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• Are withdrawn or continually unhappy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