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Using colour psychology to heal Catherine Shovlin [email protected]

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Using colour psychology to heal

Catherine Shovlin [email protected]

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Using colour psychology to heal

Who? Why? What?

Catherine Shovlin [email protected]

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Example: The Newcomen Centre Children with serious neurological conditionsNEED: to reduce stress for families waiting for consultations

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Example: The Newcomen Centre

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Example: The Newcomen Centre

“The children are calmer. So the parents cope better and the staff

can do their job”

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Example: Snowsfields Unit, Maudsley HospitalAdolescents usually here for several weeks with severe psychological disordersNEED: to feel less prisonlike, easier transition, sense of journey

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Example: Snowsfields Unit, Maudsley Hospital

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Example: Snowsfields Unit, Maudsley Hospital

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… to create a wider and more engaging horizon in “Coast on Fence”

Example: Snowsfields Unit, Maudsley Hospital

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Example: Snowsfields Unit, Maudsley Hospital

“It looks like they care about the space, so I think they might care about me”

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Example: Royal Free, Children’s OutpatientsChildren who are sick or had an accident. NEED: to distract them while waiting and make doorways easier

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Example: Royal Free Hospital, Children’s Outpatients

“It’s less scary to go and see the giraffe”

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Example 4: The Nest for Premature Children, Argentina

Example: El Nido, Buenos AiresPremature babies and their parents NEED: to feel safe and encourage readiness to leave

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xExample: El Nido, Buenos Aires

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Example: El Nido, Buenos Aires

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Example: El Nido, Buenos Aires

“A place to feel safe until we are ready to fly away”

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Example 5: National Children’s Hospital, Baku, Azerbaijan Play area on the theme of numbers

Example: Children’s National Hospital, BakuLong term ill children, some far from home for months NEED: to feel like regular children, to play, to smile

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Example: Children’s National Hospital, Baku

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Example: Children’s National Hospital, Baku

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Room for imaginationExample: Children’s National Hospital, Baku

“You have reminded us that they are children as well as patients”

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Example 5: National Children’s Hospital, Baku, Azerbaijan Play area on the theme of numbers

Example: Dementia Centre, SE LondonDay patients in early stages of dementia NEED: to find the right rooms, to feel joy

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Example: Dementia Centre, SE London

“It makes me smile. It makes me feel like dancing again”

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Example: Syrian Refugee Camp, JordanLong term shelter for traumatised refugee familiesNEED: sense of place, sense of identity, to feel joy

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Example: Syrian Refugee Camp, Jordan

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Example: Syrian Refugee Camp, Jordan

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Example: Syrian Refugee Camp, Jordan

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Example: Syrian Refugee Camp, Jordan

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Example: Syrian Refugee Camp, Jordan

“You have allowed us to see the rainbow again”

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Use colour psychology to heal

Who?

Why?

What?

Book available on Amazon

Artmongers.orgCatherine Shovlin

[email protected]