- David Whyte
Alisoun Neville
Art Therapist, Somatic Psychotherapist
Crayons and Stuff
Cowes, VIC 3922
In Person + Online Therapy Australia-wide
Philosophy & Vision
I work with people who find that words alone aren’t always enough — especially when experiences are held in the body as images, impulses, or sensations rather than clear narratives. I invite creative expression and somatic awareness as ways to reclaim the agency of our bodies and narratives.
I work with children and adults, offering a collaborative and paced approach that supports more-than-verbal ways of communicating, expressing, and understanding experience. This may include visual arts, play, attention to sensation, movement, music, or story-making.
I am registered as a Clinical Counsellor, hold a Master’s in Therapeutic Arts Practice, and am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. My work is grounded in trauma-informed care and an understanding of trauma as personal, collective, historical, and systemic. If this resonates with what you're looking for, you're welcome to get in touch.
Background
Before establishing a private practice, I worked in public policy, advocacy, and program design across service system contexts in Australia. This showed how access, circumstances, and choice are shaped by systemic forces more than than individual capacity, grounding my therapeutic work in an awareness of power, responsibility, and the limits of individualised models.
My therapy work has developed through creative practice, relational ethics, and embodied approaches, alongside teaching and consultation roles in community settings. My orientation is shaped by lived experience and my practice as an artist, and by the power of imagination, joy, and ecological world-building, informing how I work with trauma, agency, and ethics in practice.
Services
I work primarily with individuals, offering therapy for children and adults, but with capacity for workshops and ongoing therapy groups. Arts therapy and somatic approaches are integrated in my practice but can be tailored to the interests and needs of each person.
You do not need prior experience with art-making or somatic work.
Quality Provision
I am a registered counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and a founding member of PACFA's College of Creative and Experiential Therapies (CCET). My work is informed by professional development, clinical supervision, and ethical accountability within these frameworks??.
Areas of Special Interest
Accreditations
- Masters of Therapeutic Arts Practice - 2018 - MIECAT
Modalities
Art Therapy - Creative Arts Therapy - Experiential - Person Centred - Process Oriented - Somatic Experiencing® - Somatic Psychotherapy - Trauma-Informed
Professional Associations
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - Clinical
- Somatic Experiencing Australia
Practice Locations
Cowes VIC 3922
Parking available. Public transport is very limited and may only be workable one way, as buses run once or twice per day.
Fees & Insurance
$170 per hour (in-person or online)
$150 concession (Health Care Card holders)
Free initial consult (15 mins)
I am recognised as a counsellor by NDIS, Carer Gateway, WorkCover, Victims of Crime, and some private health insurance providers.
Payment Options
Bank transfer, Paypal, Stripe.
Contact Alisoun
Please contact me to book a 15 minute free initial consult