Learning in relationship with land, children, and art🌿

Rain & Me. Children’s Therapy is a relational, creative therapy practice in Melbourne’s Inner West, offering counselling-based and art-informed support for children, parents, and families.

The work here is devoted to reimagining the image of the child — within and without — and is shaped by the understanding that what we carry does not begin with us alone.

Children and adults move within families, places, relationships, and rhythms that shape how we feel, respond, and make sense of the world. When strong feelings or behaviours arise, they are often expressions of these conditions — ways of responding, adapting, and surviving — rather than signs that something is wrong.

The work here is not about correction or control.
It is about relationship.

About gently coming back into connection — with self, with others, and with the wider living world — rather than asking anyone to be different from who they are.

This is slower work. It asks for curiosity, consent, and a willingness to listen closely. For those who feel drawn to this way of working, this space offers creative, relational support and steady accompaniment over time.

What This Space Offers

Counselling-based and art-informed therapy grounded in relationship, creative inquiry, and respect for difference.

Sessions are strengths-based and relational in nature. Rather than moving toward predefined outcomes or changes in behaviour, the work attends to the conditions that allow expression, meaning-making, and connection to unfold.

Change is not pushed or directed; it is understood to emerge through continuity, care, and relationship.

This way of working may feel different from more structured or outcome-driven models of therapy. It often resonates with children and adults who are drawn to creative processes, relational presence, and spaces where nothing needs to be managed, performed, or fixed.

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    Art Therapy

    Art therapy uses creative processes such as drawing, painting, clay, and imaginative play to explore experience beyond words. Sessions are process-focused and attend to expression, reflection, and meaning-making through materials and imagery.

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    Holistic Therapies

    Holistic therapies include experiential approaches such as Psych-K® and Access Bars® that are offered separately from counselling-based therapy. These sessions are optional, integrative in nature, and guided by individual choice and consent.
    (Not claimable under NDIS.)

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    Parenting Support

    Parenting support offers counselling-based space to reflect on relationships, emotional responses, and caregiving experiences. Sessions are process-focused and attend to awareness, attunement, and making sense of lived experience.

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    SSP

    The Safe and Sound Protocol is a structured therapeutic program designed to support nervous system organisation and capacity for connection. It is delivered over a series of sessions with careful pacing, monitoring, and ongoing check-ins.

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