Art Psychotherapist

Annette is an art psychotherapist, accredited supervisor (PACFA), art educator and published author. I am also a registered family/couples therapist and consultant/supervisor for Interactive Drawing Therapy.

My clinical experience includes child & adolescent mental health, art education, community welfare and corrective services¹Clinical Experience: Child Adolescent Trauma Counsellor, Women’s Health, Bathurst, NSW (1yr) Art Educator & Program Development Officer, Lithgow CC & Cessnock CC, NSW (3yrs) Clinical Coordinator & Relationship Educator, Relationships Australia, Westmead/Bathurst, NSW (2yrs) Adolescent & Family Counsellor, Bathurst and Katoomba, NSW (13yrs) Family Therapist, Boys Town, Engadine, NSW (2yrs) Child & Family Therapist, Child and Family Therapy Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Qld (8yrs) Art Therapist, Child & Family Community Mental Health, Chatham House, Rotherham, UK, (2yrs) Art Therapist, Intellectual Disability, Beechcroft Unit, Rotherham Hospital, UK (2yrs) Art Therapist, Adult Mental Health, Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield, UK (2yrs) Art Therapist, Adult Mental Health, Psychiatric Unit, Epsom District Hospital, Surrey, UK (1.5yrs).

Further training includes child/adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy and family/couple therapy. I am a member of the Supervision Advisory Committee for ANZACATA and helped pioneer art therapy education in Australia and Asia, as co-founder of ANZATA, (ANATA). Through the Centre for Art Psychotherapy I provide clinical supervision, professional development and customised training, client consultation, professional mentoring and small business coaching.

Publications include: Introductory Guide to Art Therapy (2014); Art Therapy ‘Down Under’ (2016); Family Art Therapy (2015); Art Therapy with Transient Youth (2012); Returning from a War Zone (2008); Couple Art Therapy (2007).

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