Alicia Walton is a licensed art therapist located in Carlisle, Cumbria. Walton promotes art therapy as a way of expressing and processing emotions in a manner that is led by the client. Art therapy is an excellent way to catalogue emotions that you may not even realise you are feeling. Furthermore, it is appropriate for anyone! No artistic talent or experience is needed. Overall, art therapy is a creative outlet that encourages clients to explore feelings they may struggle to verbalise, allowing for more effective processing and understanding. Walton has expertise in helping clients who are on the autism spectrum or deal with learning and education disabilities. Additionally, she specialises in anxiety, depression and PTSD.
Walton has worked with a variety of clients in her six years of experience in and out of the NHS. She has worked with children, teens and adults. As well as this, Walton has met her clients as individuals, in couples or in groups. Alicia Walton’s therapy put the person first and develops a humanist and creative approach to their therapy. This allows the client to have a say in their own treatment plan which encourages them to pursue their goals more readily.
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Alicia Walton is based in Carlisle that has plenty of public transport links throughout the city as well as several car parks. Please enquire for address information and physical accessibility.
Sessions can be online or in-person, this makes art therapy vastly more accessible to clients and allows Walton to assist a greater number of people.
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No, zero artistic experience is needed. The therapy focuses on expression in whatever format that may be.