Individual Art Therapy

Art Therapy is accessible to anyone willing to engage in the creative process, including if you find it challenging to verbalise your emotions or don’t enjoy talking.

Our individual sessions have the potential to support a broad range of experiences, including but not limited to:

• Trauma

• Grief and loss

• Stress, anxiety, hopelessness and depression

• Feeling irritable, reactive or short-tempered

• Perfectionism, critical self-talk, low confidence and self-worth struggles

• Loss of culture, identity, and social connections

• Relationship challenges with partners, family members, friends or co-workers

• Identity and existential life questions – Who am I? What’s my purpose?

• Life transitions and change

• Sexuality and gender

• Neurodiverse experiences

• Chronic pain and life-threatening illness.

Not at all! You don’t need to have artistic skills or knowledge, as it is the act of creating that forms the therapeutic process of healing and recovery – not the outcome, aesthetics, or technical aspects of the final expression.

There is immense value in approaching sessions with a beginner’s mind and setting aside preconceived notions, so that your creative process can more truly reflect your experience and the wisdom it holds.

We acknowledge and celebrate every individual’s unique way of processing and engaging with the world. The creative process of art-making looks different for everyone, and there is no right or wrong way to express ourselves.

All forms of creative expression are valued, and sessions will encourage working with different materials, mediums and modes to support you in accessing your authentically felt lived experience.

The creative process will always adapt to your needs and comfort level, and may include drawing, painting, photography, working with clay, creating a collage, engaging movement, responding to music, or any combination of creative modes.

We offer two delivery modes:

• In person at Yarra Valley Health, 297 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, VIC 3777 (map); or

• Online via secure, telehealth videoconference (Australia-wide)

In-person sessions:

We provide all materials, so just yourself and your willingness to be there. However, you are welcome to bring in anything that personally supports you in sessions. This could be something that you’ve been working on outside of sessions that relate to what you’re exploring with us.

There may also be occasions where we invite you to bring an item from home in service of your therapeutic journey, but we will always discuss this with you first. We emphasise that our invitations are always optional and never required.

Online sessions:

To attend sessions online, you will need:

• A quiet, comfortable and private space away from distractions, where you can talk and create freely;

• A fully charged or plugged-in device with camera, microphone and speaker functionality (e.g., computer, tablet);

• A stable internet connection to access your unique telehealth session link;

• Basic art materials – we can work with what you have on hand, so feel free to get creative with what’s available to you. Paper, pens, pencils and pastels can be a great place to start. If needed, we can provide a suggested list of materials before your first session.

For non-NDIS clients, our fixed practice rate applies:

$170 per session for 50 minutes, inclusive of all session preparation, correspondence, general documentation and planning.

For NDIS clients, our hourly practice rate applies in line with the NDIA’s Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits guidelines:

Direct Support – Art Therapy:

• $193.99 per hour, billed as a total of 1 hour per session;

• Each session includes 50 minutes art therapy and 10 minutes progress writing.

Indirect Supports:

• $193.99 per hour for eligible supports, billed in 15-minute increments;

• Eligible indirect supports: NDIA-requested reports, goal writing for NDIS plans, creation of specific resources (we will always discuss this with you first), case meetings, and phone consultations with families, support workers and therapy teams if anticipated to go beyond 15 minutes;

• What we don’t bill for: We genuinely care for our clients and maintain strong practice standards. We won’t invoice for the following general administrative tasks, as this is our commitment to customer service regardless of NDIS eligibility: Processing referrals, preparing invoices, developing service agreements, scheduling bookings, basic record keeping, session reminders, basic session planning and cleaning.

Please book a free consult call with us to learn more about how we can support you. During our call, we can provide more information about our practice and discuss if our service is right for you.

If you decide that we aren’t a good fit, that’s no worries at all – you can ask to be referred or we can help connect you with other services in the community, so you can receive the best possible care.