Life doesn't always come with the right words and that's okay. Whether you're navigating stress, anxiety, grief, big transitions, finding your voice, or just want to move out of stuckness and understand yourself a little better, creative arts therapy offers another way.

My approach blends gentle conversation with hands-on creative expression; a cup of tea, collage, drawing, clay, movement, writing, tailored to what feels right for you in each session. There's no pressure to create anything, just space to explore, process, and reconnect with yourself. Trauma isn't relived here; instead, we get curious about how it shows up in the body and how you'd like to feel, following your lead every step of the way 

With over 10 years of experience supporting adults through anxiety, life transitions, and grief, I bring a warm, curious, grounded, and playful presence, with a good dose of humour to every session. Together, we'll work to support you to understand yourself, shift patterns of behaviour that no longer serve you, and find strategies to move confidently into your next chapter — tools and insight that extend far beyond our time together.

This might be for you if you're navigating:

• Anxiety or stress

• Grief and loss

• Life transitions

• Feeling "stuck" or disconnected

• Low self-esteem or self-understanding

• Finding your voice or sense of self

• Ready for the next chapter

• Understanding your neurospicyness

• Perimenopause

• Menopause

• Work frustrations

• Parenting

Kids don't always have the words for what they're feeling and often, they don't need them. Play, art, and imagination are a child's natural language, and creative arts therapy meets them exactly there.

I work with the child to understand what their behaviour is telling us, because behaviour is one of their communication mediums. Once we understand what they're trying to tell us, we can make adjustments, build strategies, and adapt the environment to one where they feel safe enough to show up as themselves — to learn, explore, and create in their own unique way.

I love collaborating with the other important people in a child's world, families, teachers, and allied health professionals, to build the full picture: what's hard for this child, what success looks like to them, and what brings them delight. It's just as important to hear from family and teachers too, about what's being noticed at home or in the classroom. Once all these perspectives come together, we can co-create a therapeutic plan that's accessible, consistent, strength-based, meaningful, and built around the whole child.

Using a range of creative arts mediums — including DIR Floortime, paint, sensory play, sand, clay, art-making, storytelling, role play, narrative play, sensory exploration, and coregulation — I create a space where children can be themselves, learn about their unique identity, collaboratively co-create strategies, find words to describe their experiences, and build confidence, all through play that feels natural to them.

I've worked with children and families across schools (as a primary teacher), private practice, remote community settings, and early intervention, supporting kids through anxiety, behavioural challenges, school refusal, developmental needs, and family transitions. Families leave with a deeper understanding of their child, and practical tools to keep that connection growing at home.

This might be for your child if they're experiencing:

• Big feelings

• Anxiety or worries

• Understanding and explaining a neurospicy diagnosis

• Behavioural challenges

• Developmental needs

• Family or life transitions

• Difficulty connecting or communicating

• School refusal (school can't)

• Friendships