Art Therapy Circle: Term Program, School Funded

Service Description

What Exhalia Therapy provides: - A comprehensive 8-session art therapy program (one term), creating Art, grounding practices and self exploration through Art making. - Sessions run in small groups of 4 to 8 students (minimum of 4 students to run a circle), this enables a further reach of mental health support and at the same time individualised support can still be achieved. - Facilitated by Gemma, an experienced Primary School Teacher (17+yrs) and Art Therapist, Counsellor (ACCA registered). - All art materials and tools are supplied, sensory regulation items and sound healing instruments. - Gemma works with your schools allied health services, wellbeing mental health educators and the students families - Before, during and after sessions communication with the Wellbeing Education staff and families of each student. - Individualized mental health guidance for every child in a safe, nurturing environment. What schools are expected to provide: - A regular calm space to fit the group. - A list of student participants and their individualised social and emotional needs. - Meeting schedule with the school wellbeing team and contact details of families. * It is recommended to commit to the Semester program over this Term program because over a semester the students can establish more meaningful relationships with their peers in the group and the facilitator Gemma allowing for increased mental health improvement. Schools as susceptible to interruptions interrupting the flow of a Term only program.