CBCA Consultant & Therapeutic Specialist
Janice is a registered art therapist and works with both individual children/adults and groups. She trained in Melbourne and Vancouver, Canada and has worked in a variety of settings including primary and secondary schools, family agency, hospital, community settings, women’s prison and from an art studio in private practice. Janice has spent many years in regional Victoria working with Bendigo Health carers and designed and developed programs incorporating mindfulness, creative arts and stress management. She has an interest in supporting others to initiate self care and integrating the healing of trauma. Her trauma informed practice utilises a person centred approach, drawing on numerous art therapy interventions, weaving a somatic awareness and transformative therapeutic techniques suited to individual sessions and small groups.
Qualifications & Work Experience
- Bachelor of Education
- Graduate Diploma in Art Therapy V.A.T.I.
- Initiatic Art Therapy Training for Professionals
- Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Human Services
- Art Therapy Supervision Skills for Health Professionals
- Professional Development People-Teaching Mindfulness
- Professional Registration with ANZACATA-Australia, New Zealand and Asia Creative Arts Therapies Association and Working with Children Check.
Areas of expertise and modalities
- Mindful art therapy
- Creative Arts for children with learning difficulties and behavioural issues
- Trauma informed practice
- Art Therapy interventions utilising clay and guided drawing techniques- somatic awareness
- Self care stress management mentoring for caregivers
- Design and deliver individual and group programs supporting those with grief/loss, anxiety, trauma, self esteem and life direction/transitions
- Introduction to mindfulness
Contracts, programs and experience
- Bendigo Health/Castlemaine Carers Support Services Carers Contract
- Carers Victoria Counselling Contract
- Transitional Housing-Melton Shire Council
- Melton Shire Carers Program
- Bacchus Marsh Womens Support Group
- Tarrengower Womens Prison
- Alderwood Family Agency
- St Lukes Mental Health Creative Arts Program
- Ballarat University-student counselling
- Vancouver Elementary School-primary school children