our team
Samantha Hickman, MA AThR - FOunder & Art Psychotherapist
Samantha is a qualified Art Psychotherapist from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore (accredited by Goldsmith's University).
Sam became an art therapist to integrate her own creative practice into working with others. In Singapore, she worked with a leading cancer charity as part of their psyco-social team. Since relocating to the UK in 2019, Sam has worked with charity and local organisations offering a socially engaged community and private practice. She covers a wide spectrum of reasons for therapy from living with cancer, depression, stress, and anxiety, to anger, grief & loss, and trauma, and works both with groups or on an individual basis.
Sam works predominantly with adults and has specialised in supporting people living with cancer. As a parent carer, she also supports parents of SEND children to navigate their journey. She works with a wide range of art materials to explore the creative process in a welcoming, confidential and non-judgemental space to foster insight, and awareness, whilst building resilience and new perspectives.
Sam has exhibited in Singapore and the UK, has delivered online and in-person workshops at international conferences and universities, and is a published writer on art therapy, practices and processes. She regularly contributes to regional art therapy continued professional development and is available for supervision.
She is a member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) and is HCPC registered. She is also DBS approved.
katrina bennet, MA AThR - Art Psychotherapist
Katrina is a qualified Art Psychotherapist from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore (accredited by Goldsmith's University).
In Singapore she worked in a leading international school as part of the counselling team, providing art psychotherapy for students aged 4-18. Since 2022 Katrina has been working for the NHS, initially in an adult in-patient psychiatric setting and currently in secondary mental health in the community, providing art pyschotherapy to adults with complex and enduring mental health difficulties.
At Hope Art Therapy Katrina works predominantly with children and young people to support them in externalising experiences, feelings and thoughts (which may be difficult to express verbally) through the creative process. She offers a wide variety of art materials to be explored in a safe, confidential and reflective space, as well as pyscho-educational material to enable an understanding of different experiences and behaviours.
Katrina has exhibited in Singapore and the UK, has delivered in-person workshops at international conferences, and is a published writer on art therapy, practices and processes.
She is a member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) and is HCPC registered. She is also DBS approved.