Artful Thinking

13/02/2026

Having just finished "Poisoned" by Jennifer Donnelly, we were inspired to make a craft honouring hearts. The main theme of this book is how kindness although can be called a weakness is actually our truest strength.

🎨 Take your time creating your own heart drawings, we have some examples on our websitehttps://www.artfulthinking.co.uk/projects/heart-study-1

📚 What are some of your favourite stories about being courageous or kind? Or even anime, cartoons or movies?

🤨 Lots of unexpected things happened while making this art project, that were kept in the work or added to. Not everything ends up being as perfect as in our minds eye, but try to focus on the process and if you had fun getting there.

19/12/2025

As always we've been busy making crafts to share in our therapy room 🍪🍪

19/12/2025

We're thinking about gift giving this week, in the run up to Christmas when we're off for a wee while. Have you spent time gathering, shopping, making or crafting gifts for your loved ones, friends and family??

🍪🎁 We have enjoyed playing alot of Cookie run kingdom this year so decided to make a finger puppet of one of the characters for our therapy space.

🍪🎁 We hope in all the "run up to Christmas madness" you've had some time to spoil yourselves just as much as you give others that time and thoughtfulness.

🍪🎁 Self care can look like spending time falling down fandom rabbit holes, sharing your creations in real life and online. Mindful enjoyment on the process it takes to create your favourite characters or OC ones.

🍪🎁🔗 We're busy writing up this craft to add free to our website https://www.artfulthinking.co.uk/projects

20/04/2025

Yesterday we took to the streets to show our solidarity and support for our trans and intersex sisters, brothers and non binary siblings. Adding our voice to the protest of the supreme court ruling on Thursday.

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17/04/2025

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I saw this sticker on my way to work during the week, and after yesterday's supreme court ruling I feel its very fitting. As a member of the q***r community as well as providing art psychotherapy services to it, I wanted to show solidarity with our trans sisters/siblings (and trans men)

🏳️‍⚧️📣✨️ We believe gender is more than the ruled restrictive binary the law defines it as. We see you, you are loved, valid and we stand proudly with you, using our privilege to hold you up higher.

🏳️‍⚧️📣✨️ If the ruling has made you feel angered, frustrated or sadden or even powerless there are ways to feel like your voice and presence matters.

🏳️‍⚧️📣✨️ Saturday 19th April 2025 there will be a peaceful protest, let's fill our city with a wash of light blues and pinks, plus some thought provoking signs (see second image)

🏳️‍⚧️📣✨️🎨 We've started working on some of our signs to amplify our voices at the protest 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🖤

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17/04/2025

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Allies: we need your support more than ever before.

We know that many people are feeling shocked and angry following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling and are looking for ways to get involved and support the trans community.

The most important thing you can do right now is reach out to the trans people in your life to see if they need any extra care or support following the ruling. Make sure the trans people around you know that you love and support them and are standing alongside them.

We have a long struggle ahead of us, but we are so much stronger when we work together. We need everyone to stand up and speak out in support of trans rights, and let those in power know that our communities and lives are better and stronger with trans people in them.

Equality Network and Scottish Trans are continuing to work for the human rights of all LGBTQIA+ people in Scotland. Please support our work today and together we can work to create a Scotland where trans people are not only welcomed, but safe, supported and loved.

equality-network.org/donate

04/02/2025

When do you give yourself time to explore amd express all the different feelings that you might have during the day, week or month?

🫶 Take some time each day to playfully explore and express, you can use a mirror, or a reflective surface or your device.

✨️ Spend some time thinking about each feeling that comes to the surface, what might it look like I your body, what body part does it prefer to sit in.

🎨 You could draw the different facial cells you make, or the way your body holds itself.

🎮 You could share this activity with your friends/family IRL or NPCs in games.

Allowing different bodily expression can help you discover how you might need different things for different emotions that might differ from those around you.

07/12/2024

We have combined some of our winter crafts together to make our our Icy festive wreath, please feel free to check out the free "how to" guides and adapt them to fit your own styles and colour palettes.

❄️🎨 With the days having gotten darker we've been thinking about how to bring some of our natural outdoor lights into our homes, by creating a mixture of snowflake and star crafts.

❄️🎨https://www.artfulthinking.co.uk/projects

❄️♾ We have been reflecting on the different things that can be either heightened or dampened when the seasons change, and temperatures drop. Thinking about felt comforts, to sensory sparkles.

❄️🥰 What mindful cosy activities have you been either introducing or revisiting this year to add to your self-care, and just cosy vibes. We have been indulging in all things that sparkle, and shine.... Tis the season for visual stims!

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Artful Thinking Provides Art Therapy Services in Edinburgh.

27/11/2024

We attended the annual Trans conference in Glasgow at the weekend, and had an amazing day. Learning about what's happening with the funding that each gender identity clinic had awarded. What's on the horizon for gender services in NHS.

🏳️‍⚧️🧠 We learned that the NHS are working on rolling out specialised gender identity education trainings for their teams.

🏳️‍⚧️🔗 We had the chance to network with other mental health practitioners, connect with the trans community.

🏳️‍⚧️🎨 And attended fun educational and creative workshops.

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21/11/2024

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We're excited to be attending the Trans conference this weekend 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✨️📣

29/10/2024

👻🎃 We've been making lots of different types if ghosties this week, and also spending time reflecting on all things Halloween or Samhain (celtic holiday). Thinking about ghosts, the things they ate, represent and theor meaning to us.

👻🧠 Thinking about the elements involved when a person feels haunted by a presence, event or traditions. And how that might take a toll on someone's mental health. We offer a therapeutic space to explore the uncanny, or darker parts of the psyche in a safe grounded way.

👻🔗 Therapeutically supporting our clients to unpick and process what might be shrouded by fear and things that scare us.

👻🎨 You'll need to choose yarn/thread of your choice, then make a milky-like mixture of pva and glue to paint over the yarn. Next grab some tinfoil to mould over a shape you'd like your ghost to take. Then begin by painting a layer of gluey mixture over the tinfoil, then wrap the yarn around the shape. The more glue the better. Keep going till shape is relatively covered. Leave to dry, then cute out felt shapes for the face.

16/10/2024

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