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Individual Arts Psychotherapy, Contemplative Art Workshops, Group Therapy

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Meet Samuel

Hi, I’m Samuel (He/They/She/Any), a non-binary/genderfluid Arts Psychotherapist and artist. Creativity has always been a way for me to respond to my own mental health struggles and seek out self understanding and insight. What drew me to Arts Therapy was wanting to share the gift creative expression offers in revealing our inner wisdom and listening to the unspoken parts of ourselves…

My Specializations

Arts Psychotherapy

Trauma informed practice

Developing Personal Symbolism

Client-Centred

Collaborative

Phenomenological
'Here and Now'

Integrative approach

Parts Work

LGBTQIA+ and Diversity safe space

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Arts Psychotherapy is...

Arts Psychotherapy is a type of counseling which integrates creativity and the expressive arts in a safe, non-judgemental and playful therapeutic space to facilitate personal growth and healing. In arts therapy you are invited to express through visual arts, embodied movement, sound making, creative writing and the dramatic arts as a means to process experiences and encounter yourself in new ways...

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Individual and Group therapy

Connect with a 15 minute chat to discuss what you are needing at this time, your goals and options for therapy, and organise a booking for your first session.

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"Samuel facilitated regular art therapy sessions with me over the course of almost two years. Samuel's sensitive, attuned, open-minded presence in sessions helped me through some extremely difficult times in my life and I will be forever grateful for that. Over each session Samuel continually adjusted and pivoted to make sure my needs were met in the moment and really made me feel held. I highly recommend Samuel, who's kindness and compassion continued to ground me on a regular basis. I feel extremely grateful to have had Samuel's help in my life over such a period of time."

- Erin H

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