Services
Individual Sessions
I am passionate about taking a person centred approach – that means I believe YOU are the expert of you… and I deeply honour that.
I use a combination of modalities that are body based and provide a pathway for you to access what is stored within.
I tailor an approach that is unique to You and suits your needs, on any given session. This includes setting up the session in an environment that can be in-person, online, in a studio or outside in Nature!
Using feminine embodiment practices (somatic therapy), imagery (image/art making) and the sensory experience of creatively expressing (connecting with our Womb space) helps us to access the memories stored in our body - often without having to talk about them - allowing our body to release what has been stuck.
Workshops
I have facilitated various workshops along the stunning Surf Coast in Victoria and in Geelong for the previous 8 years. I have offered a range of participants the joy of creativity, self-care and self-discovery – from women of all ages, teams of caregivers in workplaces, teens and young people with special needs.
I am available to facilitate a workshop for your special group of people and I tailor the content to your needs, providing exceptional value – in person or even online!
Now more than ever, workplaces and schools are in desperate need of highly effective methods for managing stress and overwhelm in their communities. Contact me to discuss the needs of your humans.
Current Workshops
Teen Clay-Play
6 week Teen Ceramics Course. Terms 3+4, 2023.
Wednesdays, 4.30 - 6.30 pm at the Light Box Torquay, this ‘Teen Clay' ceramics course is suitable for ages 12 - 17, exploring creativity through various hand building techniques.
All materials and firing included. Places are limited to 8 students. If your teen has some previous ceramics experience, this can also be catered for.
Term cost is $300, beginning Wednesday Aug 9th. Please use the 'Secure Your Place' button below to get in touch and book your teen's place!
V.C.E Art & Design Coaching
Creative & Expressive Freedom for Students - Term 3+4, 2023
Are you a student of Art or Design? Common complaints when creating 'on demand' are feeling creatively blocked, pressured and a loss in the joy of creating. Attend one or both of these sessions per week to learn techniques for staying connected to your creativity and form new habits for life.
Successful designers keep that joy in what they do each and every day! Please use the 'Secure Your Place' button below to get in touch and book your place. $30 per 2 hour session, pay as you go.
Adult Clay-Play
Therapeutic Clay Exploration for Emotional Wellness
Clay-Play sessions are available as group workshops, or one-to-one is also available. Each session is $70 (this includes your Clay-Play pass to access The Light Box venue and for all your pieces to be glazed and fired).
See the flyer for the Studio Pass option.
Please use the 'Secure Your Place' button below to get in touch and book your place for either of these options!
*NDIS Self-Managed Clients are welcome!
Online Courses
Want to work with me online? Check out my offerings of exciting courses and freebies! Click here.
How I work
Expressive Art Therapy
is an invitation to express from your inner space, where your creativity resides – our heart and womb space. This approach provides a way of expressing difficult emotions whilst gently navigating life's challenges through image making and the sensations found within your body. It is especially effective when you are ready to move on from talk therapy. Artistic ability is not necessary to get amazing benefits from this form of body-based therapy!
Feminine Embodiment
is a body-based method, where you are guided to access the sensations in your body. Similar to a moving meditation, you express what you feel through the breath, sound or movement. Over the years, trauma builds up in our body as tension and with safety and guidance, we can find these places of ‘stuckness’ and provide a pathway for release. Dancing or groaning out loud is not a necessary component of embodiment… Everyone is unique and we all express differently!
Working with young people,
I encourage the use of imagery or sculpture to externalise and express what is difficult to say in words. Additionally, I combine the above modalities to guide the young person into recognising sensation in their body, which develops familiarity with feelings and being okay with uncomfortable feelings. Ultimately this approach builds on the young person’s sense of Self and provides a sense of personal power in how they experience their life.
Womb Wisdom
is a combination of meditation and information that I weave through your sessions to enhance your self-understanding. I show you how to develop an awareness of and connect more deeply with your Womb Space. This connection can bring you into contact with your authentic Self, leave you feeling calm and grounded in your body and can provide a sense of agency over how to create a life you love. The womb (or the womb space if you no longer have one) is the dreaming organ and the place where our creativity and inner wisdom are stored.
How I can help
My unique blend of ‘Embodied Therapy’ has helped women and young people experiencing:
- anxiety
- panic attacks
- depression
- grief
- chronic pain
- childhood trauma
- sexual trauma
- childbirth trauma
- miscarriage
- hysterectomy
- adjusting to adolescence
- adjusting to motherhood (including post natal depression)
- adjusting to menopause
These states often leave us feeling:
- imbalanced and disconnected from ourselves
- creatively blocked, like we have no creativity inside of us
- disconnected from our cycle and Nature
- like we are not living the life we dream of
- like we don’t have the strength, time or means to inject any joy back into our life
- like we just can’t help ourselves and find balance
- constantly afraid of sensations in our body, including pain
- like we don’t know the ‘parts of our Self’
- like we have no control over our lives – we are powerless
- a desire to reconnect and fall in love with our creative Self
- a desire to feel calm, connected to our core self and clear about the life we are leading
