Experience

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Art Psychotherapist

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Senior Art psychotherapist in adult community mental health services Senior Art psychotherapist in adult community mental health services



Safer Places

• Essex

• Art Psychotherapist

  • May 2019 - Present

  Leading of an art therapy group and providing and 1:1 support in complex needs women’s domestic abuse refuge. The refuge is a small residential unit that provides specialist treatment and care for individuals whose needs are deemed too high for the main refuges due to diverse mental health concerns including personality disorder, dual diagnoses, learning disability. I use psychoeducation and mentalisation based models. I provide reflective practise for staff members and enhance psychological thinking around the clients. I have extensive knowledge and experience in managing risk and safeguarding and use current research to raise my standards. I work closely with other services and provide clinical expertise reports when required.



Herts & Essex Art Therapy

• Art Psychotherapist

  • Oct 2017 - Present

• Art Psychotherapist

  • Sep 2017 - Present



Herts & Essex Art Therapy Ltd Schools service

• Bishops Stortford

• Art Psychotherapist

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Design and delivery of an art therapy service in a number of schools. I work with families and children. I work systemically. I am experienced in attachment focused therapy - training in Dyadic Parent Child Arts Psychotherapy (adoption and social-care). I recognise the impact of early relational trauma and am up to date with trauma informed therapy research. As schools are supporting vulnerable families, now more than ever, I have been providing highly specialist, individualised art-psychotherapy interventions for young people with wide ranging and complex presentations and serious mental health problems. I believe in early intervention and equipping families and staff with skills and knowledge - providing advice, psychoeducation and guidance to parents/carers and professionals. With a such a high demand for therapy in schools I have designed and delivered robust referral and assessment processes and alternative interventions. I have supported and guided other professionals in working with me to deliver groups and to support the emotional wellbeing of the school communities. Safeguarding and risk assessment are a large part of my role. I have developed polices and negotiate difficult situations that arise from time to time, by creating strong therapeutic alliances and working to communicate with and include families. I have strong links with social care services and know where to turn for support. I have experience in raising concerns when I felt adequate actions had not been taken while keeping relations positive.



Herts & Essex Art Therapy Ltd

• Essex Hertfordshire

• Art Therapist

  • May 2017 - Present

  Schools art therapy and counselling service. Rebecca Cox MA Art Psychotherapist - Provision of an independent and confidential art therapy and counselling service for pupils, through individual sessions and small groups, responding to their personal, social, emotional and educational concerns. Schools art therapy and counselling service. Rebecca Cox MA Art Psychotherapist - Provision of an independent and confidential art therapy and counselling service for pupils, through individual sessions and small groups, responding to their personal, social, emotional and educational concerns.



Holy Trinity Night Shelter

• Bishops Stortford

• Art Psychotherpy Group Facilitator

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2020

  Delivery of a weekly art therapy group for service users and volunteers involved in a night shelter for the homeless. Empowering individuals to use creative and group process to support each other and to gently explore personal matters in a safe and accepting space. Liaising with external agencies including housing and mental health services. Delivery of a weekly art therapy group for service users and volunteers involved in a night shelter for the homeless. Empowering individuals to use creative and group process to support each other and to gently explore personal matters in a safe and accepting space. Liaising with external agencies including housing and mental health services.



Self-employed

• London, Hertfordshire, Essex

• Art Psychotherapist

  • Jun 2017 - Oct 2017



NHS

• Chelmsford, United Kingdom

• Trainee Art Psychotherapist

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2016

  Facilitating Art Psychotherapy groups on two acute mental health wards. Active contributor to the therapies department and MDT meetings. Recording of assessments and outcomes. Use of NHS systems. All appropriate training attended. Document service users progress and refer onto Community mental health teams. Facilitating Art Psychotherapy groups on two acute mental health wards. Active contributor to the therapies department and MDT meetings. Recording of assessments and outcomes. Use of NHS systems. All appropriate training attended. Document service users progress and refer onto Community mental health teams.



Churchgate C of E Primary School

• Harlow

• SEND Learning Support

  • Sep 2011 - Jul 2016

  One to one support with pupils with statements for special educational needs and disabilities. Working closely with teachers. Strong focus of working with boys with extreme challenging behaviour creating interventions that develop self-esteem. Awareness and compliance to policies including child protection and safeguarding, safety & security, confidentiality and data protection. Liaising with external agencies. Active participation in staff meetings and attend training days. One to one support with pupils with statements for special educational needs and disabilities. Working closely with teachers. Strong focus of working with boys with extreme challenging behaviour creating interventions that develop self-esteem. Awareness and compliance to policies including child protection and safeguarding, safety & security, confidentiality and data protection. Liaising with external agencies. Active participation in staff meetings and attend training days.



Place 2 Be

• North London

• Volunteer Counsellor

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2015

  Worked within the nation wide therapeutic schools service Place 2 Be, providing individual weekly individual counselling to pupils with a range of needs and disabilities. Specifically worked with bereaved children creating a targeted and focused intervention. Worked within the nation wide therapeutic schools service Place 2 Be, providing individual weekly individual counselling to pupils with a range of needs and disabilities. Specifically worked with bereaved children creating a targeted and focused intervention.