Art Therapy Psychologists and Therapists in Carlton North, VIC
As a therapist, I understand the need for warmth and acceptance. This is the foundation of a therapeutic relationship where people can show up with aspects of themselves that are problematic and unhelpful without judgement. I can relate to very human uncomfortable and undesirable behaviors, feelings and beliefs about ourselves. Through consistent support, compassion and curiosity, positive change becomes possible.
As a therapist, I understand the need for warmth and acceptance. This is the foundation of a therapeutic relationship where people can show up with aspects of themselves that are problematic and unhelpful without judgement. I can relate to very human uncomfortable and undesirable behaviors, feelings and beliefs about ourselves. Through consistent support, compassion and curiosity, positive change becomes possible.
First sessions can involve - getting to know each other and what approach to therapy works for you, exploring how to use the room/space, and whether you would like to explore any art or movement.
I am a creative arts psychotherapist and social worker with 10+ years experience in mental health and community-based settings. My passion lies in supporting people who are looking to feel more pleasure, wholeness and connection within themselves and in relationships. I utilise a range of theories and approaches, and work in collaboration with you to find what best fits your needs. I am particularly interested in creative, somatic and movement-based therapies to foster safety, curiosity, playfulness, and self expression. My practice is trauma sensitive, sex work inclusive, and LGBTQIA+ affirming. All relationship structures welcome.
First sessions can involve - getting to know each other and what approach to therapy works for you, exploring how to use the room/space, and whether you would like to explore any art or movement.
I am a creative arts psychotherapist and social worker with 10+ years experience in mental health and community-based settings. My passion lies in supporting people who are looking to feel more pleasure, wholeness and connection within themselves and in relationships. I utilise a range of theories and approaches, and work in collaboration with you to find what best fits your needs. I am particularly interested in creative, somatic and movement-based therapies to foster safety, curiosity, playfulness, and self expression. My practice is trauma sensitive, sex work inclusive, and LGBTQIA+ affirming. All relationship structures welcome.
Joelle Jean-Louis @ First Tuesday Counselling
Psychotherapist, MA, ACA-L2
2 Endorsed
Carlton North, VIC 3054
Hello, and welcome. Taking this first step isn’t always easy, so it’s worth acknowledging that you’re already doing something important by being here. I’m Joëlle. I work with adults and young people (12 years +) across life stages and experiences, and welcome people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and identities. My experience includes roles in private clinics, secondary schools, and community settings. I see clients with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, neurodivergence, work-related stress, relationship difficulties, and the lasting impacts of childhood and complex trauma.
Hello, and welcome. Taking this first step isn’t always easy, so it’s worth acknowledging that you’re already doing something important by being here. I’m Joëlle. I work with adults and young people (12 years +) across life stages and experiences, and welcome people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and identities. My experience includes roles in private clinics, secondary schools, and community settings. I see clients with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, neurodivergence, work-related stress, relationship difficulties, and the lasting impacts of childhood and complex trauma.
In addition to her practice Awombda has taught in the graduate art therapy program at Miecat and is currently on faculty at Gestalt Therapy Australia.
Balancing challenge and support Awombda incorporates somatic experiencing, art therapy, DBT, strengths based approach and mindfulness into her practice. “I hope to offer my clients an alternative experience by supporting them to find a sense of freedom from the patterns of the past”.
In addition to her practice Awombda has taught in the graduate art therapy program at Miecat and is currently on faculty at Gestalt Therapy Australia.
Balancing challenge and support Awombda incorporates somatic experiencing, art therapy, DBT, strengths based approach and mindfulness into her practice. “I hope to offer my clients an alternative experience by supporting them to find a sense of freedom from the patterns of the past”.
Many of the people who come to me have reached a point where they’re ready for something to shift. They’re tired of repeating the same patterns, feeling disconnected, or sensing that life could be different but not knowing where to begin. Some are navigating depression, anxiety, or grief; others are carrying the impact of trauma, family violence, or crime. Many are simply starting their personal development journey and feel unsure where or how to start. What they all share is a readiness to understand themselves more deeply and take steps toward meaningful change.
Many of the people who come to me have reached a point where they’re ready for something to shift. They’re tired of repeating the same patterns, feeling disconnected, or sensing that life could be different but not knowing where to begin. Some are navigating depression, anxiety, or grief; others are carrying the impact of trauma, family violence, or crime. Many are simply starting their personal development journey and feel unsure where or how to start. What they all share is a readiness to understand themselves more deeply and take steps toward meaningful change.
I am a social work counsellor and Sensorimotor art therapist with experience working with women, children, adolescents and people from the LGBTQIA+ communities to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
I have experience working creatively with grief and loss, bereavement, non-directive pregnancy options counselling, anxiety and depression and other mental health challenges in health and community settings. I’m passionate about mental wellbeing and creating safe supportive environments for folks to explore their challenges.
I am a social work counsellor and Sensorimotor art therapist with experience working with women, children, adolescents and people from the LGBTQIA+ communities to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
I have experience working creatively with grief and loss, bereavement, non-directive pregnancy options counselling, anxiety and depression and other mental health challenges in health and community settings. I’m passionate about mental wellbeing and creating safe supportive environments for folks to explore their challenges.
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Hi, I’m Andrea. I feel incredibly privileged to support people through the ups and downs of life. No one makes it through without facing pain, frustration, anxiety, or uncertainty. But these challenges can be a doorway to growth.
In our work together, I’ll help you explore what matters most, navigate the tough moments, and move toward a life that feels more joyful, meaningful, and aligned with your values. Whether you're feeling stuck, burnt out, or at a crossroads, you don’t have to go it alone.
Hi, I’m Andrea. I feel incredibly privileged to support people through the ups and downs of life. No one makes it through without facing pain, frustration, anxiety, or uncertainty. But these challenges can be a doorway to growth.
In our work together, I’ll help you explore what matters most, navigate the tough moments, and move toward a life that feels more joyful, meaningful, and aligned with your values. Whether you're feeling stuck, burnt out, or at a crossroads, you don’t have to go it alone.
Trauma is something that affects many people and for some it is debilitating: insomnia, triggers, social anxiety, loss of confidence, relationship issues, life meaning, self-worth, etc. You've lived with it for so long, but just imagine the possibility of sharing the burden, gaining understanding, and feeling freedom as you're released from it. I am here to understand you, to listen respectfully, and to assist in finding what's right for you.
Trauma is something that affects many people and for some it is debilitating: insomnia, triggers, social anxiety, loss of confidence, relationship issues, life meaning, self-worth, etc. You've lived with it for so long, but just imagine the possibility of sharing the burden, gaining understanding, and feeling freedom as you're released from it. I am here to understand you, to listen respectfully, and to assist in finding what's right for you.
There is no expectation to talk or make art in any particular way
I work with people who find that words alone aren’t always enough — especially when experiences are held in the body as images, impulses, or sensations rather than clear narratives. I work in a relational, body-based way, integrating creative and somatic processes to support exploration, awareness, and meaning-making. I work with both children and adults, offering a collaborative and flexible approach that supports more-than-verbal ways of communicating, understanding, and expressing experience. I am drawn to creative expression and somatic awareness as ways to reclaim the agency of our bodies and narratives.
There is no expectation to talk or make art in any particular way
I work with people who find that words alone aren’t always enough — especially when experiences are held in the body as images, impulses, or sensations rather than clear narratives. I work in a relational, body-based way, integrating creative and somatic processes to support exploration, awareness, and meaning-making. I work with both children and adults, offering a collaborative and flexible approach that supports more-than-verbal ways of communicating, understanding, and expressing experience. I am drawn to creative expression and somatic awareness as ways to reclaim the agency of our bodies and narratives.
Art therapy enables individuals to unpack and express their feelings through creativity and interaction with art materials.
I am a person-centred and trauma-informed registered art therapist. I like to offer a range of art materials to enable play, experimentation and creative risk taking. I am trained to provide Clay Field Therapy, which is an effective modality for working with children and trauma healing. I am eligible to support NDIS self/plan managed participants.
Art therapy enables individuals to unpack and express their feelings through creativity and interaction with art materials.
I am a person-centred and trauma-informed registered art therapist. I like to offer a range of art materials to enable play, experimentation and creative risk taking. I am trained to provide Clay Field Therapy, which is an effective modality for working with children and trauma healing. I am eligible to support NDIS self/plan managed participants.
I have been providing psychological services & counselling to adults for nearly 3 decades. I am also a Gottman informed couple's therapist. Clients who love working with me are often growth and values-oriented, because I am strength and strategy focussed. I am very passionate about my work and have 28 years of experience working to enhance social, emotional and relationship wellbeing with people from an array of cultural and religious backgrounds.
I have been providing psychological services & counselling to adults for nearly 3 decades. I am also a Gottman informed couple's therapist. Clients who love working with me are often growth and values-oriented, because I am strength and strategy focussed. I am very passionate about my work and have 28 years of experience working to enhance social, emotional and relationship wellbeing with people from an array of cultural and religious backgrounds.
MindfulNest Therapeutic Services is a specialised mental health and wellbeing service that sees babies, children and families from 0-15 years of age.
We work with young children from 0-4 years who might have NDIS plans and need support with emotional regulation, stress, worry, sadness, trauma or adjusting the life stages and changes.
We work with older children from 5-15 years who might also have NDIS plans or mental health care plans and need support with feelings of worry, sadness, fear or simply need a safe space to talk about life's challenges with a trust and qualified therapist.
We also have an accredited therapy dog!
MindfulNest Therapeutic Services is a specialised mental health and wellbeing service that sees babies, children and families from 0-15 years of age.
We work with young children from 0-4 years who might have NDIS plans and need support with emotional regulation, stress, worry, sadness, trauma or adjusting the life stages and changes.
We work with older children from 5-15 years who might also have NDIS plans or mental health care plans and need support with feelings of worry, sadness, fear or simply need a safe space to talk about life's challenges with a trust and qualified therapist.
We also have an accredited therapy dog!
You may feel alienated from this chaotic, mechanical world. What feels alien is not you, but the culture that keeps asking you to perform: to fit your inner life into acceptable forms. That demand may have cost you more than you can name. My work begins from the assumption that the way you perceive reflects a distinct orientation toward the world. When this is deeply understood, something slowly gathers: an inward sense of home, and a life able to hold your sharper colours, unusual attentions, and rich associative movements of thought.
You may feel alienated from this chaotic, mechanical world. What feels alien is not you, but the culture that keeps asking you to perform: to fit your inner life into acceptable forms. That demand may have cost you more than you can name. My work begins from the assumption that the way you perceive reflects a distinct orientation toward the world. When this is deeply understood, something slowly gathers: an inward sense of home, and a life able to hold your sharper colours, unusual attentions, and rich associative movements of thought.
Sarah is a Psychotherapist and Mental Health Social Worker. She has been working within the field of mind-body disorders (MBD) for over 14 years, specialising in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) chronic pain, trauma recovery and Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), including other challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, Fibromyalgia and PTSD. Her motto is simple: “Supporting clients in creating authentic power within themselves and in turn being able to make what was once difficult, easier”.
Sarah is a Psychotherapist and Mental Health Social Worker. She has been working within the field of mind-body disorders (MBD) for over 14 years, specialising in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) chronic pain, trauma recovery and Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), including other challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, Fibromyalgia and PTSD. Her motto is simple: “Supporting clients in creating authentic power within themselves and in turn being able to make what was once difficult, easier”.
I am a compassionate and creative Psychodynamic Psychotherapist & Art Psychotherapist, who is Jungian and Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed.
My training has continued with studies in Jungian Psychoanalysis, IFS, Grief-Counselling & personal analysis, informing my approach to therapy. I am a supportive advocate of clients' strengths & capacities, and I work to help realise this potential so that clients can live with self-compassion, autonomy & authenticity.
I am a compassionate and creative Psychodynamic Psychotherapist & Art Psychotherapist, who is Jungian and Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed.
My training has continued with studies in Jungian Psychoanalysis, IFS, Grief-Counselling & personal analysis, informing my approach to therapy. I am a supportive advocate of clients' strengths & capacities, and I work to help realise this potential so that clients can live with self-compassion, autonomy & authenticity.
We practice the art of belonging to our vibrant self and world.
Love and Grief. Loneliness. School Can’t. Power Struggles. Doubt. Disenchantment. Impoverishment. Cultures. Identities. Mind-Body Connection. Spiritual Emergence. These are my jams. I work with all ages and faces in beautiful spaces. I want you to get a lot out of therapy, not just a bandaid or another set of textbook rules/strategies to get by, but a way of life that is deeply congruent and satisfying to who you truly are, as well as your own portable home of what I call the 7 Friends of Universal Human Needs: Safety, Support, Truth, Freedom/Creative Expression, Value and Worth, Beauty, and Vibrant Connection to All of Life.
We practice the art of belonging to our vibrant self and world.
Love and Grief. Loneliness. School Can’t. Power Struggles. Doubt. Disenchantment. Impoverishment. Cultures. Identities. Mind-Body Connection. Spiritual Emergence. These are my jams. I work with all ages and faces in beautiful spaces. I want you to get a lot out of therapy, not just a bandaid or another set of textbook rules/strategies to get by, but a way of life that is deeply congruent and satisfying to who you truly are, as well as your own portable home of what I call the 7 Friends of Universal Human Needs: Safety, Support, Truth, Freedom/Creative Expression, Value and Worth, Beauty, and Vibrant Connection to All of Life.
I'm Lisa, a dedicated Creative Art Therapist with a Master’s training and registration with Anzacata.
Ndis and private clients welcome
I'm Lisa, a dedicated Creative Art Therapist with a Master’s training and registration with Anzacata.
Ndis and private clients welcome
Using a person centred approach, we draw from various frameworks such as Art Therapy, Psychology, Somatic Psychotherapy and Community Integration support to meet your individual needs.
One Another is a boutique, mobile therapy practice based in Melbourne, supporting clients across the South, East, and Northern suburbs within 30 minutes of the CBD. Our team of practitioners is guided by a shared belief that recovery and healing are possible for everyone. We work collaboratively, recognising you as the expert in your own experience, and tailor therapy to meet your individual needs. Together, we build on your goals and aspirations to support a sustainable, self-directed relationship with your wellbeing.
Using a person centred approach, we draw from various frameworks such as Art Therapy, Psychology, Somatic Psychotherapy and Community Integration support to meet your individual needs.
One Another is a boutique, mobile therapy practice based in Melbourne, supporting clients across the South, East, and Northern suburbs within 30 minutes of the CBD. Our team of practitioners is guided by a shared belief that recovery and healing are possible for everyone. We work collaboratively, recognising you as the expert in your own experience, and tailor therapy to meet your individual needs. Together, we build on your goals and aspirations to support a sustainable, self-directed relationship with your wellbeing.
Bayside Counselling and Consultation provides psychological support to private and government organisations through Employment Assistance Programs. Our team includes Psychologists and Mental Health Social Worker experienced in the provision of work-based mediation, critical incident debriefing, trauma-focused therapy, the effects of substance abuse in the workplace, anger management, and increasing work attendance and satisfaction. Private counselling is also available in our practice.
Bayside Counselling and Consultation provides psychological support to private and government organisations through Employment Assistance Programs. Our team includes Psychologists and Mental Health Social Worker experienced in the provision of work-based mediation, critical incident debriefing, trauma-focused therapy, the effects of substance abuse in the workplace, anger management, and increasing work attendance and satisfaction. Private counselling is also available in our practice.
I draw on evidence-based approaches such as ACT, CBT, EFT, and strengths-based therapy, along with creative and somatic techniques like play, art, and mindfulness.
As a practising Counsellor, my ideal client may be a young person needing support with emotional or behavioural challenges, a teen navigating identity and school pressures, or an adult feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, parenting, or cultural expectations. They seek clarity, emotional safety, and practical tools to manage life’s challenges. Often, they want to feel understood, connected, and more in control. I offer a calm, strengths-based space to explore, process, and grow, honouring each client’s unique story, background, and goals.
I draw on evidence-based approaches such as ACT, CBT, EFT, and strengths-based therapy, along with creative and somatic techniques like play, art, and mindfulness.
As a practising Counsellor, my ideal client may be a young person needing support with emotional or behavioural challenges, a teen navigating identity and school pressures, or an adult feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, parenting, or cultural expectations. They seek clarity, emotional safety, and practical tools to manage life’s challenges. Often, they want to feel understood, connected, and more in control. I offer a calm, strengths-based space to explore, process, and grow, honouring each client’s unique story, background, and goals.
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Art Therapy
How does art therapy work?
The process of making art allows people to express themselves. Art-making can take many forms, such as painting, collage, or sculpting. The therapist asks questions that the work elicits, such as how the person felt while creating their piece, or if any memories surfaced that they can discuss. The therapist will then work with the patient to process their experience, understand themselves better, and work toward change.
Does art therapy help with trauma?
Art therapy can be a valuable treatment option for those suffering from trauma. Traumatic experiences such as combat, rape, or childhood abuse can be so painful that articulating them can be too scary or painful; creating art allows people to express themselves without words, and tell their story in a different way. The physical nature of creating art can also help people feel rooted in the body, which may benefit those who feel disconnected from their body in the aftermath of trauma.
How long does art therapy last?
The duration of art therapy varies, but a common length for treatment is 10 to 15 weekly sessions. Some people may see improvement in just a few weeks, while others may choose to remain in therapy longer term. Patients should periodically discuss their goals with their therapist to make sure the two are aligned on process and progress.
What are the limitations of art therapy?
Art therapy is helpful for many people, but a limitation is that it doesn’t have as robust an evidence base as other forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy or acceptance and commitment therapy. The evidence on art therapy is mixed; some research demonstrates its benefits, while other research suggests that it has little impact on patients.