Beth Downing Email & Phone Number

Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

Working with young people and adults experiencing complex mental health conditions across the Adolescent Inpatient Unit (AIPU), Paediatric Unit, and 1 East (adult mental health). Conducting art therapy groups and individual sessions utilising a range of frameworks including open studio, sensory and relational based art therapy, mindfulness-based art therapy, psychoeducation, acceptance committment therapy, and dialectical behaviour therapy skills-informed.Liaising within a multidisciplinary allied health team, regularly contributing to care team meetings, handover, and clinical review. Comprehensive note-taking using EMR.

Working from a trauma-informed and child led perspective to deliver individual art therapy sessions to children with diverse and varied needs. Working collaboratively with children, families, and education staff in order to formulate treatment plans and provide optimal care.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Engaging primary-aged children in a developmentally appropriate after-school art program, working under the direction of a head teacher, contributing constructively to the development of class curriculum, and supporting individual students as needed.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Master Of Art Therapy

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa