CREATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY in Edinburgh and Online, with Sally McRae
Creative Psychotherapy offers a supportive and thoughtful space to explore what may feel difficult to express, understand, or hold alone. As a registered Dramatherapist (HCPC), I work with creative approaches to help you process emotions, reflect on patterns, and find new ways of relating to yourself and others. Dramatherapy supports reflection, emotional processing, and insight in ways that are gentle, contained, and responsive to your needs.
You do not need to think of yourself as creative, nor do you need any prior experience of therapy or the arts. Sessions are shaped around you and what feels safe and accessible in the moment. Many people find that working creatively allows them to approach things indirectly or with a little more space, while others value the way it can open new perspectives when talking alone feels limiting.
You do not need to think of yourself as creative, nor do you need any prior experience of therapy or the arts. Sessions are shaped around you and what feels safe and accessible in the moment. Many people find that working creatively allows them to approach things indirectly or with a little more space, while others value the way it can open new perspectives when talking alone feels limiting.
How psychotherapy and creative approaches can help
People come to therapy for many reasons. You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, numb, anxious, or uncertain about how to move forward. You may be living with long-term illness, facing loss or bereavement, or holding questions about meaning, identity, or relationships. Together we create a space to explore these experiences with care and curiosity.
Many clients notice subtle but meaningful shifts along the way. Dramatherapy can support emotional expression, personal insight, and new ways of coping with challenges. Even small moments of understanding or release can feel significant and supportive. The work unfolds in ways that suit your pace and needs.
Through creative exploration and expressive techniques, clients may experience:
Emotional and Personal Growth
Relationships and Social Skills
Practical and Coping Skills
Many clients notice subtle but meaningful shifts along the way. Dramatherapy can support emotional expression, personal insight, and new ways of coping with challenges. Even small moments of understanding or release can feel significant and supportive. The work unfolds in ways that suit your pace and needs.
Through creative exploration and expressive techniques, clients may experience:
Emotional and Personal Growth
- Emotional Release: Express and process complex emotions.
- Personal Insight: Gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your feelings.
- Enhanced Self-Awareness: Recognise patterns in thoughts and behaviours that shape your experiences.
- Empowerment: Feel more in control of your narrative and choices.
Relationships and Social Skills
- Improved Relationships: Build stronger connections with yourself and others.
- Social Connection: Share experiences and connect with others in group settings.
Practical and Coping Skills
- Emotional Regulation: Manage and express your emotions in a healthy way.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Develop new perspectives on personal challenges.
Testimonials
Comments provided, with consent given to share, from several clients who participated in either group or individual sessions.
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"A very valuable therapeutic intervention and experience."
"Freedom to express emotions has been good for me - and finding that others feel the same." "Dramatherapy enabled me to to work with personal material I wasn't expecting to but obviously needed to." |
"The work we started together is still revealing itself in gentle ways."
"I feel more confident now and am less anxious about the future." "Sally provided an environment that allowed me to meet myself more fully." "Surprised with how beneficial it was." |
A client-led and relational approacH
My work is grounded in a holistic, person-centred approach. Therapy is shaped collaboratively, with attention to your lived experience, values, and relationships. I place importance on creating a space that feels supportive and respectful.
Creative work in therapy may include imagination, movement, image-making, metaphor, or story, used thoughtfully and only where it feels supportive. Sessions may be reflective and conversational at times, or more experiential at others. The work is always guided by your needs, choices, and readiness.
Having a therapist alongside you can help you notice patterns, make sense of experiences, and explore new ways of relating to yourself and others. Creativity provides additional ways of engaging when words alone are not enough.
Areas I commonly work with
I work with people experiencing a wide range of difficulties, including:
Creative work in therapy may include imagination, movement, image-making, metaphor, or story, used thoughtfully and only where it feels supportive. Sessions may be reflective and conversational at times, or more experiential at others. The work is always guided by your needs, choices, and readiness.
Having a therapist alongside you can help you notice patterns, make sense of experiences, and explore new ways of relating to yourself and others. Creativity provides additional ways of engaging when words alone are not enough.
Areas I commonly work with
I work with people experiencing a wide range of difficulties, including:
- Grief and bereavement
- Long-term or life-limiting illness
- Anxiety, stress, and overwhelm
- Trauma and its impact
- Relationship difficulties
- Existential concerns and questions of meaning
- Low mood and depression
Professional standards and regulatioN
I am a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Dramatherapist. Arts therapists in the UK are a regulated profession, which means my work is governed by recognised professional standards, ethical frameworks, and ongoing requirements for supervision and professional development. This regulation exists to protect clients and ensure safe, accountable, and high-quality therapeutic practice.
Alongside my training in dramatherapy, my background includes theatre, yoga, and meditation, which inform a grounded and embodied way of working. These influences support attentiveness to both emotional and physical experience, while the focus of therapy always remains on your needs.
Alongside my training in dramatherapy, my background includes theatre, yoga, and meditation, which inform a grounded and embodied way of working. These influences support attentiveness to both emotional and physical experience, while the focus of therapy always remains on your needs.
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