ART THERAPY CLASSES
Halina has worked with people of varying ability all her life.
Her twenty years of experience with Disability Services and her genuine approach has attracted a number of folk who have difficulties communicating with others.
Recognising this need, Halina combines art with her thirty years of a private counselling practice to offer a number of Art Therapy sessions.
Some recent feedback from these sessions comes from carers, parents and participants themselves:
“How do you get her to focus for so long? (2 hours!) ”
“Thank you for yesterday’s lesson. He was so happy and proud of himself and his drawing . It was so awesome to see him smiling and enjoying himself and motivated for the first time in a long time - has been so good for him ”
“I am soooo looking forward to Thursday”
“My daughter had a great time and pulled out her sketchpad when we got home”
“He has begun to connect well with others”
“I actually had a great day today after a ‘what on earth am I doing”
Halina is currently an accredited member of The Australian Natural Therapists Association with attendant liability insurance and first aid requirements.
She is the published author of two books "Free To Be Me - a Kid's Book for Grownups on Self Esteem" and "Memories of the Future - a Kids Book for Grownups on Stress Management".
She has travelled extensively across Australia giving seminars, running workshops and training sessions for teachers, service users, support personnel, parents and staff in various organisations across disability support, mental health, youth service, and sexual abuse support as well as staff and parents in family day care including national conferences as keynote speaker.