Rested Minds

08/04/2026

Our PERSONALITY and our BEHAVIOUR!
From an ordinary stash of life items…
We can look at our researched group of traits and broad patterns…
🍃Curiousness
🪨Responsibility
🦩Assertiveness
🥹Emotional instability
We can also look at ourselves under our own observation…
🧑🏽‍🎤🧑‍🌾Sense of me..
🪜How I adapt
⚖️Balance
🤔Still forming

A ‘mailbox’ some ordinary life items and a whole lot of stories and meaning and messages..
It is not about sharing our story to others, it’s about sharing it with ourselves.
The openness of our psychodynamic selves of feelings and memories!

A workshop delivered to a group of human services workers..who some stated they are “not very creative” we are all creative whether we are handling art materials or behind an XL spreadsheet..creativity all revolves around constant small decisions.
Creative arts to support wellbeing ⚖️🍃

08/04/2026

06/04/2026

These patterns didn’t come from nowhere.
They developed for a reason.
Healing isn’t about “fixing” what’s wrong with you.
It’s about creating safety within your body, learning how to regulate your emotions, and building relationships where you don’t have to stay in survival mode.
When we shift from asking
“What’s wrong with me?”
to
“What happened to me?” everything begins to change 🌿holistic.psychologist

29/03/2026

What is Art Psychotherapy?

Art Psychotherapy is a powerful form of therapy that uses creativity as a pathway to healing. Unlike traditional art or performance, the focus isn’t on the final piece—it’s about the process of creating and what it reveals.

Through drawing, painting, or other creative expression, you can explore emotions, reduce stress, and gain insight in a safe, supportive space.

Qualified Art Psychotherapists are Master’s-level trained professionals who work with clear boundaries and therapeutic goals—supporting individuals and groups alike.

You don’t need to be “good at art” to benefit—just open to the process.

20/03/2026

Rested Minds now have a therapy practice in Malanda as well as Cairns, and are accepting referrals. All of our experienced practitioners offer psychological /therapeutic support, counselling, professional supervision and have additional training in expressive arts modailties and somatic practices. Services can be accessed privately, or through your NDIS plan, Victim Assist, Work Cover, EAP. We know that expressive arts works because it combines emotion, creativity, and cognition—helping people process experiences not just intellectually, but experientially. It’s especially powerful for trauma, anxiety, and identity-related work because it reaches deeper layers of the psyche. Feel free to contact us for more info or referral.

13/11/2025

Six eclectic and unique women is what’s on my mind! At the table 🥁(drum roll) three clinical psychotherapists, one occupational therapist, one mental health social worker and an allied health assistant, and not a partridge in a pear tree! We did our final in house professional development in a restaurant, calling it our Christmas party as we went along..
One of these women had a baby, one is having a baby, one built a house, one renovated a house, one is moving interstate, one managed the ceasation of a distressing relationship (me..lol) all whilst delivering excellent Allied Health care to those who are supported by their ethical practice and strong hearted approach!
Could we see any more strength in the room!
🏋🏼‍♀️🍧🥗🍇☀️

25/10/2025

Embedded in these mark making and sculptured expressions are individuals lives each unique in experience, personality and culture combined.

21/07/2025

11/02/2025

Very excited to host Rested Minds at the studio on Mondays & Tuesdays 🩵

11/06/2024

Therapeutic storytelling…Bibliotherapy
And it comes in many forms not just clinical information.
The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse..is a book about ‘kindness’🪴
The other pic today shows that we are a “working therapy farm” offering produce from our region to those that visit..kindness!!

24/04/2024

Capacity building is a common term used that is widely connected to the NDIS and know of course in social, psychological and human services environments.
How is this measured..well for me it’s measured under ‘practice based evidence’ (what we see in practice) and it can also be measured under ‘evidence based practice’ (researched). Practice based evidence is under our noses and it’s in real time.
The below images give a snapshot of a woman with child like drawings produced as she entered the arts psychotherapy environment, and the sculpture is the outcome as she build her competence in growing away from simple art to more complex tasks she was able to build her capacity and move into a more mature space. A space where decision making, choices, increasing time management all added to her competence and confidence to do more.
Thank you to the “in between resources” that art materials provide!🖌️

18/03/2024

A paint pour today with a woman who lives with schizophrenia..if you look closely at the canvas there is a tiny image of lips, jaw and neck that appeared…(pop art indeed) this woman is vibrant by nature and loves colour and it flows in her expression..”it looks good” is far from her initial experience with art materials “it’s ok”
Satisfying for the soul…💃🏼🩵🩷❤️