Services
The Old City offers creative arts therapy, writing and consultation to individuals and teams in Melbourne’s health and welfare sector. It’s a place where ideas come alive though art and writing and can be turned into action through evidence based and well supported clinical practice.
Individual sessions
Reflective Practice for Students
Individual support to overcome challenges and shape a future career you will love.
Understanding key concepts and theories in your course
Understanding assessment tasks and overcoming ‘stuckness’ and ‘writers block’
Addressing strong emotions that arise for you as part of your studies
Reflecting on the sort of professional you hope to be
Future career direction based on your values and unique strengths
Learn practical clinical and assessment skills
Launching yourself into the health / welfare sector
Available to students studying Arts Therapy at MIECAT or Alcohol & Other Drugs (any institute).
Reflective Practice for Professionals
Harness the power of art to reflect on your current work and unpack ethical dilemmas and values conflicts. Gently challenge patterns and playfully consider alternatives. Regular or one off sessions in my Footscray art making space.
Currently unavailable. Please email to be notified of future sessions.
Trauma Informed Clinical Supervision
Clinical supervision is a formal process for professional support. It encompasses reflective practice, professional development, exploration of ethical issues, clinical issues, caseload and staff interpersonal issues.
Supervision provides a safe and confidential environment to build both competence and confidence and better know yourself and your unique strengths.
Available for Arts Therapists, Social Worker, Youth Workers & AOD Workers seeing clients who experience AOD use, mental health concerns and trauma. Available to Nurses working with AOD presentations.
All individual sessions are offered via zoom until further notice. Please email to express interest in a session.
Group Sessions
Basket Weaving for Collective Care
This is a peer supervision group based around the shared activity of learning to weave.
This group is suitable for health and welfare professionals in their first role or those a couple of years into their career. This group allows for cross sector and cross disciplinary collaboration in a safe and creative space. All materials supplied.
Examples of discussion topics:
Debriefing your week / day / month
Professional networking and mutual support
Engaging clients and overcoming barriers to engagement
The ‘Imposter Complex’
Working with co-workers who seem to have a different values system to you
Policy versus practice
Working with mental health presentations
Working with people who use alcohol and other drugs
Assessing risk
Senior Basket Weaving Group
This is a peer supervision group based around the shared activity of learning to weave.
This group is suitable for senior practitioners, managers and team leaders in health and welfare roles. This group allows for cross sector and cross disciplinary collaboration in a safe and creative space.
Examples of discussion topics:
Debriefing your week / day / month
Working in traumatised systems
Transference / countertransference in complex trauma presentations
Addressing misogyny in health / welfare systems
Networking, dreaming and scheming
Management of teams and supervision of staff
Recovery from burnout and psychological injury
Professional development opportunities
Self compassion
Basket Weaving for Collective Care offered in person. Please email to be notified of upcoming groups and pricing.
Pricing
Trauma Informed Clinical Supervision $130 per hour - $150 per hour
Reflective practice for Professionals $130 - $150 per hour
Reflective Practice for Students $130 per hour
Writing, training and consultation price upon request
