What I Offer
A life-changing event can encompass positive and negative disruptions that significantly alter our lives, such as birth, death, relocation, immigration, divorce, transitioning to middle school/high school/college/university, marriage, retirement, illness and children growing up and moving out. Throughout the transition phase, it is essential to recognise and process the losses and difficulties.
AND it is important to access hope and believe that a new future can be created. This requires an ability to imagine, to envision and to seek out opportunities and prospects that the future may offer.
Individual Sessions
(Online or In-person)
I guide my clients of all ages through play, visual storytelling and journaling to use the creative part of their brain.
Through compassionate conversation, we explore opportunities and obstacles to an imagined future. I also introduce them to mindful drawing as a tool to practice calm – a brain state needed to think clearly and expand our window of tolerance.
1 Hour Session Fees: $50
Mindful Art circles
(Schedule your own)
A place to alleviate stress, cultivate tranquility, slow down and let go of the need for perfection. A compassionate place of connection with yourself and others as you navigate life’s ups and downs. (For individuals or
groups between 2-5)
– Mandala Art
– Neurographic Art
– Creative Narrative Journaling)
Participant fee: $25per person (includes all art materials)
Mindful Art circles
(Pre-scheduled)
A place to alleviate stress, cultivate tranquility, slow down and let go of the need for perfection. A compassionate place of connection with yourself and others as you navigate life’s ups and downs. (For individuals or
groups between 2-5)
– Mandala Art
– Neurographic Art
– Creative Narrative Journaling)
Participant fee: $25per person (includes all art materials)
Let me introduce myself
I hold a Master of Philosophy degree (within the field of Pastoral Counseling) from the University of Pretoria. I also have extensive training in narrative therapy, mentoring, play therapy, trauma support, creative journaling, loss support and compassionate conversation. With this wealth of knowledge and experience, I support my clients in navigating change, transition and loss. I have personal experience of divorce, second marriage, multiple relocations, immigration, loss of loved ones, and transitioning to the second half of life with adult children leaving home and moving abroad.
Through Art for the Heart, I guide my clients of all ages to use play, creative storytelling and journaling to access the creative part of their brain.
Through compassionate conversation, we explore opportunities and obstacles to an imagined future.
Through mindful drawing circles, I introduce participants to mandala drawing and neurographic art as tools for practicing calm – a brain state needed to think clearly and expand our window of tolerance.
A Guide to Creative Journaling
In this Guide to Creative Journaling, I take the reader through the steps to creating their own visual journal. It is a helpful way to process the losses they have experienced and to become a compassionate witness to their own story. Various aspects of the grief and loss process are covered and explored in a mindful, compassionate manner.
The Mini-Mandala Project
Mandala Art has become one of my favourite practices for accessing calm and focus, but, it can take a few hours to draw and complete an intricate mandala design. Since I sometimes only have small pockets of time throughout the day, I started drawing mini-mandalas. I prepare a few 3x3inc templates and carry it in my handbag wherever I go. This makes it easy to spend 15 minutes in between appointments to refocus and create inner calm. As a recovering perfectionist it is also very important for me to remember why I draw. I do not attempt to create perfect mandalas, because if I do I get trapped, loose my sense of calm and engage in self-judgement. I draw to let go of my need for life to be perfect, I draw to practice creating in spite of imperfection, I draw to train my brain to access calm and to expand my window of tolerance for life’s ups and downs.
