Watercolor illustration of a cute, whimsical creature resembling a mix between a fish and a bird, featuring pastel-colored wings and a heart-shaped face.

Children and young people

Supporting natural processes of growth, development and healing

A wooden table with art supplies, including colored pencils, markers, containers with paint, craft paper, sticks, wooden rings, and decorative paper. A window with potted plant is in the background.
Hand reaching over a collection of small, colorful figurines displayed on a shelf.
Artistic workspace with sketchbook, colored pencils, crayons, hand sculpture, feathers, and a seed pod on a wooden table.
Hands holding white and brown feathers on a wooden table with art supplies, including colored pencils, markers, letter cutouts, and nut shells.
Wooden table with art supplies, a handmade doll on knitted blankets, and a person holding green crochet item.
Person painting in a sketchbook with creative supplies around, wearing a colorful patterned sweater, overhead view.
Hands holding colorful cut-out letters
Person holding a bowl of assorted seashells on a table with art supplies and colorful pencils.
Person crafting at a wooden table with various art supplies, including markers, fabric, and yarn, near a window with hanging plants.
Wooden table with crafting tools, including paintbrushes in a floral container, wooden rings, markers, and assorted craft materials, in a room with a plant and window.
Person cutting images from books on the floor; several art books and magazines are scattered around.

While we all have the capacity to use creative processes therapeutically, children and young people do this naturally. For them, creativity and imaginative play are innate ways to explore and make sense of themselves and the world around them. While talk therapies can sometimes feel unfamiliar or uncomfortable, creative approaches often feel natural, safe, and engaging.

Art + Sandplay therapy
From 6 years to adolescents

Children and young people inherently use creativity as a means of emotional expression, communication, self-regulation, trauma processing, and healing. It also serves as a way for them to explore and shape their identity and make sense of the world around them. Art and sandplay therapy support these natural processes, facilitating change that is initiated by the young person—making the change both real and lasting.

Art Therapist - Jules Booth

Registered art therapist (AThR-ANZACATA)
Registered counsellor (PACFA)
Working with Children Check: WWC2090309E

My approach to working
with children and young people

I work with children from the age of 6 through adolescence, using a child‑centred and non‑directive approach. This means I support each young person in choosing what they would like to create and explore during each session. By allowing children and young people to focus on the themes most relevant to them, the therapeutic process nurtures their natural growth and development, fostering meaningful and lasting change.

Professional registrations

ANZACATA
Accredited by the Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapy Association
Member number #63555065

PACFA
Accredited by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
Certified Practising Registrant #31543

Qualifications and training

Master of Art Therapy
Western Sydney University, 2024

Including 1 year Internship (Gateway Family Services, Katoomba)

Professional Development Sandtray Therapy Training Course
Institute of Therapies for Emotional Transformation, 2025

Active Sandplay Foundational Course
Mandala Creative Therapy, 2024

Creative Interventions - Symbol and Sandplay Therapy
Institute of Therapies for Emotional Transformation, 2023

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Art + Sandplay therapy in Wentworth Falls
All art making experience welcome
6 years - Adults

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