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More about Kizuku

Kizuku is a new six-week, one-to-one therapy programme that combines professional counselling with the power of therapeutic photography.

As a BACP-registered therapist, published author, and practitioner with many years’ experience in therapeutic photography, I have seen how photographs can help people explore thoughts, feelings, memories, relationships, and life experiences in ways that words alone sometimes cannot.

This is not a photography course, and you don’t need any photography experience.

It is therapy.

Photography simply provides another language through which we can understand ourselves, make sense of our experiences, and discover new possibilities for change.

The programme follows a six-stage therapeutic journey:

🔍 Seeing

Exploring what is drawing your attention right now.

🕰️ Remembering

Reflecting on the stories, experiences, and memories that have shaped you.

🤝 Relating

Understanding patterns in relationships, both past and present.

❤️ Feeling

Giving space to emotions that may have been hidden, avoided, or difficult to express.

🌱 Becoming

Exploring strengths, possibilities, and the person you are becoming.

✨ Integrating

Bringing together new insights and creating a meaningful way forward.

Over six weekly sessions, we will use conversation, reflection, and photographs to deepen self-awareness and support personal growth within a safe and professionally held therapeutic relationship.

No specialist equipment is needed. A phone camera is more than enough.

If you’re looking for therapy and would like to explore a creative, thoughtful, and deeply personal approach to understanding yourself, I’d be delighted to hear from you.

📩 Message me for further information or to arrange an initial conversation.

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Kizuku

“This is not photography as therapy. It is therapy itself, with photography providing an additional language through which experience can be explored and understood.”

Becoming Aware…through Photography

For many years, photography has been central to my professional work. As a therapist, published author, and longstanding practitioner in the field of therapeutic photography, I have seen the unique ways that images can help people access thoughts, feelings, memories, and experiences that can be difficult to express through words alone.

I’m pleased to announce that I am now offering a six-session therapy programme integrating photography into the counselling process.

These are one to one, online therapy sessions, grounded in a professional therapeutic relationship and informed by established counselling practice. Photography is not the goal of the work. Rather, your photographs and image-making become valuable tools for reflection, exploration, and deeper understanding.

Together, we may explore themes such as identity, relationships, loss, life transitions, self-esteem, personal history, or the challenges you are currently facing. The photographs we use can help uncover perspectives and emotions that might otherwise remain out of reach.

You do not need any photography experience, artistic ability, or specialist equipment. The focus is not on creating great images, but on what the images reveal about your experiences, strengths, and aspirations.

The programme includes:

📷 Six one-to-one therapy sessions
🧠 A professionally held therapeutic process
💬 An opportunity to explore your life through both conversation and image-based reflection
🌱 Space for greater self-awareness, insight, and change

If you are looking for therapy and are curious about working in a more creative and visually engaging way, I’d be delighted to hear from you.

Each session costs £50, and there will be an option to extend past 6 weeks if that is something you feel you require.

📩 Contact me to arrange an initial conversation.

New dates announced for 2027

Hi all – I have been very quiet for a few months, but also very busy in my practice. The last 10 week facilitator course ended in April, and participants were very generous in their feedback. I was aware that I have run 3 full courses now, and I was keen to find out how it was being received by participants, and what could be changed going forward.

I have now taken time to reflect and am happy to announce the date for the next (fourth) run of my 10 week facilitator training course. The course will begin on the 1st Feb 2027 and run for 10 weeks. I will have newly recorded lectures, interactive exercises, and we will also schedule live group tutorials where we can take a deeper dive into the exercises to get the full therapeutic experience from our images.

Please visit https://therapeuticphotography.uk/eventsactivity/10-week-facilitator-training-in-therapeutic-photography-course/ for more details.

Adding Structure

It’s been a busy few weeks and my 10 week online facilitator training course is underway with some excellent participants, discussions, and (of course) images! So, the vodcasts are taking a bit of a back seat, but more to come! Here’s one where I talk about adding structure when using these techniques…enjoy!

Vodcast – “What is Therapeutic Photography?”

I have been working on a series of short vodcasts to explain and explore Therapeutic Photography. These are FREE to watch and the aim is to raise awareness of this beneficial approach by providing insight into various aspects of these techniques. In the first vodcast I attempt to answer one of the biggest questions…what is Therapeutic Photography?

Therapy/Counselling

I am delighted to announce that from this Summer (2025) I will be offering 1 to 1 therapy/counselling appointments. As a qualified pluralistic therapist, I work collaboratively with my clients to use approaches that work best for them. I can draw on a number of modalities and creative techniques, and I have been using photography as a tool with clients to great effect.

Being based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, I can meet clients face to face in Banchory where I have a meeting room, but I am also skilled at working online, and welcome clients from out with the area (and international clients). I am registered and insured and have included information on my web site about qualifications.

For more information, please visit https://therapeuticphotography.uk/therapy-counselling/

Feedback from participants of the 10 week online course on Therapeutic Photography

I am sharing some feedback I received for the inaugural run of my 10 week online skills based course on Therapeutic Photography.

This was the first one I have delivered since leaving Robert Gordon University last year where I designed and delivered the Post Graduate course on this topic. It was fantastic to be back in action with some very enthusiastic, knowledgeable, skilled, and passionate students.

I still have some space on my September course, and I will also be announcing new dates for 2026 soon. For more information, please visit my website at https://therapeuticphotography.uk/eventsactivity/