Aged 14+
Individual therapy
For adolescents and adults living with trauma, anxiety, relationship or identity difficulties, neurodivergence, grief and change—or a sense that something needs attention.
Enquire about therapyArt psychotherapy · MBT · Clinical supervision
We begin
where you are.
No need to perform, pretend or have it all worked out.
Safe, permissive and creative therapy for adults, young people and families alongside clinical supervision and group work, in person near Bishop’s Stortford.
In person in Little Hallingbury · Online across the UK · Outdoors in the local landscape
01 / Therapy
More than one way
to understand.
Sometimes words are enough. Sometimes they are not. We can talk, make images, attend to the body, walk, pause—or simply notice what happens between us.
Therapy can be helpful when life feels overwhelming, but it does not have to begin with a crisis. I work with people living with complex or long-standing mental health difficulties, including trauma and relational difficulties, as well as those who may be managing well outwardly but want to understand themselves more deeply, shift longstanding patterns or explore what more they want from life.
I have a particular interest in neurodiversity and its relationship with mental health. I welcome disabled people and people living with chronic illness, and my practice is neurodivergent-affirming, LGBTQ+ inclusive and culturally sensitive.
Therapy with me is collaborative. I bring my clinical knowledge and experience, but you are the expert on your own life. Together, we can find a way of working that respects your identity, communication style, body, relationships, culture and individual needs.
Neurodivergent-affirming · Disability-inclusive · LGBTQ+ inclusive · Culturally sensitive · Trauma-informed
Commissioned work
Through organisations
Specialist relational work commissioned through the Adoption Support Fund, CAMHS, social care, local authorities and other organisations.
Discuss a referralHow we meet
Studio, screen or land
Sessions may take place in my private art studio near Bishop’s Stortford, online across the UK, or outdoors by agreement.
Start with a conversation
The studio
A working, creative room.
Heart Therapy is based in my art studio in Little Hallingbury, near Bishop’s Stortford. It is a real, lived-in space with good materials, books, plants and room to think. Artwork is held safely and confidentially for the duration of therapy.
Why art in therapy?
Art therapy.
More than words.
Art can offer another way of noticing, expressing and making sense of experience—particularly when words feel difficult, limited or simply not enough.
Images and objects can hold different feelings and meanings at the same time, much like metaphor or story. You do not need to be “good at art” or have any previous experience. This is not an art lesson, and your work will never be judged or interpreted for you.
We can become curious together about your process, what you make and what it may mean to you. Sometimes something unexpected emerges: a feeling, memory, connection or possibility that had not yet found words. Artmaking is always an invitation—you are equally welcome to talk.
02 / Nature therapy & walking and talking
Grounded in nature.
Sometimes it helps to move.
For some people, conversation and reflection come more easily when we move side by side.
Working outdoors brings movement, sensory experience and the living world into the therapeutic process.
We may walk, pause, sit or simply notice what is happening around and within us. We agree the route, pace, boundaries and practicalities together. There is no expectation to walk quickly or far, and we can always return to the studio or meet online.
Bobbie is part of my life here and appears throughout these photographs. Any involvement in sessions would always be discussed and agreed.
Ask about walking therapy
03 / Approach
Responsive,
not prescriptive.
Not “what is wrong with me?” but “what has happened—and what might help now?”
After many years in practice, I bring a deep and varied clinical toolbox. Therapy is not about fitting you to a method. It is about understanding your particular experience—past, present and future.
01
Art psychotherapy
Images and materials can hold experiences that are hard to think about or put into words. We are interested in your process and meanings, never in judging the artwork.
02
Mentalization-based therapy
MBT helps us stay curious about our own minds and the minds of others, particularly when strong feelings make relationships difficult to understand.
03
Trauma-informed integration
My work may draw on Internal Family Systems, somatic and bilateral work, Gestalt, attachment and psychodynamic thinking, always guided by safety and relationship.
04
Whole-person context
I work in a neurodiversity-affirming, disability-inclusive, LGBTQ+ inclusive, interculturally sensitive and intersectional way—holding identity, culture, power and wider systems in view.
04 / About me
Experience,
held with curiosity.
I’m Rebecca Cox, an HCPC-registered Art Psychotherapist, Mentalization-Based Therapy practitioner, clinical supervisor and practising artist, with many years’ experience.
I spent five years working as a psychotherapist within an NHS community mental health team, supporting adults experiencing complex and serious mental health difficulties. I am now Clinical Lead for a children and young people’s mental health charity, where my work includes clinical leadership, consultation, supervision and the development of therapeutic services. I also teach Art Psychotherapy at postgraduate level.
My experience includes trauma, attachment and relational difficulties, personality difficulties, psychosis, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, self-harm, bereavement, addiction and periods of significant change or uncertainty. I have a particular interest in neurodiversity, including autism and ADHD, and in the ways mental health is shaped by identity, culture, disability, relationships and wider social experience.
I have considerable experience working alongside LGBTQ+ and gender-diverse people and aim to offer a genuinely affirming and culturally responsive space. I also provide a discreet service for people in public-facing or high-profile roles, including those working within the arts, where privacy and the freedom to speak outside a professional persona can be especially important.
Alongside this clinical depth, I welcome people who are not in crisis or living with a diagnosis. You may be curious about yourself, longing for something different, creatively or emotionally blocked, or simply looking for a place to think more deeply about how you are living.
MA Art Psychotherapy · DistinctionHCPC AS15896Full BAAT memberMBT PractitionerClinical supervisor
HCPC registeredArt therapist · Registration AS15896Current period: 1 June 2026–31 May 2028
Check the HCPC Register Accessibility & flexibility
A way of meeting
that works for you.
I strive to make therapy as accessible as possible.
Sessions are available in person or online, and we can work flexibly between the two where a hybrid approach is helpful.
My studio has one step at the entrance. If you have mobility, sensory, communication or other access needs, you are very welcome to discuss these with me before we meet. I will work collaboratively with you to consider what adjustments may make therapy feel safer and more accessible.
05 / Supervision
A space to think
about the work.
Reflective, relational supervision grounded in the realities of clinical practice.
My approach is present-centred and attentive to what is happening here and now: in the clinical work, between supervisor and supervisee, and within the wider systems around us. Trained in Gestalt supervision at the London Gestalt Centre, I understand supervision as a shared process in which we can use ourselves as instruments of enquiry.
I enjoy supporting therapists to cultivate their own way of working—not simply gathering techniques, but becoming more aware of how they meet clients, what they notice and what the work evokes in them. Supervision can make room for creativity, uncertainty, challenge, enjoyment and the continuing development of the person of the therapist.
I have many years’ experience supporting therapists while they are on clinical placement. I particularly enjoy working with trainees as they begin to develop their own therapeutic identity—growing in confidence, finding their voice and learning to trust themselves in the work.
Individual or small-group supervision by arrangement.
- For trainees, emerging therapists and experienced practitioners
- In person in Little Hallingbury or online
- Clinical thinking, professional development and reflective practice
Forming now · Register interest
A supervision group
for local therapists.
A monthly, in-person space to step out of working alone and think alongside other practitioners.
The group will offer time to explore clinical work, share different perspectives and learn through the relationships and processes emerging in the room.
It will be a supportive, thoughtful and creative space—grounded in the here and now, with room for curiosity, uncertainty and the parts of therapeutic work that are not easily resolved.
Monthly eveningTwo hoursNear Bishop’s Stortford
Practical details
A small, consistent group of up to six therapists, open to practitioners from different modalities and levels of experience. The group will begin with an initial six-month commitment. Fee: £65 for each two-hour session.
06 / Groups
We become
ourselves with others.
Groups offer something individual work cannot: the chance to understand ourselves in relationship, experience belonging and learn through one another.
- Long-term creative process group for therapists and counsellors
- Future therapy groups, workshops and reflective gatherings
Supervision group
Thinking
in company.
The new monthly supervision group now has its own space, with details about the experience, format and how to register your interest.
Explore the supervision groupForming now · Register interest
A therapy group for therapists and counsellors
A long-term relational process group for practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of themselves in relationship.
This is not supervision. It is a confidential, creative and experiential space for reflection, vulnerability, challenge and connection. Dialogue, imagery, objects, writing, movement, embodiment, metaphor and play may all form part of the work. No artistic experience is needed.
The group will be inclusive and curious about identity, culture, power, belonging and exclusion. It will meet monthly, most likely on a Friday, for a full morning or afternoon, with up to eight members and an initial one-year commitment.
Tell me you’re interested
07 / Art & creative practice
The image knows
something too.
I am a practising artist as well as an art psychotherapist. Making is part of how I meet the world—not an extra added to the therapy.
My portfolio has its own quieter space away from the therapy information, with selected original works, signed fine-art prints, posters and postcards.
Explore my artwork08 / Writing
Notes from
the edges.
Questions of belonging, purpose and transcendence—and the stories through which we understand our lives.
Essay · extract coming soon
The Land Alive
Walking ancient paths, attention becomes a form of communion—with the living world, the past and what is still unfolding.
Essay · extract coming soon
The Divine in the Doing
On Sisyphus, trauma, effort and the moment we place our hands on the stone and choose to move again.
09 / In development
The AIR Practice Platform
A digital infrastructure for practice-based evidence in art therapy.
AIR Studio is an early-stage idea for supporting art therapists to document Art-based Interviews for Research within routine clinical practice—holding client reflection, process images and therapeutic change with clinical and ethical care.
The project explores how practice wisdom might contribute to teaching and research without losing the relational, visual and client-centred foundations of art therapy.
Clinical integrityResearch usefulnessPractical implementation
Discuss or follow the project 10 / Practical details
Clear from the beginning.
£80Individual therapy · 50 minutes
£100Organisation-funded sessions
£80Individual clinical supervision · 1 hour
By arrangementReports, consultancy and group supervision
Students may enquire about reduced rates, and I sometimes have lower-cost spaces for people on low incomes.
11 / Begin
Perhaps we
start with a
conversation.
I offer a complimentary 30-minute Zoom meeting. It is a chance to tell me a little about what brings you here, ask questions and get a sense of whether working together feels right—with no obligation to continue.
Practice information
Privacy & data protection
Heart Therapy is the data controller for information you provide. Enquiries, contact details and clinical records are handled securely and only for providing, administering and safeguarding your care, in line with UK GDPR and professional requirements. This website does not store the enquiry form: it prepares an email for you to send. You may request access to, correction of or information about retention of your data by contacting Rebecca.
Confidentiality
Sessions and artwork are confidential. Exceptions may apply where there is a serious risk of harm, a safeguarding concern or a legal obligation to disclose. Wherever possible, this would be discussed with you. Clinical work may be discussed anonymously in professional supervision.
Cancellations
Please give at least 24 hours’ notice if you need to cancel. I will do my best to offer an alternative time where possible; otherwise late cancellations and missed sessions are charged at the full rate. Exceptional circumstances can be discussed.
Professional standards & concerns
Rebecca Cox is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (AS15896) and is a full member of the British Association of Art Therapists. If something feels unhelpful, you are encouraged to raise it directly. A formal complaints process is available, and concerns about professional conduct may also be raised with the HCPC.
Urgent support
Heart Therapy is not an emergency or crisis service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999. For urgent mental health support, contact NHS 111 and select the mental health option, your GP, or Samaritans on 116 123.
Access & inclusion
The studio has one step at the entrance. Please share any mobility, communication, sensory or other access needs when you enquire. Sessions can be in person, online or hybrid, and we can think together about adjustments and the way of meeting that is most suitable.