loren Snow
Autism Central, 2 hours, online
September 2024
Outdoor art therapy roundtable CPD (also presented at this)
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 4 hours, in person
June 2024
Memory and transgenerational trauma, Marian Liebmann
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 3 hours, in person
May-July 2024
Mindfulness for SEND parents
Mindful Parenting and Community Project, 25 hours, online
June 2024
AGM and afternoon seminar: poverty, mental health and art therapy
British Association of Art Therapists, 5.5 hours, online
March 2024
Bereavement and palliative care, Jen Wilson, Slow Stitch workshop, Sam Hickman
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 6 hours, in person
January 2024
Disability equality training
WECIL, 7 hours, in person
January 2024
The neuroscience of emotion: regulating your brain and body, Prof Sophie Scott, CBE
Seed Talk, 2 hours, in person
December 2023
Working with grief and loss: till death do us art
British Association of Art Therapists, 12 hours, online
December 2023
Exploring the intention of movement, Sarah Millington
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 6 hours, in person
November 2023
Annual conference 2023: Art therapy and the climate crisis
British Association of Art Therapists, 7 hours, online
September 2023
Suicide First Aid, Understanding Suicide Intervention
Thrive - Assured by City and Guilds, 3.5 hours, in person
August 2023
An Introduction to Working with People in Nature, with Micheal Conners from Natural Academy
Avon Wildlife Trust, 6 hours, in person
May 2023
Storytelling and art with Rebecca Smart
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 2 hours, in person
June 2023
Introduction to Sandtray Therapy
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 7, 3 hours, online
November 2022
Supervision Training
British Association of Art Therapists, 12 hours, online
November 2022
British Association of Art Therapists Annual Conference: art therapy, trauma in society, and social activism
British Association of Art Therapists, 6 hours, online
September 2022
Connect 5: changing the conversation on mental wellbeing
(CBT based self-help programme to share with clients)
Connect 5, 10 hours, online
July 2022
Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives
Futurelearn - University College London, Created out of mind, 8 hours, online, July 2022
July 2022
Understanding Autism
Futurelearn - University of Kent, 16 hours, online
June 2022
Transformation Seminar: Is there a suicide crisis among young people? with Professor Louis Appleby
Anna Freud Centre, 1.5 hours, online
May 2022
The Benefits of Community Gardening For People Living With Dementia
Alive and BRACE, 1.5 hours, online
May 2022
Dementia Awareness training
Dementia Wellbeing Service, 2 hours, online
March 2022
Dementia Friends Training
Dementia Wellbeing Service, 1 hour, online
February 2022
Designated Safeguarding Lead (level 3)
High Speed Training, 3 hours, online
November 2021
Polyvagal Training Day
British Association of Art Therapists, Region 17, 5 hours, online
September 2021
Parent-Infant Art Therapy Groups
British Association of Art Therapists, 12 hours, online
June 2021
Dyadic Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy Level 1
British Association of Art Therapists, 12 hours, online
June 2021
Emergency First Aid at Work
Acorn Health and Safety Ltd, 6 hours, in person
July 2020
BACP Competences for Telephone and e-Counselling
Through University of South Wales / MA Art Psychotherapy, 20 hours, online
