Build a Soft Clay Bridge

In this art therapy process we make two images with soft clay, and explore what it is like to build a connecting bridge between them. We firstly do a check in about how we are feeling, then make an initial image about the present, using our soft clay to make colours and shapes that express some element of our present experience. We then make a second image about an uplifting experience in the past or future. We then make a bridge between these images and explore what it is like to bring emotional resources across from one experience to another. Our final steps are to put words to the images, and then use those words to make a poem as a way to bring our creative expressions into more cognitive understanding.

The aim of this art therapy process is to explore the benefits of accessing recourses from different parts of our life and bringing them into our present, as a way of building up our resources in the present. Our work with soft clay also aims to build up sensory expression and emotional regulation.

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