{"id":79402,"date":"2026-04-27T14:29:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=79402"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:33:33","slug":"art-therapist-is-embracing-the-imperfect-to-help-others-heal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/art-therapist-is-embracing-the-imperfect-to-help-others-heal\/","title":{"rendered":"Art therapist is embracing the imperfect to help others heal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Barnsley woman is helping others turn their life around through art therapy drawing on her own experiences when she was at “rock bottom”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Stevenson, 45, created her company, Drip Room Art,<\/a> in one weekend after a difficult divorce in 2023 led to her being drawn to art, something she had previously studied, to express her emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had always wanted to make a career of her art but never felt confident enough to pursue it until this major life change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miss Stevenson said: “I would put my son to bed, sit with the baby monitor and just paint for hours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Throwing paint, mixing colours, letting everything out, it was the only way I could process what I was feeling.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For her and her five-year-old boy, art was a way to heal, with habits such as, “What colour do you feel today?”, helping her son to express his emotions and to aid her understanding him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To begin with, she found he would identify with colours such as blacks and reds, whereas now it is all “sunshine and rainbows”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now she wants to use her healing to help others, leading her to become a qualified art therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miss Stevenson has used Drip Room to host events, one-to-one sessions and even recently added ‘rage rooms’ to her repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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