With more than 10 years working in community arts serving populations in poverty or experiencing traumatic life circumstances, Janel is an empathetic and all-rounded art psychotherapist trained to provide trauma-informed care through creative mediums. Beyond verbal counselling, she is skilled in working with non-verbal populations such as children with special needs, children who have experienced early childhood trauma, patients in stroke rehabilitation, seniors with dementia and also their caregivers. Her interest and diverse skills in the arts range from photography, painting, videography and animation, and she is able to weave them dextrously into her therapy sessions and workshops, engaging clients in comfortably and meeting them where they are.In her spare time, she volunteers on farms and practices parkour and breakdance.