SANDRA BUCHANAN
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       about Sandra

Hello!
​I would like to tell you a little bit about myself,  I am a qualified counsellor with special interest in the use of expressive arts therapies. . 

I find my abilities lay in relationship and meaningful support of people in both the group context and also one on one connection.

This has informed the direction my career has taken through the 
fashion industry into training and education, with experience gained coordinating and facilitating group activities, community, TAFE programs and developing personalised  student learning plans. Always creative and always with a strong importance on connection and community.

More recently I have turned my attention to the therapeutic benefits of creative process for well-being and as a mental health intervention. I have m
anaged leisure and lifestyle programs for elderly, in dementia care and for Melbourne's homeless community. 

Over the last ten years I have maintained a rich and fulfilling  practice as a counsellor/expressive arts therapist and mentor. All the while my creative energies continue to flourish with interests in a wide variety of visual arts and crafts. .

Qualifications:
  • Masters in Therapeutic Arts in Practice
  • Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts
  • Advanced Diploma of Therapeutic Arts in Counselling
  • Certificate IV Workplace Training & Assessment
  • Certificate IV Millinery
  • Certificate IV Small Business Management
  • Certificate III Aged Care

  • Emergency First Aid
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • Art Therapy First Aid Training
  • Narrative Therapy 
  • Introduction to the NDIS

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