Listening to your Stories Through the Arts
Please see below the program ID Derby CIC already offers collaboration with local partners. One-to-one therapy is available upon request. Kindly email us to obtain the referral form. Discover more about our extensive range of professional services. We constantly update this page, but if you still can’t find what you’re looking for, please feel free to get in touch with us – we will be more than happy to help.
Arts Psychotherapies
We're excited to provide a range of arts therapies, including; Dance Movement, Art, Music, and Drama, suitable for both children and adults.
Arts-based psychotherapies invite you into a world where emotions flow freely, using non-verbal, verbal, and creative means to unlock your innermost thoughts and feelings.
Each of our compassionate Therapists is dedicated to crafting personalized techniques that empower you to delve deep into your unique challenges. Whether through the transformative power of drama, the vivid expression found in art, the soulful resonance of music, or the liberating rhythm of movement, we embrace the methods that speak to your heart.
Creative Wellbeing
Every single person carries the weight of stress in their daily lives, an invisible burden that can sometimes feel overwhelming.
Imagine the thrill of creating something with your own hands, pouring your emotions into a piece of art or a handcrafted item! Research supports this profound truth: engaging in these creative activities not only alleviates stress but significantly enhances our sense of joy and positivity. Arts are not just a past-time, but a sanctuary for the soul.
One-off Wellbeing within your Business
Offered at either your workplace or our community venue, one-off sessions are exceptionally relaxing experience focused on wellness. This is ideal for offices seeking an alternative approach to team building that prioritizes the wellbeing of your staff.
Supervision for companies or the voluntary sector
We provide clinical supervision with our registered and experienced clinical supervisor, as well as creative supervision. This initiative is part of an ongoing trend within the Voluntary sector aimed at supporting our clinical staff and non-clinical colleagues in prioritizing their mental health.
Student Placement
We are pleased to offer a position within ID Derby for a University Placement in Arts Therapy. This presents an excellent opportunity to engage with the community through a Community Interest Company (CIC)
Collaborative Alternative Provision for Schools
We provide an exceptional Arts for Wellbeing and Arts Psychotherapy programme as an alternative provision initiative, designed for children who have difficulty attending school consistently. Our approach meets children and young people where they are, ensuring a supportive environment tailored to their needs.More about this below
Parent-Infant Movement Integration
Dyadic caregiver–child Movement Therapy
This group will start in the new year and is open for referrals now
Co-Regulation Through Movement Sensory needs & unique abilities
Strengthening non-verbal communication and mutual responsiveness
Space to process trauma, anxiety, or postnatal challenges in a supportive, body-aware way Attuned, Contained and non-judgmental envorment
Art Therapy Group for Neurodivergent Adults
"A supportive space to explore emotions through art—no artistic experience needed." Only referrals will be considered, unfortunately drop-ins are unsuitable for this group
🕰️Wednesdays at 10:00 am for 6 weeks. Session length (90 minutes) In-person at ID Derby’s creative wellbeing centre,
Alternative Provision
iD Derby CIC is a dedicated organisation focused on providing innovative Therapeutic Arts services. We support individuals facing various challenges, ensuring that our services are welcoming and inclusive. Through our diverse programmes, we aim to empower each participant to PROCESS and connect with their creative potential.
Creative Wellbeing
Creative Wellbeing sessions aim to support individuals to develop ‘soft skills’ to improve mental and emotional wellbeing, such as self-esteem, teamwork, self-control, regulation, self-expression, creativity, healthy decision-making and problem solving.
Soft skills are embedded through a broad array of enriching opportunities, matched to a person’s interests, needs and presentations, giving them the opportunity to gain new skills and further their personal growth. This includes art, music, dance, drama, play, wider life skills, and (where appropriate) supported volunteering.
Our staff utilise principles such as safe distancing, therapeutic use of metaphor and play, through interventions such as storytelling, role/imaginary play, games and movement, to encourage clients to explore their lived experience and presenting issues in a safe, contained space. This is paired with practical applications of empowering clients to utilise coping strategies (such as deep breathing to support anxiety and emotional regulation) and healthy decision making (e.g supporting individuals to create a weekly activity plan to track self-care and work/leisure activities) to ensure basic and psychological needs are met, meaning higher level, self-actualisation needs can be achieved.
Arts Therapy
Art therapy, dramatherapy, music therapy, or dance movement psychotherapy, delivered by fully qualified therapists registered with the appropriate for their modality (HCPC or UKCP).
Our therapists provide interventions for children and young people who are experiencing a range of presentations, aimed to support understanding, development and healing in their emotional, social, psychological and educational health.
We use a person-centred approach to ensure that the modality, designated therapist and outcomes for intervention are appropriate and suitable for the level of need and client presentations.
Our therapists use an integrative approach for delivery, utilising humanistic principles, with specialism in their core modality to inform clinical judgement. This supports an authentic therapeutic alliance between client and therapist as a foundation for therapeutic work and healing.
Where ? and How?
Our Team at ID Derby can attend schools in Derby or a pupil can attend our building close to the city
For information on course availability please get in touch with Junction 16.
What People have Said About our Services
Teaching Assistant supporting an 11-year-old student: "I have learned so much from working with him. He is much happier at school, and it has been a life-changing experience."
School group within an educational setting: "We are able to manage much more effectively in school now that we are part of your group."
Professionals who have worked with us and continue to do so have recommended our services to other schools.