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What is Art Therapy?

Art Therapy is a mental health therapy which combines the studies of the arts, psychology and psychotherapy/counselling. Art Therapy uses art materials and creativity to support people to explore, express, communicate and understand themselves and their emotions better and work through personal challenges.

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What is a Registered Art Therapist?

Registered Art Therapists (AThR), with ANZACATA (the peak body for Creative Arts Therapists in Australia), are Masters trained mental health professionals who can provide therapy to those with trauma, mental health conditions, illness and disability. 

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Is it just art making? What does a session look like?

Each session is tailored to your individual needs to help you process and reach your mental health goals. Art Therapy combines art making, counselling and psychotherapy and each client will naturally need to process things differently. As a highly educated and skilled Art Therapist I can help to be a guide to what to explore or express in therapy so you can feel at ease in our sessions, but I will be ultimately guided and responsive to you and your needs and goals.

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Do I need to bring/buy anything?

No, at sessions in our studio all basic art and craft materials are supplied! I have paints, pencils, pastels, markers, paper, clay and lots of craft materials to be used.

Online clients can purchase a starter kit of basic drawing materials from me to be posted to your home. 

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Who is Art Therapy for?

I believe that Art Therapy can be for everybody of every age and every ability. No art skills are required to participate. Due to less reliance on verbal-communication, Art Therapy broadens accessibility of mental health therapy to the disability and neurodivergent community. 

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How does a session look?

Sessions are 1 hour long and is a bit like a counselling session with art materials. 

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Do you take Medicare mental health plans?

Unfortunately Medicare mental health plans do not yet cover the valuable work of counsellors, psychotherapists and creative therapists such as myself. I can however offer a concession rate to those in need to help make my services affordable and accessible. Some find this concession fee to be similar to the out of pocket costs patients still have to pay after receiving the Medicare rebates after seeing a psychologist.