Art Therapy
Engaging kids through creative arts
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Art Therapists help kids express themselves when verbal communication may be challenging. Art therapy can include dance, visual arts and other creative mediums.
Our art therapists work with children and their families in the following areas:
- Relationships with self and others
- Self awareness, confidence and self esteem
- Parenting support
- Grief and loss
- Trauma & violence
- Emotional regulation
- Verbal and non-verbal communication
- Depression and other mental health challenges
- Social skills
- Fine and gross motor skills
- Autism/ ADHD
- Attention and concentration
Art therapists are allied health professionals who have completed their degree and post gradutate studies with a focus on art as a medium for therapy. Art therapists work across many settings including hospitals, community health services and private practice. Art therapists are skilled in a wide range of developmental therapies and are approved as service providers under the NDIS. Click here for our Art Therapy FAQs
DO I NEED A REFERRAL?
No referral is needed to see an art therapist. Simply contact our admin team to make an appointment.
All of our art therapists are registered with their professional body and have completed a postgraduate art therapy qualification.
WHAT FUNDING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ART THERAPY SESSIONS?
You are able to utilise NDIS funding under the CB Daily Living registration category for art therapy services. Some private health funds may also provide rebates for art therapy sessions so please check with your provider to determine eligibility. Medicare does not currently fund art therapy sessions.