PDCS Art Therapy - 'Tynnu Llun'

Tynnu Llun sessions

What is drawing and talking?

Drawing and Talking is a person-centred therapy focusing on prevention, early intervention and recovery.

Drawing and Talking Therapy sessions are 30-minutes, once a week for 12 weeks.

Providing a highly effective person-centred therapeutic play work approach, this tier 1-2 intervention is intended to complement rather than replace the work of CAMHS, art or other specialist therapists; enabling children who would otherwise go untreated to get the help they need before problems become entrenched. Drawing and Talking technique is a safe and easy to learn short term, time-limited therapy to be used with anyone (age 5+) who has suffered trauma or has underlying emotional difficulties. The purpose of the method is to draw with a person who with whom they feel comfortable at the same time each week.

Children that will benefit from a therapeutic intervention such as Drawing and Talking:

• Are not realising their full potential, either academically or socially

• Are at risk of being/is excluded from school

• Have suffered trauma

• Are (or are in the process of being) adopted or fostered

• Suffer because of separated or divorced parents

• Suffer from anxiety, stress or phobias

• Have suffered a loss or bereavement of any kind

• Are withdrawn or continually unhappy

• Are ill, disabled or autistic

• Find it difficult to make friends

• Quarrel frequently with peers or siblings

• Bully others or are bullied themselves

• Display inappropriate behaviour

•On poverty line

• Suffer with transition

Who leads these sessions?

At Pembroke Dock Community School, we have 5 members of staff who have been trained to plan and deliver programmes of support to pupils. These staff are:

Miss Gullam

Mrs Callan

Miss Lucinda

Miss Anne-Marie

Miss Louise