Learn how to use art for self-care, emotional wellbeing, and self-expression.
Do you want to be more creative to support your mental and emotional wellbeing, but don’t know where to start?
Creative Healing Kickstart gives you a clear, encouraging introduction with no art skills required.
Starting something creative can feel surprisingly hard when you’re stressed,
self-conscious, or unsure what to do.
This course is designed to make the first step feel easier, so you can begin using creativity as a form of self-care and healing in a way that feels practical and accessible.
Creative Healing Kickstart is an evidence-based introductory course that offers a thorough but accessible starting point for therapeutic art-making.
Through five simple parts, it helps you understand how creativity can support emotional wellbeing, self-expression, and a stronger relationship with yourself.
One of the hardest things about emotional wellbeing is that feelings are often complex and difficult to explain.
Art provides another language. It can help you communicate, process, and understand what’s going on when words feel limited or not quite enough.
Art therapy is a well-established form of psychotherapy, and creative expression can support stress reduction, confidence, self-awareness, and emotional processing across a wide range of experiences.
What You’ll take away:
✨ A clearer understanding of how creativity supports emotional wellbeing.
✨ Practical strategies to begin using art for self-care and self-expression.
✨ More confidence in starting a creative practice without pressure.
✨ A helpful first step into creative healing that can lead into deeper offers later.
This course is for you if:
✔ You want to be more creative to improve your mental health.
✔ You don’t know where to start.
✔ You want a manageable, encouraging first step.
✔ You’re curious about art therapy and creative healing.
✔You don’t have any previous experience.
Common Questions
Do I need art skills?
No. This course is designed to be accessible for beginners with no technical experience needed.
Will this teach me how to make art?
It focuses more on using art for wellbeing and self-expression than on formal artistic technique.
Q: What if I want more support after this?
Creative R+R or Beyond the Fog may be a natural next step, depending on the level of support you want.
Begin with a simple first step
You don’t need to do this perfectly.
You simply need a place to begin.
If you’re ready to explore creativity as support for your wellbeing, Creative Healing Kickstart offers a gentle and practical starting point.
Lesley Andrew
Lesley is an Artist and HCPC Registered Art Psychotherapist from the UK working in a trauma informed way.
She has a passion for art an was once described to be ‘bleeding paint’ as creativity runs through her veins, as a result she strives to empower people to be more creative, express their true selves to feel confident and happy.
If you have lost touch with your creativity, it is not only possible but essential for you to reconnect with art and it is Lesley's mission to make the world a more harmonious creative place one painting at a time.
In Lesley's services she works in a bespoke way integrating art therapy with coaching and mentoring depending on each individual and has a range of online courses, workshops, plus group and 1-1 programmes when available.
