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25.01.2022 All of these are blotting paper. I use Scotts commercial grade paper towel when I’m blotting food colouring, ink or anything really. I also wipe my brushes on them. When they are all used, I scrunch them up and let them dry which causes the liquids to dry in creases and create these very cool effects. There is no such thing as waste when it comes to my art process. I use them to do collages, cover things like boxes or frames and I also use them as backgrounds for drawing. I c...an easily photograph them and upload them to be used digitally as well. ART IS EVERYWHERE! #artiseverywhere #artprocess #artinprocess #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #mentalhealthart #peerarttherapist #artislife #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicartist #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy See more

24.01.2022 What a fun way to spend my Sunday.... last essay for the semester on gender bias in the dominant clinical narratives of Borderline Personality Disorder and it’s effects on the psychiatric application of the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Once again a nice light fun topic for me. Thanks to @corrinaeastwood for doing most of the work for me #mastersdegree #masters #arttherapyandbpd #bpd #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #covid19 #covid19isolation #coronavirus #coronavirusisolation #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicdesign #graphicartist #graphicdesigner #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy

23.01.2022 VERY EXCITED to hold this one-off session for BPD Awareness Week!

22.01.2022 Today’s prompt: use watercolours... galaxies take time to build... #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #mentalhealthadvocate #bpdadvocate #peermentor #intentionalpeersupport #peerarttherapist #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicartist #graphicdesigner #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy

22.01.2022 Drawn with non-dominant hand (my left hand since I’m right handed). Very common emotional regulation / challenging perfectionism activity in art therapy. #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #covid19 #covid19isolation #coronavirus #coronavirusisolation #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicdesign #graphicartist #graphicdesigner #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy

20.01.2022 Another response to my self-stigma research project. Text taken from multiple discharge summaries and psych notes. Art materials used - gouache paint, food gel colouring, watercolour pencils. It’s important after undertaking work like this that we stop the feelings connected it and leave them here. Shaking off processes are important to make sure we don’t sink into and fuse with these feelings again. An evolution of this piece is here

20.01.2022 Spoke to my doctor today who told me my T-cell count has risen. T-cells help your immune system function properly. Thankfully my blood test also show that my body has slowed its attack on my healthy cells. Which has slowed my hair loss significantly. I have another brain scan for tomorrow but took some time today to celebrate with Skylar at a local park. Very lucky that it’s hidden away and only locals know about it. I was scared to go out and had to push through anxiety, but... the few people and dogs we met were socially distancing. Pretty sure seeing my mask gave them a clear message and one person did pull a mask out and put it on after they saw me. Sky has needed to get out and run and the sunshine, ocean and earth is healing and rejuvenating. I’m so thankful to live here on the lands of the Wangal people within the Dharug and Eora Nations. #balmain #balmaineast #wearamask #maskup #eoranation #alwayswasalwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbeaboriginalland #lowimmunitycommunity @ Propeller Park, Balmain East See more

19.01.2022 Making up for yesterday’s prompt - red things! Red Northern Cardinal. My cardinal be all shady and deathstaring cause his good name has been sullied by the Catholic Church. He would like to formally ask them to get fuck outta here. Thankyou for coming to his ted talk. #redcardinal #northerncardinal #birds #tedtalks

18.01.2022 Titled: Remember when I had hair and we started living in the black zoom boxes on each other’s screens? #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #mentalhealthadvocate #bpdadvocate #peermentor #intentionalpeersupport #peerarttherapist #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicartist #graphicdesigner #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy

16.01.2022 Sunday prompt - a dream you have... TO FINISH THIS DAMN MASTERS DEGREE! I know I can do it, because I got my undergraduate degree despite every statistic and research study saying I wouldn’t and because I know that Art Therapy is my vocation, it’s why I’m here. It doesn’t matter how long it takes or who gets there before me or how many battles I have to fight, because I will win the war and I have strong women behind me who smash every stereotype that tells them NO as well. ...#dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #peerarttherapist #arttherapyandbpd #bpdadvocate #chickswithdegrees #crazyacademic #peertherapist #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicdesign #graphicartist #graphicdesigner #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy See more

15.01.2022 Today my Tuesday and Wednesday groups finished the 15 week DBT art skills program I created on the fly when the world went dark. It’s been tough. Making it up as we went and learning as we go, I had to work hard. There were times I was finalising the activities literally an hour before we started them. I relied a lot on their feedback and needs to steer me in the spaces they needed to go. I had to read and research so much art therapy programming and literature and create act...ivities based on anger, assertiveness, invalidation and connection using my intuition, lived experience and their guidance. I could not have pulled this off if I didn’t have decades of lived experience using art to navigate severe mental health issues. I couldn’t have done it if I didn’t have the ability to genuinely connect with the participants as an equal and listen to them. I’ve learnt so much. I’ve watched them all grow and bloom. I’ve watch black hidden screens turn on, quiet scared anxious people open up and feel understood. I’ve seen people cry and laugh from the power of art, peer support and a non-judgemental space. I’ve seen the spark in their eyes, I’ve seen lights switched on as they process things they maybe didn’t think they could and they became aware of their power. It’s been an honour. It’s been a privilege. Next week 40 people will start the brand new 18 week manualised program I’ve been designing and redesigning over the past 6 months, which will run as an evaluated and legitimate pilot program. We will do it together and to my knowledge it will be the ONLY DBT art program designed entirely by lived experience on the planet. I was done waiting for permission, for a service to do it, for a government to fund it. I did it because it needed to be done. I did it because it was the right thing to do. If you build it, they will come. See more

15.01.2022 What am I doing with my Friday night? Well, putting together at-home art kits for my DBT art skills groups of course! Thanks to the generosity and support of my friends and family as well as many of those who could afford to chip in for their art kits and some who offered to cover their fellow group members, I have reached the target needed to cover the postage (which is outrageous) and many materials. These kits will be going out starting next week to almost 40 individuals a...cross Australia and Aotearoa. As an art therapist i will refuse to charge those I work with to access art materials. This is a fundamental right. Access to healing and the tools required remains a social justice issue in this country where art is still a privilege for the wealthy. I will not bow down to that system. I am honoured to volunteer my time and skills to be with my groups during this challenging time. I’m so thankful for all your support. #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #mentalhealthadvocate #bpdadvocate #peermentor #intentionalpeersupport #peerarttherapist #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicartist #graphicdesigner #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy See more

15.01.2022 My kind of mindfulness... #mothernature #greatmother #ocean #motherocean #dharawalcountry #dharawal #littleausti #beach #mindfulness #mindfulnesspractice #mindfulnessofnature

14.01.2022 Cleaned my art desk and changed out the paper I use to line the desk to protect it. I’m forever scribbling notes, wiping brushes and mixing colour on the desktop paper. I just finished an entire art book that had over 18 months of artwork in it (I started it the first day of my masters degree) and so it felt fitting to end that book with the desktop paper that travelled with me. There is so much in this collection of colour shape line and word. Hundreds of hours of art making.... It’s all moments in time. Many art therapists keep the sheets they use as tablecloths for their art groups. Each group with its own particular sheet. I look forward to collecting them one day when I am able to be face-to-face with people again. #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #mentalhealthadvocate #bpdadvocate #peermentor #intentionalpeersupport #peerarttherapist #artislife #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicartist #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy See more

12.01.2022 Art therapists need art therapy too! I’m lucky that I have a wonderful art therapist and although I need to be open about the cost of this (there is absolutely no part of the cost subsidised in Australia at all), I consider it essential to my own practice, learning, growing and self-care. I think all art therapists should be required to be clients of art therapy as well. As a PEER art therapist (we’re building the empire, stay tuned for epic discursive literature coming later... this year to your academic inbox), it’s also important to me that my personal art therapist have (and be open to acknowledging) their own lived experience of mental illness/distress. I’m lucky to have found that. I’m lucky to have a wonderfully responsive and open minded-hearted human to hold all the things I need held and to help me remind myself of my power when I feel overwhelmed and powerless. This work is very special to me and it will be framed as a reminder of my strength and the strength of those around me who guide me back to it. #arttherapyheals #art #peerarttherapy #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinsta #arttherapy #arttherapylife #arttherapist #artastherapy #peerarttherapist #artashealing #peerworker #artheals #healingarts #artoftheday #accessibleart #arttherapistsofinstagram #masterofarttherapy #disabledartist #firstnationartist #disabilityart #artisforeveryone #artisnotaprivledge #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #illustration #artandmentalhealth #mentalhealthadvocate See more

11.01.2022 Pretty damn stoked to get this deadly new shirt! Thanks to the awesome @shakaralea_deadlydesigns for hooking up this queer First Nations kid! EVERYONE GO AND SUPPORT THIS DEADLY TIDDAH!! #firstnationsartist #firstnationdesign #firstnations #firstnationswomen #aboriginaldesign #aboriginalart #supportwomen #queeranddeadly #queerpoc #queer #firstnationsaustralia

10.01.2022 Thanks to @bundarra_brand my mask game is even stronger. Black Cockatoo - the warrior bird - flying high on my mask which is itself a social justice activity. Wearing a mask is a social justice issue. We are a community and a community protects its most vulnerable. I’m honoured to wear First Nations and queer artists masks! Spiritbird design by @ilukaart - Rainbow mask cred to Becky and Holly! #firstnationsqueer #aboriginalqueer #queerblak #blakqueer #firstnationsrainbow #firstnationsart #queerart #lowimmunitycommunity #alopecia #thyroiddisease #wearamask #wearamask #covid19

10.01.2022 This is not a paid promotion of Project Air, but they are worth promoting. My head has been full of horrible stigma, discrimination and hatred over the last two weeks. The literate when examined together and critically analysed shows a direct link between self-stigma in BPD and the outrageous suicide completion rate connected to the diagnosis. It’s a whopping 12% at a conservative guess. That’s more than any other mental disorder. Seeing the self-stigma and self-invalidation ...displayed in front of me in many of the people I work with makes my heart heavy and a feeling of desperation to stop it and frustration at home insidious it is. Please. Stop being hateful to yourself. Stop telling yourself that you are less than. Don’t take their weapon and point it at yourself. Fight them by loving yourself. Stop swallowing their story. Make loving yourself your riot. Rebel, rise up and take your self narrative back. Don’t forsake the sun. So much kingdom left to come. Let it fill your lungs before you leave. It’s all gonna be okay. #selfstigma #selfstigmakills #selfstigmaandbpd #fuckselfstigma #bpdselfstigma #endselfstigma #dbtartgroup #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #mentalhealthadvocate #bpdadvocate #peermentor #intentionalpeersupport #peerarttherapist #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy See more

10.01.2022 Mindful creation to the sounds of a thunderstorm over Martu Lands in our group today. Mixing silver alcohol ink with liquid gel food colouring and watching it slip and slide and make rain. #mindfulness #mindfulart #dbtskills #dbt #dbtartgroup #arttherapy #arttherapylife #arttherapist #artastherapy #peerarttherapist #artashealing #peerworker #artheals #healingarts #artoftheday #accessibleart #arttherapistsofinstagram #masterofarttherapy #disabledartist #firstnationartist #disabilityart #artisforeveryone #artisnotaprivledge #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #illustration #artandmentalhealth #mentalhealthadvocate

07.01.2022 Fathers day is hard for many people, including myself. For those who struggle with days like this - be gentle with yourself. I see you. #fathersday

05.01.2022 Finally updated my website with links to advocacy pressos and media! www.graphicsforgood.com.au

05.01.2022 A little rainbow serpent done with the Saturday group today as we listened and felt the magic and power of Dr. G #ancestors #firstnations #dreamtime #songlines #rainbowserpent

05.01.2022 Supporting someone through the beginning stages of mental health diagnosis and treatment can be a massive thing. For many people, their diagnosis becomes their identity and they can no longer see themselves outside of it. Shutting down this thought pattern early is key. You ARE NOT A MENTAL ILLNESS. You LIVE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. remember that you are still you. Medication can lead to massive changes in our thoughts, feelings and actions. Most people are at first over or under... medicated, this is a constant adjustment that people often feel out of control and disempowered by. Remember it is YOUR BODY and YOUR RIGHT to have medications reviewed. The psychiatrist works FOR YOU. You are the boss! And you are still in there through all of this. You are still the creative, fun, intelligent, capable person you’ve always been. You’re just going through a process now and it takes time. It’s an exploration, it’s learning and growing and trying. It’s simply finding what works and what doesn’t and that is scary and overwhelming sometimes, so find yourself someone who has been there and get their support, listen to their story. Living well is hard... but you’ll get there. #art #handdrawn #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinsta #arttherapy #arttherapylife #arttherapist #artastherapy #peerarttherapist #artashealing #peerworker #artheals #healingarts #artoftheday #accessibleart #arttherapistsofinstagram #masterofarttherapy #disabledartist #firstnationartist #disabilityart #artisforeveryone #artisnotaprivledge #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #illustration #artandmentalhealth #mentalhealthadvocate See more

04.01.2022 Sometimes I feel like I’m slipping into the machine. Whilst I enjoy working with academics, clinicians and those in power, it’s important for me to be objective and remember who I’m representing and what I’m fighting for. The more ingrained into a service or project you get, the less likely you are to be able to challenge that system. It means I often have to remind people that I’m not one of them and my loyalty lies always with people with lived experience. I’m honoured to h...ave impressive academically proficient people see me as a colleague but I will always challenge and disagree with them when I think it’s needed. No matter how it might benefit me to agree, if I see dysfunction or anything that concerns me, I’ll call it out. I see so many people with lived experience sucked into systems for so many reasons. Every now and then it’s important for me to look at my actions and what I’m participating in and remind myself why I’m even doing this. It’s important for me to remember to have that conversation with myself. I will not forget YOU. #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #mentalhealthadvocate #bpdadvocate #peermentor #intentionalpeersupport #peerarttherapist #artislife #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicartist #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy See more

04.01.2022 Impossible to capture the holographic beauty on this scratch paper my darling Renae got me. Goanna is my totem but we have a complex relationship as my mother has one I drew tattooed on her and it’s not a happy memory. Still, a good reminder that my connection to Wiradjuri is not for another to control. #wiradjuri #totem #firstnations #firstnationsart #firstnationsartist #wiradjuriartist #goanna #holographicart #scratchart #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #peerarttherapist #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy

03.01.2022 If you are truly lucky, You have that person you know who just has THAT VOICE. The voice that instantly calms you down and makes you feel safe... and when you’re struggling if you are even luckier, your phone rings out of the blue and that voice says I can’t stop worrying, so I thought I’d just call and risk being wrong... and they weren’t wrong and it made all the difference. Trust your instincts, if you’re getting a vibe, go with it. Pick up the phone. The person on the o...ther end might be needing to call, but their fear won’t let them. Ado make the call. #art #handdrawn #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinsta #arttherapy #arttherapylife #arttherapist #artastherapy #peerarttherapist #artashealing #peerworker #artheals #healingarts #artoftheday #accessibleart #arttherapistsofinstagram #masterofarttherapy #disabledartist #firstnationartist #disabilityart #artisforeveryone #artisnotaprivledge #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #illustration #artandmentalhealth #mentalhealthadvocate See more

03.01.2022 Thursday prompt - a character from a movie. I cry every time I watch the Lorax. Every damn time. Most of my best friends are trees. Unless #thelorax #ispeakforthetrees #unless #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #lowimmunitycommunity #mentalhealthadvocate #bpdadvocate #peermentor #intentionalpeersupport #peerarttherapist #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicartist #graphicdesigner #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy

02.01.2022 ....and she is gone. RBG, I stand upon your shoulders as all women do. As all queers do. As all disabled people do. As all poor people do. As all minorities do. Thank you for every single dissent you have ever filed. For every barrier you broke, for every human right you fought to uphold. Thank you for being a smart woman who knew her heart and mind and who spoke it. Your kindness, ability to see the other opinion with compassion and curiosity and your drive was without comp...are. You are forever a hero of mine. You are forever an inspiration to me. The first line of my 'childhood attachment' essay that I wrote for my psych masters class started with the phrase "I dissent from the majority opinion that attachment styles are not just constructed but solidified during childhood and cannot change. I am evidence that you CAN change them". It was accompanied by this image, constructed out of an academic article written in the 1960s that is STILL being taught as fact, titled "the difficult child". I dissent from the majority opinion. You can't spell tRUTH without ruth! What an honour it was to have you. Safe travels into starlight, notorious one. Rest well. #rbg #thankyourbg #notoriousrbg #youcantspelltruthwithoutruth #justiceruthbaderginsburg #superdiva #idissent #idissentfromthemajorityopinion See more

01.01.2022 I haven’t been keeping up with my art challenge this week because I got really unwell with migraine and muscle pain, but here are some watercolour flowers I’ve been doing. #dbtartgroup #dbtartgroupchallenge #dbt #dbtartskills #artanddbt #dbtandart #livedexperience #mentalhealth #artagainstcovid19 #artagainstcoronavirus #artistswithdisability #lowimmunitycommunity #mentalhealthadvocate #bpdadvocate #peermentor #intentionalpeersupport #peerarttherapist #artisnotaprivledge #artisforeveryone #art #graphicartist #graphicdesigner #arttherapy #masterofarttherapy #artisforall #artheals #artislife #artsaveslives #artashealing #artastherapy