Creative Practitioner & Trainee Art Psychotherapist based in London, UK.

(she/her)

Poppy is a creative practitioner, based in South East London, who works within the arts, cultural and heritage sector. She often uses cloth, clay and paint with people, helping them connect with themselves and those around them. Her work aims to break down the barriers that we can all face when making art.

She is in the second year of training to become an Art Psychotherapist, and is undertaking her studies at the renowned Goldsmiths University London. Her clinical placement this year is based at Central and North West London Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services within the NHS.

To find out more about her project work and commissions, please take a look at the projects tab. At the moment, Poppy is working as an Artist in Residence for the NHS and as an Educator for the National Portrait Gallery. She is an award winning adult learning teacher and is currently supporting neurodiverse adults get back into training and employment at Greenwich Learns.

She is self-employed and would be open to part-time collaborations and opportunities.

Her visual diary can be found in the musings tab where you can explore exhibitions visited, things made and other things of interest to her…

Accomplishments

2023 Tutor of the Year, for teaching excellence and leadership. Adult Learning and Skills Service, Royal Borough of Greenwich.

2021 Community Learning Teacher of the Year. Adult Learning and Skills Service, North Yorkshire Country Council.

Education

2022 - 2025 MA Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths University of London

2020 Art Therapy Foundation, Sheffield Northern Programme

2017 Level 3: Facilitating Learning & Development, City & Guilds

2012 - 2015 BA Honours Degree: Interactive Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University

2014 Set Design, Sculpture & Decorative Arts, Accademia Belle Di Arti, Venice Italy

2009 - 2011 4 A-Levels (Art, English, Business, General Studies) Queen Elizabeth College

2004 - 2009 10 GCSE’s C Grade & above (Inc. Math, English, Science) Richmond School

Training

2023 Trauma informed care, Central North West London NHS

2023 Mandatory training modules, inc Infection Prevention and Control, Safeguarding + more, NHS

2022 Level 2: Prevent, Safeguarding and Online Safety, Learning Curve Group

2022 Dementia Friends Training, The Alzheimers Society

2022 Reminiscence Arts Training, Age Exchange

2022 Oral History, Audacity Editing and Otter Transcription Training, Oral History Society

2022 Level 2: End of Life Care, Learning Curve Group

2021 Level 2: Cancer Support, Learning Curve Group

2021 Level 2: Counselling Skills, Learning Curve Group

2021 Equality & Inclusion, ICT and Professionalism Training, University of Leeds

2020 Level 3: Emergency First Aid at Work, Community Works

2020 Level 2: Intro to Autism, Learning Curve Group

2020 Level 2: Awareness of Mental Health Problems, Learning Curve Group

2020 An Intro to, Unlearning Racism & Unconscious Bias, The Racial Justice Network

2020 Specialist Training in devising activities for Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3 & KS4, We are IVE

2018 LGBTQ+ Training, Barnado’s

2017 Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver, Gold Arts Award Advisor, Arts Award

Additional Info

Full clean driving licence

Current DBS and registered with the Update Service

Registered as self-employed / Public and Product Liability, Professional Indemnity Insurance