As a qualified, registered Arts Therapist, Counsellor, and Clinical Supervisor, I truly believe that effective supervision supports clinicians to be their best, for their clients and for themselves.

Offering supervision, which is particularly valuable for those in their own practice and for those employed within an organisation.

I have extensive small business, community engagement, and project management experience, having honed my people skills working with the public, tertiary students, and while involved in  Bespoke clothing manufacturing and involvement with my local community. I find I am easily able to meet people where they are at.
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I draw on my own lived experiences and training as a person-centred, holistic Arts Therapist / Counsellor,
particularly in these areas:

• MIECAT's experiential Form of Inquiry
• Therapeutic Arts in Counselling
• ​Trauma-Informed, Heuristic Exploration
• Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing® 
• Mindfulness Practice
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative Therapy

     and

• Workplace Training & Assessment
• Small Business Management 

 
I bring to supervision a broad base of industry knowledge, having held membership with ANZATA, ACATA, and ANZACATA. Currently holding:

• PACFA Clinical Registrant No. 28061
• Member of the PACFA College of Creative and Experiential Arts
  (Volunteer Leadership Group member & Coordinator of CCET's monthly CPD Series)
• Certified membership of the PACFA College of Supervision 
•  ACA Level 4 member No. 3087
• Membership in the ACA College of Supervisors
• Registration on the Australian Register of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (ARCAP)
• ​Membership with The International Association for Creative Arts in Education and Therapy (IACAET)
• Advanced Certificate of Attainment in Individual & Group Professional Supervision
• Services Australia Healthcare Provider  (HPI 8003614166733798).​

 My ongoing research and interest in serving clients is informed by the ever-growing understanding of the benefits therapy can provide.

This practice celebrates the richness of Neurodiversity and is ​LGBTQ+ inclusive.

I am proud to be serving the professional therapeutic community,

Are you or your organisation considering a Professional Supervision program? 
These Group Supervision options feature on PACFA's low-cost supervision directory
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​I am available to provide Professional Supervision as a reflective practice for:

• ​Clinical and Practicing Counselors and Therapists
• Professionals dealing with people in crisis
• Professionals in the Health or Human Services Industries
• Professional Supervisors

Individual and Group Supervision
                                   - Meeting in-person or Online

Supervision includes

• Initial introductory chat at no cost 
• Supervision Guidelines can be found here
• Supervision Agreement can be found here
• Supervision Reflection & Action Review can be found here
• Direct phone call check-ins
• Individual Supervision &/or Small Groups
• Student discounts 

All that said, I am here to support you in a reflective, person-centered supervisory process. I invite you to bring what you choose to supervision and we will unpack it together.

Image: Titled 'Moving from uncertainty to growth'. By Sandra Buchanan.
​Pencil and crayon on paper, 50cm x 25cm. Published with permission

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Counselling  Reflections Group Supervision :

• Single session online group session
• small groups: min 4 max 6 
• Conducted by a Supervisor registered with ACA and certified by PACFA
• low-cost supervision at $110 for 2 hours
• These groups provide a rare opportunity to engage with other like-minded therapists.
• Group sessions are confirmed 7 days prior              last-minute registrations will be accepted if space available

Open groups scheduled:

• Monday August 17, 9am to 11am
• Friday September 18, 9am to 11am
• Friday October 16, 9am to 11am

Are you interested in being part of a closed supervision group. We are currently accepting registrations for closed groups running -August, September, and October 2026

Reflective Arts-Based Group Supervision
-Open groups

• Single session online group session
• Arts-based inquiry, inclusive of mindfulness strategies.
• Participants have the opportunity to reflect, unpack and respond to the therapist-self, their therapy practice and related experiences while co-creating with peers
• low-cost ​Pricing, $110 per 2-hour session
• Group sessions are confirmed 7 days prior              last-minute registrations will be accepted if space available

​Scheduled Open Group Sessions:

• ​Thursday July 30th, 9 am to 11 am
• Thursday, October 8th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
• Sunday, November 8th, 3 pm to 5 pm

register here

Reflective Arts-Based Group Supervision
-Closed groups

• 4 x monthly sessions with same participants building a sharing space of trust and safety
• $360 for the 8 hours supervision

          (ie $45/supervision hour)

• Are you interested in being part of a closed Reflective Arts-Based Supervision Group? We are currently accepting registrations for closed groups running -August, September, and October 2026

​Email Sandra at i[email protected] to discuss your needs further.​