Biography

I have a background in the mental health and disability sectors and am passionate about supporting people to access their innate creativity and improve their wellbeing. I have worked with a range of individuals, facilitating weekly arts therapy groups, creative workshops, self-development groups, and individual therapy. I like to work in a client-led way and provide prompts and materials as a starting point to help anchor clients and honour their experiences. I implement a broad range of interventions that integrate several therapeutic areas at the same time, such as sensory work, mindfulness, expressive exploration, visual art, storytelling, talking, play, trauma-informed practice, and movement. In my practice, I chose to use art materials that are gentle to the environment to support connection with nature. The children, adolescents, adults, and elderly people I have worked with have experienced arts therapy to be helpful in caring for and exploring difficult emotions and grief, addressing trauma, working through self-harm, release excess energy and tension, learning self-soothing behaviour to reduce stress and anxiety, learning to problem solve, developing effective communication skills, improving bodily awareness and, developing, strengthening, and integrating a sense of self.

Qualifications

BA (Social Anthropology & Religious Studies), MAAT (Clin) (Hons), AThR

Fees

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Locations

- Upper Hutt, Wellington, 5018

- Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5010

- Te Aro, Wellington, 6011

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