Work with Me
I offer creative arts and somatic therapy for adults and children who are looking for grounded, experiential approaches — working with the body and creative process, not just conversation.
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This can be helpful 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.
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Working together may involve art-making, exploring ways of being in the body, or other processes of inquiry. No art experience is needed. The focus is on process, not performance.
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I offer sessions online (Australia-wide) and in person from Millowl / Phillip Island and surrounding areas.
Approaches to working together
These approaches describe different ways the work may be oriented, depending on your interests and where the sessions take us. Some modalities, such as somatic touch work, are offered separately and only where appropriate.
Creative Arts Therapy
Creative arts therapy offers ways to explore experience through image, material, and process, rather than relying on words alone. Using a mix of imagery, colour, texture, sound, words, and other forms, it can help you to notice and express your experiences, including those that are difficult to communicate. Discussion about your art-making process can help you gain insight and find meaning.
Somatic Experiencing
Somatic experiencing is a form of body-based therapy, working with the body and autonomic nervous system. Attention may be given 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.
Integrated and Relational Work
In practice, different approaches are often drawn on together rather than used in isolation. Work may move between art-making, bodily experience, conversation, and reflection, depending on what is emerging and what feels useful at the time. Attention is paid to interests, pacing, relationship, and context throughout, rather than following a fixed method or sequence.
Somatic Touch Work
Optional 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. Somatic touch work may be used on its own or alongside other approaches, depending on what is helpful and appropriate in the moment.
Practicalities
Location and Availability
I offer this work:
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Online (Australia-wide), and
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In person from Millowl / Phillip Island and surrounding areas.
In-person sessions are available Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Sessions are offered through my Crayons and Stuff studio, based in Cowes (Red Rocks), or in local primary schools where preferred (subject to school approval and scheduling).
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Fees
Session Fees
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$170 per hour (in-person or telehealth)
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$150 Concession (Health Care Card holders)
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I am recognised as a counsellor by NDIS, Carer Gateway, Workcover & Victims of Crime. Fees are set in line with scheme requirements where applicable.
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Private Health Insurance: Rebates may be available depending on your fund. See the full list of eligible providers.
In early sessions, I may invite you to represent or explore aspects of your story creatively at key points — for example through painting, movement, 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.
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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 a15 minute intro call to talk things through, ask questions, and to get a sense of if its the right fit for you.
