Art Therapy is a person-centred therapeutic approach that places the client at the centre of their experiencing.

An intrinsic combination of talk therapy and creative art making encourages a self-identified understanding of what is “real” and true” for a client.

That being said, the time spent art making can vary between sessions, and is dependent on the clients needs. You can read more about what Art Therapy is here.

To a degree, it’s up to you. If you have your own art practice that you would like to incorporate into the sessions, we can discuss how this could look.

Otherwise I have a variety of ‘arts and crafts’ material available to you, and how you want to use them is up to you.

Definitely not! One of the big misconceptions about art therapy is that it’s about the art therapist psychoanalysing a client’s artwork, i.e. seeing what they can see within a piece of artwork.

Art therapy is less about the aesthetic of art making and less about making beautiful artwork; and instead it’s about the “meaning making” you can gain from your own creative work, with support and guidance from myself.

No - a wide supply of art materials will be made available.

If you have an existing artistic modality with which you like to express yourself, then you are encouraged to discuss this with me.

The first 2-3 sessions will look different from other sessions.

These introductory sessions are considered “assessment” sessions. This will allow us to get to know each other better, ask questions of each other, as well as give you a chance to provide any relevant background information.

Generally speaking, the first part of the session allows you an opportunity to debrief what’s currently happening to you, and the last 10 mins allows for us to “land” the session.

Within reason, I try to encourage at least one art-based enquiry into each session for anything that holds significant resonance or seems to be “alive” in the current conversation.

The beauty of Art Therapy is there’s no specific process as to how a session “needs” to play out – including, as mentioned, how much talking vs art making a session will be made up of.

That being said, if any artwork is created within a session, then I allow 10-15 mins to discuss what’s been created.

The amount of artwork we do is completely up to you. I’ll offer the suggestion to do artwork when I feel it could be useful/relevant – however it’s up to you to decide what’s right for you.

If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment, please let me know via email, phone call or text message.

A 50% fee will be charged for less than 48 hours notice and full fee for less than 24 hours notice.

For non-NDIS clients, sessions are $95 for a 50-min individual consultation.

(Please note there is a $10 surcharge for appointments before 9 am and after 5 pm, as well as on weekends.)

NDIS clients are charged relevant to the current NDIS price guide.

Due to a lack of government regulation, there are currently no Medicare or private health rebates to cover .

Individual sessions run for 50 minutes.

Group sessions generally run 90-120 minutes.

A limited number of concession and financial hardship appointments are available each week.

I’m happy to discuss this with you if you feel you fit into one of these categories.

I offer a free 15-minute consultation (phone or online) in order for potential clients to ask questions and/or get a better understanding of what sessions could involve for them.