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Recently I have noticed more people seeking support for challenges around jealous thoughts, to reduce the impact it can have on their mental health and relationships. These feelings can carry shame and stigma, making them difficult to discuss openly. My hope in writing about this is to spread awareness that this can be supported in therapy and help is available. Jealousy can be deeply painful. For the person experiencing it, it can trigger feelings of insecurity, shame, or a

This post is something I am very passionate about. I’ve noticed with both art and play therapy it leaves people asking what is that and how does that work? So, I thought I would share my story on how I discovered it, to help answer some of those questions. How I discovered Play Therapy During my time working as a Counsellor Advocate at a Centre Against Sexual Assault I was lucky enough to attend a Synergetic Play Therapy (SPT) training event ( Integrating Extremes: A Synerge

One of the questions I keep coming back to as an art psychotherapist is this: What is happening in the brain when someone stops fighting a difficult thought and begins to relate to it differently? The thought hasn't disappeared. The situation hasn't changed, yet something shifts. Instead of being controlled by the thought, the person begins to have a different relationship with it. In ACT it can be considered as the moment someone "drops the struggle", stops fighting and beco

Art Therapy in Melbourne & Online: Why I Believe in the Healing Power of Creativity

How Art Therapy Supports Mental Health: The What, When, Where, Who & Why

Selective (situational) mutism is a complex anxiety disorder characterised by a consistent failure to speak in specific social situations, despite the ability to speak in other settings. This subject is very close to my heart, as I find it deeply moving and rewarding when clients reach their goals. It's such an empowering process and one that I find client's and parent's feel so isolated and helpless with. My aim is that this post helps shine a light on a new perspective and

Art psychotherapy is a therapeutic approach that harnesses the creative process to promote emotional healing and personal growth. Beyond...