Alisoun Neville
PhD (she, her)
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Cowes, VIC 3922
Let's Connect (03) 5614 8011
I’m Alisoun, a Creative Arts and Somatic Therapist in Cowes, Phillip Island. I have learned through life experience and formal study to use creative expression, embodiment, and inquiry as powerful guides through some of life’s complex and difficult matters. I work with both children and adults, adopting a collaborative approach and offering 'more-than-verbal' methods for communication, understanding, and self-expression. I am registered as a Clinical Counsellor, with a Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice, and am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (c).
Arts Therapy can help us to explore our experiences, including thoughts and feelings that are difficult to communicate, and can include a range of creative forms (e.g. visual arts, play, movement, music, fiction). I integrate advanced somatic training to strengthen self-awareness and regulation and respond to how experience can be held within our body.
My approach is rooted in trauma-informed care, and understanding trauma at personal, collective, historical, and systemic levels. This foundation underpins my practice and commitment to addressing the effects of systemic oppression. I am drawn to creative expression and somatic awareness as ways to reclaim the agency of our bodies and narratives.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $160
- Concession rate: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
Bank transfer, Cash, Electronic Funds Transfer, Mastercard, Paypal, VisaInsurance
- ACA Health
- AHM Health
- CBHS Health
- CUA Health
- Defence Health
- Doctors Health Fund
- GMHBA
- HBF
- HCF
- HCI
- Health Partners
- Latrobe Health Services
- Medibank Private
- Mildura
- Navy Health
- NDIS
- Peoplecare
- Pheonix Health Fund
- Police Health
- Queensland Country Health Fund
- Reserve Bank Health Society
- St Luke's Health
- Teachers Health
- Transport Health
- Westfund Health Insurance
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Psychotherapy and Counselling Association of Australia Alisoun Elizabeth Neville
- In Practice for 7 years
- Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice, Masters, Graduated 2018
- Degree/Diploma from La Trobe University in PhD in School of Law (PhD) Doctor of Philosophy / 2005
- Degree/Diploma from La Trobe University/University of Melbourne in Majors in Psychology, Criminology, English (BA (Hons)) Bachelor of Arts (Honours) / 2000
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Expertise and Interests
Top Expertise
- Trauma and PTSD
- Child
- LGBTQ+
Practice Areas
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Bisexual
- Body Image
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Domestic Violence
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Lesbian
- Life Transitions
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Peer Relationships
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Transgender
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Little Person Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Little Person Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Culturally Sensitive
- Experiential Therapy
- Expressive Arts
- Person-Centred
- Relational
- Somatic
- Strength-Based