Throughout my life I have had an interest in creative practice. As a teenager, I wanted to go to art school to study photography. This was, however, not seen as a suitable job for a young woman wanting to make her way in the world! So, I began the long journey to become a psychotherapist, initially working with children and adolescents, and later, with adults. Eventually I became a Consultant Psychotherapist, managing a large clinical team within the British National Health Service. My studies, which were predominantly psychoanalytic, began with a course in observation. I learned how to be unobtrusive, to look and to stay still. This capacity is now fully utilised in my creative work. It is evidenced most, I believe, in my film-making but it is a constant thread. So, too, is the importance of play, of being able to be in the moment, fully present.