Gentle Art Therapy

Hi, I'm Marilyn

When you select a therapist, you should expect to find someone who is professionally qualified and experienced, who abides by ethical standards, and who is also a person you feel you can trust.

I am a registered member of ANZACATA and my qualification is recognized within the Australian Qualifications Framework. 

In my work as an Art Therapist, I feel that, although all my training and qualifications are essential, having life experience is what makes it more likely that I will truly understand what you are going through.

As a ‘mature aged’ lady, I have a wealth of personal, life and work experience.  This includes my work in South Africa as a Social Worker working in:

Children’s homes, Law Courts, an Aged Care facility and an organisation for people with Epilepsy.

As a Volunteer in Australia I have:

• provided my expertise as a Telephone Counsellor;
• offered my services at an Asylum Seekers’ Centre;
• worked at a Hospital offering empathetic care to patients, and assistance to staff;
• worked as a Spiritual Care practitioner in a hospital.

 
My employment in Australia has included working:

• in the Insurance Industry;
• in Radiology Departments;
• for a Forensic Psychiatrist;
• as an Art Therapist with young children and also with adults with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities.
• Running my own Private Practice as an Art Therapist.

I am also an Artist.

Being an artist gives me the knowledge to provide you with the correct art materials to suit your changing needs during therapy.  Our work is serious, but I encourage fun, mess and pure enjoyment too.  My clients always look forward to their sessions.