Creative Therapies

The creative therapies play a significant part in the programme at Prinsted. Both art therapy and creative writing are a regular feature of the weekly schedule and play a significant part in helping residents uncover hidden issues or gain clarification on current feelings. The residents also attend the local college to do pottery and from time to time we also hold drumming workshops.

Poems

"Today
I am aware of the sound of the wind
outside
Silence inside
I feel broken
I am quiet moments of stillness
Evaporating
until
there's nothing left inside
but
laughter in starting a new page
I believe
in fate there is a purpose
Things can get better if I am aware of being
Me
Sustained
In this moment
In a new day "

"When I came to Prinsted I didn't bring my craziness,
but on the other hand I forgot my night sock
I forgot my pixies cd
and where the hell did my sense of calm go?
I meant to bring my restraint
but I think that fell out of the car window
Sadly I forgot my security
and come to think of it my sense of reason too
Forgetting my computer, was that a good thing?
And bringing my parents, how silly would that be?
Most of all I forgot my ambivalence
or did I?
Oh well,
whatever
never mind..."

"A room like this...
Almond walls, oak floor, aspect windows, slatted blinds,
Primary colour paintings,
A gnarled tree, A silent piano,
Easy sofas that take away stress and ease the pain,
Calming overlights that expose the shame,
A peace lily that craves a drink,
A careless patient who doesn't think,
Some blushing violets that do not shrink,
Where anger and rage may spill and be contained
And turned into love that is not stained
A love that cannot be refused
Even though it may amuse
I find myself in this corner
Feeling loved but still confused. "

"Swimming deep in the distant lakes,
In this dreamy mind state that I create to escape a life I hate,
First I wait for day break, no need to catch a train,
This is purely a mental journey I make,
To landscape which fade into a distance,
Deep visions open my ears, now listen,
Hear that?........No bitching,
This is a place where everybody fits in,
Fiction, a place to enter in your dreams,
Be careful though if you confuse it with reality,
By all means please believe, but don't be greedy,
This is a place that many people need to see,
So...why am I here
I do it to escape the confusion,
The confusion of life's ongoing illusions,
What's true and what's not,
What have I got to prove and,
What can I do to make this madness stop."

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