Creative Arts Therapy

• Available for all ages, specialising in children and adolescents.

• Welcoming Mothers and Carers in person or online.

• Mondays & Thursdays by appointment at the Nature Creative Arts Studio, Blackwood, Adelaide South

• Tuesdays & Wednesdays by appointment at St John’s Grammar Junior or Senior campus, Belair, Adelaide South

• Parent Wellbeing Support Sessions in person or online

• NDIS self or plan manged client funding and selected private health providers accepted

  Tanya is a Bachelor's Degree qualified Creative Arts Therapist and Counsellor, & founder of local Arts business Nature Creative. Offering a supportive space to feel seen & heard. For nurturing, self-reflection, self-connection, creativity & care. Passionate about the therapeutic power of The Arts for personal growth & well-being, combining nature, art, and mindfulness in therapy based on client goals and presenting needs. Working with emotional awareness/understanding/regulation, to reduce anxiety, depression, & perfectionism & increase confidence, self-worth & self-compassion. Supporting neurodivergent children & families, with lived experience in this space as a passionate child advocating mother. Approach embedded in compassion, neuro-affirmation, & strength-based methods. Experience working with children who have experienced adverse childhood events, using a trauma-informed approach for empowerment & self-expression. Using a gentle, humanistic, client-centred therapeutic approach supported by the latest neuroscience. Offering a range of intermodal art explorations to enhance creativity, playfulness, & self-enquiry for increased emotional, psychosocial & psychological well-being

  WHAT IS ARTS THERAPY?

  Art Therapy is a mental health profession that combines creative art-making processes with psychological theory and therapeutic techniques. Recently reviewed under the NDIS, Arts Therapy is “evidence-based, effective, and at times life-changing when delivered by a qualified and registered therapist” (Duckett, 2025). It uses metaphor and symbolism to explore emotions, which are often difficult to articulate. Metaphors provide access to our subconscious minds, evoking enquiry and reflection of art material that may reveal underlying reasons for adverse behaviours, dysregulation and distress. Holistic Approach Art Therapy engages both brain hemispheres through a multi-sensory experience. It supports interoceptive awareness and self-enquiry, helping individuals break old thought patterns and find new insights for positive progress. Understanding Needs. As we often feel something before we understand it, Art Therapists help identify and support underlying needs through visual meaning-making and embodied integration. Working best to identify and practice the unique individual’s own tools and strategies whilst also working within an interdisciplinary team of professionals. Unique Experience Whilst an Art Therapist is trained in many different creative art modalities, Art Therapy is very different from an art class as is highly relational. During a session, your child may engage in various activities, such as talking, creating, playing, moving, singing, dancing, or acting. There are endless ways for clients to express their feelings, all welcomed with unconditional positive regard. Health Benefits Art Therapists are trained to use safe and effective materials based on therapeutic needs. The art-making process soothes the sympathetic nervous system, reduces stress, elevates mood, enhances creative thinking, and allows for creative expression. Playful Learning The arts are enjoyable and playful, and children learn to experience their world through play. Play in therapy allows a child to safely explore and rehearse life from a safe psychological distance with developmentally adaptable parameters.

Creative Counselling (NDIS)

• Tanya Parr is a Bachelor's Degree Qualified Creative Arts Therapist (AQF level 7), certified and registered with PACFA, the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia. Under CCET, the Creative Collage of Experiential Therapies division.

• Registered as an NDIS provider. PACFA-registered Creative Arts Therapists can support NDIS participants using the following Capacity Building – Improved Daily Living line items (found on pages 94-95 of the new NDIS Price Guide, effective 24th November 2025):
  
  📌 Early Intervention Supports for Early Childhood Supports – younger than 9 :

  Early Childhood Intervention Professional - Creative Counsellor

  Counsellor – A person who is a member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (line number: 15_606_0118_1_3. $156.16/Hour)
  
  📌 Therapy Supports - 9 or older:

  Assessment Recommendation Therapy or Training - Creative Counsellor

  Counsellor – A person who is a member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (line number: 15_043_0128_1_3. $156.16/Hour)

• For enquiries into funding your Creative Counselling, Arts Therapy sessions, including adding the service as a stated support to your NDIS plan, or securing service agreements, please contact and connect.