Kim Matias

Kim Matias

Kim Matias has worked in the mental health sector for over a decade as a support worker, mental health mentor and Art Psychotherapist: Within her role as an Art psychotherapist she set up two Art Psychotherapy provisions within the supported housing sector. Currently she works as an Art Psychotherapist within the NHS in secondary mental health services, working with adults within a community setting. Kim is a qualified EMDR practioner and one of the regional coordinators for the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT). Her interests include how trauma affects ones physiology. How psychoeducation and creativity can be combined as a vehicle to communicate methods which may encourage healing to those who have been impacted by trauma.