Healing Through Process
Traditional therapy relies heavily on verbal storytelling, but deep emotions, trauma, and chronic stress often live in the body - beyond reach of everyday language.
Art therapy is not an art class. You will never be evaluated, critiqued, or asked to produce something aesthetically pleasing. The creative medium simply acts as a safe, somatic bridge to help externalise what feels heavy, tangled, or unspeakable. Whether using pastels, paint, clay, or collage, the focus is on your internal release and self-discovery.
Is Art Therapy For Me?
Art Therapy at The 9 Within is for anyone who feels stuck in analysis, finds traditional talk therapy difficult, or needs a compassionate, non-judgmental space to process emotions and life experiences. Art therapy provides a gentle, grounded container.
Nervous System Overwhelm
Calming chronic fight-or-flight responses through tactile, grounding sensory work.
Reclaiming Play & Intuition
Softening rigid self-criticism, people-pleasing habits, and analytical overthinking.
Life Transitions & Identity
Navigating relationship endings, career crossroads, or personal rebuilding when logic alone feels exhausted.
Emotional Regulation
Giving the body a way to diffuse worry, internalised stress, and release emotional blocks.
If any of these themes resonate with you, then you've found the right space. I'm ready to meet you exactly as you are. Do you have another concern? Please reach out for a chat to discuss your needs.
What to Expect
in Private Sessions
There is no rigid formula. How we structure your sessions is collaboratively agreed upon during our discovery call and adapted as your needs evolve.
We arrive, ground, and engage in a guided creative process together. We unpack the symbolism, somatic sensations, and insights as they emerge in real time.
Guided In Session
Creation
Best for: Kids, Teens, and adults seeking a supported, real-time creative container.
Reflective Art-Led Therapy At Home
Best for: Independent adults who feel comfortable creating at their own pace at home.
You create your artwork between sessions in the comfort of your own home, bringing the work into our session to dedicate the full hour to exploration, inquiry, and therapeutic processing.
Pathways to Engage
1 to 1
group work
NDIS Participants
Your Art Therapist
- Curious, Compassionate, Accepting -
My commitment to your emotional safety is absolute.
I've worked with individuals navigating the most complex parts of the human experience, and I share this with you so you know, unequivocally: I can hold space for it all. There is nothing you bring, no emotion, no trauma, no fear - that will surprise, or shock me.
The magic of Art Therapy is that your creative expression does the heavy lifting. What is most important will gently surface in your artwork, and together, we will explore its meaning with curiosity and playfulness.
Happy Clients
