Art Therapy in Bayside
Creative expression for healing, clarity, and emotional growth.
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At Sandringham Psychotherapy, Art Therapy offers a supportive and reflective space to explore your inner world through creativity. This approach can help you access thoughts, emotions, and experiences that may be difficult to express through words alone. Art Therapy is not about artistic skill, it’s about curiosity, expression, and connecting with yourself in a new and meaningful way.
What Is Art Therapy?
Art Therapy integrates psychotherapy with creative processes such as drawing, painting, collage, or symbolic imagery. It provides an alternative, non-verbal pathway to explore emotions, gain insight, and express what may be hidden, stuck, or unspoken.
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Clients often find Art Therapy helpful because it:
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Supports emotional expression and self-understanding
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Encourages creativity, play, and curiosity
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Provides a gentler, trauma-informed way to explore difficult experiences
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Helps access deeper layers of insight and meaning
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Promotes nervous system regulation and calm
No artistic experience is needed, just a willingness to explore.
How Art Therapy Works
Sessions are collaborative and guided with care. Your therapist may invite you to explore imagery, metaphor, colour, or creative exercises to deepen self-awareness and emotional clarity. The creative process itself becomes part of the therapeutic conversation.
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Art Therapy may include:
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Drawing, painting, collage, or mixed media
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Working with symbols, imagery, or visual journaling
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Exploring emotions through movement or tactile art materials
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Reflection on themes, patterns, and self-story
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Mindfulness and body-based awareness practices
Your therapist holds space with curiosity and sensitivity, supporting you to explore at a pace that feels safe and grounded.
What Art Therapy Can Support
Art Therapy can be beneficial for a wide range of emotional needs and personal experiences, including:
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Anxiety, stress, or emotional overwhelm
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Grief, loss, and life transitions
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Low self-worth or self-criticism
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Relationship challenges or family stress
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Trauma, attachment wounds, or inner child work
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A desire for deeper self-understanding, empowerment, or creativity
It is particularly supportive for people who find talk-only therapy limiting or who feel drawn to self-expression through creative means.
Why Choose Art Therapy at Sandringham Psychotherapy?
Art Therapy at Sandringham Psychotherapy is offered within a warm, grounded, and relational environment. Sessions honour your lived experience and inner wisdom, with creativity used as a gentle doorway into emotional healing and growth.
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Through Art Therapy, you can:
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Explore your story from a new perspective
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Build emotional resilience and self-compassion
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Connect with your intuitive and creative self
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Develop a stronger sense of identity and inner calm
2/192 Bluff Rd
Sandringham 3191
Melbourne Victoria
Mon - Fri
10:00 am – 6:00 pm