Sign and share the ART THERAPIST = MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER petition here: https://www.change.org/arts-therapist-mental-health-practitioner Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problems experienced by young people. In Australia, anxiety disorders are estimated to affect about one in every 10 young … Read More
Author Archives: Carla
Katishe Grudnoff AThR, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner.
Katishe shares about the many therapeutic contexts she has worked as a Mental Health Practitioner. She highlights her work with young people and how, as the mother of a child in a public school she wants the option of arts … Read More
Arts Therapist = Mental Health Practitioner Campaign
WE ARE GOOD TO GO – HELP US TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN CRISIS THE AIM OF OUR CAMPAIGN: Expand the definition of Mental Health Practitioner in the 2014 Victorian Mental Health Act to include ‘Professional Arts Therapist’. Mobilise a … Read More
The Gods in a time of Corona – Bernie Neville’s latest work.
Bernie Neville, author of “Educating Psyche” and “The Life of Things” gifts us this gem of a book complete with wit, wisdom and scholarship. Neville’s own intimate relationship with the Greek gods is revealed in his narrative depicting 2020 as … Read More
Anja Zimmermann – interview. What can we learn from the Netherlands about Bachelor level Arts Therapy training?
I met my friend and pen-pal, Anja Zimmermann online! We have never met in person or even spoken, but we have become friends by writing to each-other. Anja is an educator and researcher in Arts Therapy training in the Netherlands. … Read More
Lee Agius AThR, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner.
Lee shares how she has worked in multi-disciplinary teams as a Mental Health Practitioner with MIND Australia in Melbourne. Sign the Art Therapist = Mental Health Practitioner petition here: https://www.change.org/arts-therapist-mental-health-practitioner
Gayle King AThR, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner.
Gayle King AThR describes how Arts Therapy is especially relevant in a school setting working with young people who have experienced trauma. Sign the Art Therapist = Mental Health Practitioner petition here: https://www.change.org/arts-therapist-mental-health-practitioner
Pearl Taylor AThR, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner
Pearl describes how she came to Arts Therapy after being a school art teacher and witnessing the impact engagement in the arts has on the mental health and well-being of students. She shares how she uses arts therapeutic approaches in … Read More
Dr Alisoun Neville, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner.
Dr Alisoun talks about her work providing arts therapy with NDIS participants experiencing mental health issues. She highlights how arts therapy is an adaptable approach that makes mental health care a personalised experience, with an emphasis on individual choice and … Read More
Su Mei Tan AThR, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner.
Su tells us about her arts therapeutic approach and its benefits, including reduced anxiety and increased relaxation. She explains why it is so important to support the ARTS THERAPIST = MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER campaign. Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/arts-therapist-mental-health-practitioner
Maggie Date, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner
Maggie talks about her work as an art therapist with children and adults in psychiatric settings and through the NDIS. She shares how she uses creative processes within a relational approach, and the benefits for participants that she witnesses. She … Read More
Maya Fraser, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner.
Maya Fraser AThR talks about her work in the regional Victorian La Trobe Community Health Services, the Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA) and with NDIS clients, describing how Art Therapy is particularly valued by the community yet she has persistently … Read More
Karryne Hearn, Professional Arts Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner.
In this video Karryne tells us about her work as a Professional Arts Therapist in Ballarat and why the Art Therapist = Mental Health Practitioner campaign is so important. The following role descriptions provide examples of Karryne’s experience working in … Read More
ART THERAPY WHATS ON – August 2020
ART THERAPY WHATS ON is a monthly directory of events, workshops, professional development and gigs BY and FOR Arts Therapists. Please send your contributions to carlavanlaar@gmail.com Include date and time, title, location, facilitator, cost. 100 words and a photo or … Read More
Dr Carla van Laar MCAT DTAP AThR – Mental Health Practitioner
Here are some examples of my positions working within organisations as a Mental Health Practitioner: Principal Therapist, VincentCare Young Adults Counselling Service 2016 – 2018 Generate referrals liaising with key stakeholders who are housing service providers Provide individual therapy for … Read More
Presence and Embodiment in Art Therapy – ONLINE professional development workshop
Sunday 16th August Presence and Embodiment in Art Therapy 10am – 4pm Lunch 12.30 – 1.30pm 15 minute morning and afternoon tea breaks $125 pandemic discount Through our art based activities, we can have a heightened awareness of our embodied … Read More
Diversity in the psyche of art therapy – Mira Melaluca.
Feature image: Mira Melaluca In theory I love art therapy. I have a background in dance, painting, psychology, and both contemplative and ceremonial spirituality, so the most natural place for me to blend these pursuits would seem to be some … Read More
Boon Wurrung Cultural Healing: Bass Coast, Victoria. An interview with Sonia Weston Hume.
Feature image: National Dance ceremony 2019Dannielle Cockerill, Sonia Weston Hume and Kourtney Cockerill “Celebrate, teach, yarn, bring Aboriginal Culture into our community. I want to share stories – good and bad. Education and truth telling is important for us all … Read More
Cultural Collaboration – Reconciliation Rocks.
Wadawurrung woman and cultural consultant, Bonnie Chew, and regional art therapist and teacher, Karryne Hearn, talk about working together in their project for secondary school students in Ballarat. Can you please introduce yourself and anything you like readers to know … Read More
ART THERAPY WHATS ON – July 2020
ART THERAPY WHATS ON is a monthly directory of events, workshops, professional development and gigs BY and FOR Arts Therapists. Please send your contributions to carlavanlaar@gmail.com Include date and time, title, location, facilitator, cost. 100 words and a photo or … Read More
Regional Arts Therapists review the GRAT Experiential Workshop: “Art Therapy First Aid – ONLINE”.
Feature image: regional attendees at the online professional development during the peak of pandemic lockdown. April 2020. “GRAT” – Group of Regional Registered Arts Therapists was formed in 2007. The networking and professional development group is member led by volunteers, and … Read More
Demystifying Arts Based Research – July Professional Development Workshop ONLINE
Sunday 19th July 10am – 4pm 1 hour lunch and 2 x 15 minute breaks Interactive, experiential learning that includes art activities and small group discussions Demystifying Art Based Research Art in research, Art-informed research, Art as research, Art based … Read More
New York Art dealer Carly Aguilera makes exposure for women artists her global mission – and interviews me!
Carly Aguilera of ‘South Art Dealer’, New York, specialises in promoting the work of South American artists. Now she has a new mission to create opportunities for women artists around the world to have our artworks shown and seen. Her … Read More
“Art Therapy First Aid: Experiential Video Workshop”.
A Professional Development training resource for Art Therapists and friends of Art Therapy. I am very happy to launch this new FREE training video! This is based on live footage filmed at the February Art Therapy First Aid training event … Read More
“Meeting Places: Art Based, Collaborative Goal Setting and Therapeutic Reviews”
Sunday 28th June, 10am – 4pm Professional Development Workshop Institutional practices often require art therapists to engage in ‘assessments’, ‘treatment plans’ and ‘case reviews’. The mere language of these practices can feel incongruent with the values we hold, and challenge … Read More
Self Care Video: “Earth Day Art Activities” – Interview with American Videographer and Art Therapist, Megs Mitts.
“I post videos because I want to encourage people to receive the same benefits others and I receive from these processes. I hear from viewers every once in a while, and they report feeling a sense of calm just from … Read More
More Dates to get “unstuck”- Supervision Studio goes Monthly
Existing dates for Supervision Studio have been booked out! The bi-monthly ‘supervision you have been dreaming of’ has been so welcomed by the arts therapy community that I have made new dates available. There are now places available on Sunday … Read More
LOCKDOWN view
Carla van Laar (20/05/2020). “LOCKDOWN view”. Ink and oil paint on canvas. 50cm x 50cm. Inverloch, Australia. This view has become very familiar during lockdown. It is the view from my ZOOM room where I have been spending so much … Read More
Solo Cinco Tesoros – Only Five Treasures
Sister Maria Centeno. (11/05/2020). “Solo Cinco Tesoros” (“Only Five Treasures”). I used 2B pencil on cardboard of thread paper. Size: 21.5 cm X 28 cm. I am Venezuelan, born in Zaraza – Guárico state. I am currently living in Guarenas. “Solo … Read More
An angel on earth.
Maitte Pérez (09/05/2020) “An angel on earth”. Made in pencil on Caribbean block cardboard, painted with wooden crayons and pastel chalks. I was born in Venezuela currently living in Caracas. This work of art was made as a tribute to … Read More