Meet Rachel
“Empowering others in a creative safe space, where their voices can be heard and respected, is essential for their personal growth, development and healing. ”
Rachel Anne Clarkin
PACFA Reg.Certified Practising 29609.
Combining art and psychotherapy, I provide a safe and therapeutic space for children, adolescence and adults of diverse back grounds to explore lived experiences, improve well-being, build on strengths and resources and achieve personal growth. I use various art modalities and techniques to facilitate self-expression, reflection on insight and new perspectives while holding a space for recovery and healing.
I am a registered professional with Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). As part of my continual professional development, I am an active member and presenter for Mental Health Professionals Network for Metro South Brisbane and Gold Coast areas and I sit on the board of the Hand Bent Banana Arts and Health Centre.
My experience includes the facilitation of art therapy to women, children and support workers at a domestic violence refuge, providing gender inclusive ASD Adolescence trauma work and capacity building under NDIS, trauma recovery for families under Legacy and self-care sessions for our carers.
Inner Me Art Therapy is a trauma informed, human-centred practice, providing therapeutic and psycho-educational support for children, adolescence and adults of all abilities and backgrounds, honouring and respecting diversity in culture, religion and sexual identity.