Art therapy enhances well-being through enjoyable art creation and expressive activities, facilitated a registered Arts Therapist. This therapeutic alliance allows clients to creatively navigate challenges, uncover solutions, and express themselves with support. Recent neurobiological research shows that Art Therapy can help regulate trauma responses while promoting safety and empowerment. Various techniques in Art Therapy enhance body awareness and interoception, improving behavior regulation. Art Therapists adapt their approach based on individual needs, drawing from frameworks such as psychoanalytic, developmental, systemic, gestalt, behavioral, humanistic, and integrative methods. The benefits of Art Therapy include greater self-awareness, insight, relaxation, enjoyment, mastery, self-soothing skills, a deeper sense of connection and meaning, and the acquisition of new skills to boost overall well-being.

Is Art Therapy covered by the NDIS?
Yes. Art Therapy is funded under the NDIS.

✅ We accept self-managed and plan-managed participants

✅ Sessions are billed under Improved Daily Living

✅ Creative Wellbeing programs may also be funded through Innovative Community Participation and Skills Building

Who can benefit from Art Therapy?
Art therapy is for anyone seeking a creative pathway to wellbeing. It can be especially supportive for people who:

🌱 Find it difficult to put their feelings into words

🌱 Are living with anxiety, depression, or stress

🌱 Are navigating grief, trauma, or life transitions

🌱 Have autism, ADHD, or other neurodiverse needs

🌱 Want to build confidence, resilience, and self-expression

🌱 Are carers looking for a safe space to recharge

🌱 Simply want to reconnect with creativity for joy and balance​​

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Do I need artistic skills?

No artistic skills needed! Art therapy focuses on the journey rather than the outcome. Your therapist will guide you through various creative activities—some structured and others open-ended—tailored to meet your individual needs and objectives.

Multiple research studies  highlights the benefits of integrating art therapy to assist in treatment programs with individuals that have experienced trauma, cancer, stress, anxiety and chronic illness (Stuckey & Nobel,2010). The verified positive effects were an increase in positive self-perceptions, positive emotional experiences, an increase in well-being and a reduction in stress and anxiety. As well as opportunity to express inner thoughts and feelings and comprehend the multiple facets of their illness (Stuckey & Nobel,2010).

Benefits of Art Therapy may include:

🎨 A gentle, non-verbal way to express emotions

🤝 Supportive relationships and a sense of connection

💡 Increased self-awareness and new perspectives

🌊 Reduced stress and improved emotional regulation

🌸 Enhanced wellbeing through creativity and play

🕊️ A safe, calming space to heal at your own pace

Often Creative Arts Therapists have a degree in Psychology, Visual Arts, Education or human services field and additionally complete a postgraduate qualification usually at Masters level. To register as an art therapist it is important to complete an approved post graduate or Masters with a minimum of 750 hours of clinical practice.