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Work with Me

I share a love of creativity as it meets the stuff of our lives — in the body, in place, in relationship. We can explore the stuff of your lives together — through arts, embodiment, words, or your unique combo.

Whether you’re coming for counselling, creative arts or somatic therapies, we will meet through a grounded, experiential approach, alert to the body, creative collaboration, and emergent process.

This might be for you if you’re feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck, or if you’re carrying experiences that are difficult to make sense of through words alone. A trauma-aware, collaborative framework guides the work.

Working together may involve art-making, exploring ways of being in the body, or other processes of inquiry. When working with children, I can work this way with the child, the primary caregiver, or the whole family.

I offer online telehelth sessions (Australia-wide) and in person sessions from Millowl / Phillip Island (Cowes and Newhaven).

Come as you are — messy, uncertain, arts-hesitant … The focus is on process, not performance.

  • Creative arts therapy works with image, material, form, and process as languages in their own right — not just pictures of what you could otherwise say in words, but ways of knowing that words don't always reach.

    We might draw, collage, work with words, objects, or sound, explore ideas that excite us, or simply witness what emerges in the moment. The making itself is the inquiry. You don't need to know what something means before you make it — meaning often arrives through the process, not before it.

  • Somatic Experiencing® training supports me to work with the body and autonomic nervous system safely, through your own knowledge and agency. You don't need to tell your story to experience change in how much it drives your life today.

    We might attend to sensation, movement, posture, or patterns of activation and settling, always at a pace that feels manageable.

    This approach can be helpful where experiences are held physically, where talk-based approaches haven’t been sufficient, or where safety and regulation need to be established before deeper exploration.

  • I often draw on different approaches together rather than in isolation. Work may move between art-making, bodily experience, conversation, and reflection, depending on what is emerging and what feels useful.

    I see our work as a collaboration which means we both shape how we work together. I pay attention to your interests, comfort and pacing, our relationship and the broader context throughout — rather than following a fixed method or sequence.

  • Hands-on work that supports bodily awareness, regulation, and integration.

    Somatic touch work involves gentle, attuned physical contact used to support awareness of sensation, boundaries, and patterns held in the body. This may include offering contact to support settling, orientation, or integration of experience.

    Touch is never assumed. It is introduced only where it is appropriate, clearly discussed, and actively consented to. The focus is on collaboration, choice, and responsiveness, with ongoing attention to pacing and comfort.

Approaches to working together

These approaches describe different ways the work may be oriented, depending on your interests and where the sessions take us.

I also offer facilitated workshops and therapy groups — find out more at Workshops and Events.

Some modalities, such as somatic touch work, are offered separately and only where appropriate.

Two children wearing colorful masks, one holding a small doll, sitting against a plain wall.
Clay sculpture of a foot with orange and yellow streamers, and a green paper top, next to a brown paper with a red painted heart.
Pastel artwork of a child with blond hair playing a trombone, wearing an orange top and green skirt, set against a blue cloudy sky with musical notes around.
Toy figures and objects on sand, including a robot, a female action figure, the word hope, a snowman, and various small decorative items.
Colorful drawing of a clown with a white face, red cheeks, black eyes, and a red nose, wearing a green hat and clothing, sitting on a yellow surface with a pink background.
Collage of paper art depicting a person with a scarf on their head, holding a sign that says 'Super Arts.' Text on the collage reads 'Harnessing the power of creativity for children's wellness.'

In-person sessions are available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Sessions are offered through my Crayons and Stuff studio, based in Cowes (Red Rocks), Living Space studio gallery in Newhaven, or in local primary schools where preferred (subject to school approval and scheduling). I also offer secure online telehealth sessions, Australia-wide.

Session Details and Pricing

Location and Availability

Fees

  • $170 per hour (in-person or telehealth)

  • $150 Concession (Health Care Card holders)

I am recognised as a counsellor by NDIS, Carer Gateway, Workcover & Victims of Crime. Fees are set in line with scheme requirements where applicable.

Private Health Insurance: Rebates may be available depending on your fund. See the full list of eligible providers

What to expect in the first session

I may invite you to represent or explore aspects of your story creatively at key points — for example through painting, imagery, working with an object, or writing. I may also invite you to pay attention to your body, such as noticing sensations or impulses toward movement, and provide information about how to do this safely.

This can feel unfamiliar at first, but you will never be asked to do anything you don’t want to do. No skill or experience in art-making is necessary, and activities and pacing are guided collaboratively.

Next steps

If you’re enquiring for yourself or for a child you care for, I recommend a 15 minute intro call to talk things through, ask questions, and to get a sense of if its the right fit for you.

Book an Intro Call