What is the Feathers Project?
Since 2015, I moved from painting full-time to working in the field of mental health. I have always wanted to combine art and therapeutic practice. In 2017, I developed the Feathers Project at a time when I was feeling a lot of self-doubt and hopelessness about the world. I wanted to find a way to counter my strong negativity bias and let some nourishment in.
I used my training in Hakomi somatic therapy, positive neuroplasticity and art therapy to develop the Feathers Project. The process adapts Rick Hanson's HEAL model by including a visual practice. Over the course of a year I made 350 paper feathers, each one capturing a 15 min process of 'taking in the good', and finally wove them into a feather cloak.
Since then I have used this process with face-to-face and online clients working through experiences of grief, depression, anxiety, trauma, and self-doubt.
I have developed a website specific to the The Feathers Project - so please jump on over there to find out more about how the feathers process works.
The Feathers Project Website
Why Art is Transformative
Working with the Critic
Paintings exploring life
I used my training in Hakomi somatic therapy, positive neuroplasticity and art therapy to develop the Feathers Project. The process adapts Rick Hanson's HEAL model by including a visual practice. Over the course of a year I made 350 paper feathers, each one capturing a 15 min process of 'taking in the good', and finally wove them into a feather cloak.
Since then I have used this process with face-to-face and online clients working through experiences of grief, depression, anxiety, trauma, and self-doubt.
I have developed a website specific to the The Feathers Project - so please jump on over there to find out more about how the feathers process works.
The Feathers Project Website
Why Art is Transformative
Working with the Critic
Paintings exploring life