My Journey to Becoming an Arts Therapist
Why Creativity, Healing and Heart-Led Work Became My Life
If you had told me years ago that I’d one day guide people through healing using colour, texture, stories and creativity, I probably would have smiled — because deep down, that seed was always there. I just didn’t know it had a name yet.
Art has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It was my language before I had the words. It was how I made sense of the world, how I soothed myself, how I stayed connected to something soft and safe when life felt overwhelming. I didn’t realise it then, but I was already experiencing the power of creative therapy long before I ever studied it.
The Turning Point
Like many people drawn to the healing professions, my journey began with my own experiences — moments where creativity held me, lifted me, and reminded me of who I was. Over the years, I saw how art helped not only me, but the people around me: children expressing feelings they couldn’t explain, friends working through grief with their hands, and families finding connection in making something together.
There was a moment — a quiet, internal knowing — that nudged me toward studying Creative Arts Therapy. It wasn’t loud or dramatic. It felt like coming home.
A merging of everything I loved:
Working with people
Creativity
Emotional expression
Helping others find their voice
Supporting healing in gentle, human ways
I realised I didn’t want a career that just filled my days — I wanted a purpose that filled my heart.
Studying Creative Arts Therapy
When I began my Bachelor of Arts Psychotherapy, everything clicked.
For the first time, I had language for what I’d always intuitively known:
art is medicine.
Not in the traditional sense — but in the way it supports people emotionally, psychologically and spiritually.
I learned how creativity bypasses the logical mind and speaks straight to the places we often silence…
How art can hold stories that are too painful or too confusing to speak…
And how human beings, regardless of age or experience, are wired for expression.
During my training and placements, I saw :
children finding confidence through play and paint;
teens exploring identity with collage and mixed media;
adults releasing years of tension through clay;
being present and witnessing these transformations is something that still stays with me till this day. But the one thing that I will never tire of experiencing is participants discovering joy, connection and pride in their creative strengths.
These moments confirmed, over and over again:
I was exactly where I was meant to be.
Why I Do This Work
People often ask me why I became an arts therapist.
The truth is simple:
Because creativity heals in ways words can’t.
Because everyone deserves a safe space to express themselves.
Because connection, compassion and imagination matter.
Because I believe in the strength and resilience inside every person.
Through AngelArts Studio, I get to offer a space where people feel seen, supported and understood. A space where children can explore big feelings safely. Where teens can express identity and find confidence. Where adults can reconnect with creativity and self-kindness. Where NDIS participants can experience empowerment, choice, mastery and joy.
This work is meaningful because it honours the whole person —
Head • Hand • Heart.
AngelArts Studio Today
Creating AngelArts Studio wasn’t just a business decision — it was an act of purpose. A dream built from my passion, my experiences, my training, and my love for helping others. It’s a inclusive, curious and nurturing space where creative counselling, art therapy and wellbeing programs come together to support real people with real stories.
I do this work because I’ve lived the power of creativity myself.
And now, I get to share that gift with others — one session, one moment, one artwork at a time.
