Counselling for Creatives
Supporting creatives & artists to tend to their creative selves, loosen the hold of pressure & perfectionism, and create with more freedom & self-trust.
Being a deep-feeling, deep-thinking creative human can be a source of meaning, connection and aliveness. It’s a part of who we are at our core.
And… your ideas may be closely intertwined with your identity. Sharing your work can bring visibility, vulnerability and uncertainty. And when your creative energy disappears beneath exhaustion, perfectionism, self-doubt or everything else you are carrying, it can feel as though an important part of you has gone quiet.
Counselling for creatives is your space to make room for your relationship with your creativity and the multi-dimensionality of it all… confidence, resistance, advocacy, pleasure, pain, vulnerability, courage, rejection, success…
We are often taught to measure creative success through output.
Finished projects. Published work. Consistency. Recognition. Income. Whether something is externally deemed impressive or useful.
But creativity is also a way of meeting ourselves and the world… holding curiosity, play, meaning, protest, pain, connection, beauty, grief, joy and awe.
Reconnecting with creativity often begins with creating more room for yourself…
Together, we can explore the expectations, experiences and nervous-system patterns shaping how you relate to your creativity. This might include gently untangling your worth from what you create, understanding what makes visibility feel unsafe, or finding ways of creating that honour your energy, expression, values and natural rhythms.
Counselling for creatives
TRAUMA-INFORMED, NEUROAFFIRMING and DIVERSITY-FRIENDLY THERAPY
Do you have a mind that rarely stops noticing, ideating and connecting things?
You may experience the world vividly and feel compelled to express something of what you see. Yet alongside that creativity, there is sometimes a relentless inner critic, pressure to produce, fear of being misunderstood, or uncertainty about whether your work is ever “enough”.
You may find yourself:
Moving between intense creative energy and complete exhaustion
Struggling with perfectionism, procrastination or creative paralysis
Questioning your abilities despite the depth of your experience
Feeling exposed, anxious or self-conscious when sharing your work
Tying productivity, recognition or income to your sense of worth or success
Holding many interests and finding it difficult to choose one direction
Grieving changes in your creative capacity, identity or career
Feeling disconnected from something that once brought you joy
Trying to create while also navigating trauma, burnout, anxiety, grief, family and carer commitments, or significant change
Wondering how to make space for creativity within a life already asking so much of you
Therapy can make space to understand what is happening beneath the stuckness, pressure or disconnection, and what your mind, body and creative self may be asking for.
📍 LOCATION
Total Wellness Therapies
Paddington, Brisbane &
Online via video link
⭐️ MEDICARE REBATE
with Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP)
(for 10 sessions per year)
MCHP Medicare rebate is approx. $87
➡️ SESSION PRICE
50 Minute Session - $200
90 Minute Session - $300
(please email to book 90 min)
Creative therapy
THERAPY THAT WELCOMES DIFFERENT WAYS OF THINKING, FEELING & EXPRESSING
As creative humans, we do not all communicate or create in the same way.
You may think in images, sensations, fragments, stories or interconnected webs. You may need time to find words, move between subjects as connections emerge, or understand something through metaphor before it makes sense in other ways.
My approach is flexible, collaborative and non-pathologising. We can work through conversation while also drawing from somatic and body-based approaches, parts work, imagery, metaphor, values exploration and creative expression where these feel supportive.
You never need to perform creativity in therapy. You do not need to bring your work, make art in the room or identify professionally as an artist.
Being a creative might mean you are a writer, designer, performer, maker, photographer, musician or artist. It might mean you solve problems inventively, imagine possibilities, collect ideas, make beautiful things privately or simply experience creativity as an important part of being yourself.
A little about me
Hi, I’m Jasmin (she/her), & I’m so glad you’ve found your way here.
As a Mental Health Social Worker, writer, maker of jewellery, prolific ideator, enjoyer of reading, music, pottery, and many forms of creative expression, I bring together 15+ years of experience in trauma-informed, neuro-affirming therapy work, with a lived understanding of being a creative human: the joy of following an idea, the vulnerability of sharing something that matters, the tension in narratives around creative work and making a living, and the challenge of protecting creative energy in a world that continually asks us to produce in one narrow way.
I take a holistic, inclusive approach to our work together, considering your individual needs as well as the bigger picture of your life - the relationships, environment, and social contexts that can influence and impact our mental health and our creative wellbeing.
I offer a non-judgemental space where you can show up just as you are. Together, we can make sense of what’s happening, and find pathways forward that work for you.
