We provide personalised, therapeutic, arts based support by qualified practitioners. Arts therapy is not an art class and no artistic skills or art experience is required. The art materials and creative process are centred, a loose session structure is offered and curiosity is given free range. The final product of the arts exploration is not the focus.

The tactile and sensory experiences provide images, words, colours, symbols, feelings and sensations as intel. These embodied verbal and non-verbal cues scaffold awareness of patterns, relationships, struggles and resources.

Awareness builds capacity to navigate difficulties, increases ability to stay grounded and calm with the unknown and cultivates confidence and clarity as a response to stressors. Ultimately a therapeutic alliance of arts therapist, the expressive arts and the client provides shifts towards values aligned living, a re-sparking of joy and a sense of aliveness.

My Therapeutic Toolbox

Expressive Arts

Painting & drawing, bi lateral drawing, weaving, collage, slow stitching, working with clay, movement, remembrance jewellery, poetry & story. Expressive art journaling is my specialty.

Nature

Botanical printing, eco dyeing, natural pigment making, mandalas, walking/ outdoor therapy.

Sand Therapy & Symbols Work

Sand tray is a therapeutic intervention using a tray of sand and mini figurines & objects. Individuals are invited to create, explore and manipulate scenes or sand worlds. It is an intervention effective for both adults and children.