Feeling like you’re on the fringes and wanting to be seen? You’re not sure who you are and feel overwhelmed by shame. You’re tired of just talking and want a new approach to healing. Creativity is one of our oldest and most inherent forms of expression, and it supports wellbeing. It’s also pretty fun! For folks living with mental distress and seeking an unintrusive, nonjudgmental and compassionate therapeutic experience, art psychotherapy can help! It boosts emotional awareness, strengthens interpersonal skills, helps manage burnout and anxiety, and cultivates self-compassion.

I specialize in using creativity to address the impacts of trauma, grief and systemic oppressions on the body, mind and spirit. My approach is relational, emotional-decolonial, and informed by neuroscience, mind-body connectivity, community care models. I am here to walk with you, help you feel seen and heard, and honour your inner wisdom with my whole being.

Moving in the spirit of curiosity and compassion, we’ll work together to tap into your creative self to find new, sometimes playful ways to experience emotions, relationships and your inner world. By using art psychotherapy to nurture your self-expression, we can work. Email today for a free consult. I’m looking forward to building a connection with you!

B (she/they) is a trained art therapist and Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying). As someone with privileged intersections of identity (white-bodied, European and Māori, queer, genderfluid), Their approach is anti-oppressive, anti-racist, decolonizing, queer-affirming, trauma-informed, and ever-evolving. Sessions with B honour both Western and Indigenous worldviews, aligning values of belonging, self-determination and spiritual curiosity alongside neuroscience, inherent knowledge systems and land-based healing. B works with therapy participants to explore and build trust in one’s own inner wisdoms, in the name of providing accessible, non-pathologizing safety and care. B truly believes that art therapy can deepen relationships with self-compassion, creativity and play, while strengthening connections to our community, our ancestors, and ourselves.