The Village Therapy Hub

04/06/2026

This week we welcome the amazing Melinda into the Village family.

Meet Melinda ✨

With 25+ years of experience as a visual artist and arts educator, Melinda brings a deeply creative, embodied, and child-centred approach to art therapy.

She holds a Master’s in Therapeutic Art Practice, is a PACFA-certified counsellor and psychotherapist, and a registered art therapist with ANZACATA.

Melinda has extensive experience supporting children and young people, including many years in juvenile justice. Her work is grounded in trauma-informed care, neuro-affirming practice, and cultural responsiveness, helping every child feel safe, seen, and respected.

Passionate about sensorimotor art therapy, Melinda integrates art-making, movement, and body awareness to support healing, while also helping young people navigate grief, loss, and life transitions.

As a practising artist, she understands the transformative power of creativity and brings warmth, compassion, and a deep connection to nature into every therapeutic space she creates. 🌿🎨💛

Apts with Melinda are available now. Contact [email protected]

03/06/2026

Castlemaine and surrounds we are very excited for you to meet Grace 🌿

Grace is an Art Therapist and Counsellor who works with children, young people, adults, and families. Her approach is grounded in creativity, connection, mindfulness, and body-based awareness, offering a warm and supportive space to explore life’s challenges.

With experience across community mental health and relational therapy settings, Grace supports people experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, grief, emotional regulation difficulties, sensory sensitivities, school and social challenges, and feelings of disconnection.

Grace integrates art therapy into her work, creating pathways for expression and insight when words feel hard to find. Her gentle therapy dog, Jimmy, may be part of sessions, offering a calm and comforting presence.

Grace will be offering sessions in Castlemaine through The Village Therapy Hub. ✨

If you'd love to find out more or connect with Grace, send us an email at [email protected]

29/05/2026

Castlemaine, we are coming your way and offering Art Therapy!!

Grace is currently setting up a beautiful space that we'll be opening in the coming weeks and sharing with you soon.

If you'd like to find out more, get in touch [email protected]

If you're currently on our waitlist and would like to find out if Grace and our Castlemaine office are an option for your child, then just ask.

27/05/2026

We have just realised that if you have sent us an enquiry via our website in the last (approx) 2 months we have not received it.

They are getting stored in the back end and not coming through to use. We've been given a spreadsheet with the info and, we are trying to work through it (but it's a lot!)

If you sent an enquiry and didn't hear back from us, we are deeply sorry. This it not how we do things!

Please reach out again to [email protected]

Also. The referral form on our website isn't working 😕
Get in touch and we'll send the link directly.

We hope to have this sorted very soon.

19/05/2026

Meet Cassi, our provisional psychologist with a passion for compassionate, inclusive, and community-focused mental health care. 💙

Cassi supports children, adolescents, and families navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, grief and loss, neurodivergence, academic stress, self-harm, and learning difficulties. She is especially passionate about providing neuroaffirming support for young people and creating safe, supportive environments where individuals can thrive.

Using a collaborative and strengths-based approach, Cassi draws on evidence-based therapies including CBT, ACT, Schema Therapy, and DBT, alongside attachment and family systems approaches, to tailor support for each individual and family.

Cassi has a limited number of places available so if she sounds like what you've been looking for get in touch [email protected]

28/04/2026

Introducing Steph W ✨️

Steph is a registered Master of Art Therapy clinician with training in Synergetic Play Therapy. She supports children, young people, and families using trauma-informed, creative, and relational approaches.

Grounded in attachment, nervous system regulation, and neuro-affirming practice, Steph creates a warm, safe space where children can express themselves through art and play—especially when words are hard to find.

With experience across community, clinical, and nature-based settings, she works closely with families to support connection, emotional safety, and wellbeing.

Steph integrates art, play, body awareness, and nature to support healing, growth, and meaningful connection 🌿

26/04/2026

Our team is growing!

We have some amazing new therapists on board and more to come!

So far, we have:
Steph W, Art and Play Therapist.
Cassi Cox, Provisional Psychologist.

We'll be introducing them to you over the coming days.

What this means is that if you are on our waitlist, you'll be hearing from us soon (you are always welcome to give us a nudge via email: [email protected]).

If you have been looking for an amazing therapist to support your child and family, now is a good time to get on our waitlist.

We offer individual child work, family therapy, parent coaching, and system support/advocacy. Wonder if we can help? Get in touch, and we'll have a chat about it.

25/04/2026

Today I happened upon an experience that moved me and that I feel to share with you all. Local artist, Amanda is showing an art exhibition at Dudley House.

This exhibition captures the experience of burnout, exhaustion and overwhelm while thinking through why this happens and the societal expectations that feed into it. I felt seen, honoured and normalised. It was a moving experience I want everyone to have.

At Dudley House, View St today tomorrow (Sunday), next Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11-4pm.

17/04/2026

We use these fantastic cards in our therapy rooms and highly recommend them.

Conversations about digital friendships, online safely and recognising risks are not easy conversations to have. But they are extremely important.

If your a parent, therapist, educator or just someone who comes into contact with children. I guarantee these cards will support you in these important conversations.

The Koji Collective

Are you an OT, psychologist or counsellor working with kids?

Koji & Luma Cards are trauma-informed conversation cards covering digital safety, online friendships and emotional literacy for kids aged 6–11.

Practitioner bundles of 3 or 5 decks available. DM us or order via link in bio 🤍

14/04/2026

Recently, I (Kate) went to the beautiful Sunshine Coast to attend Advanced Synergetic Play Therapy training with the incredible Synergetic Play Therapy Institute and Lisa Terni Dion.

This training is about more than the practice of Play Therapy. It's about the practice of being a human in connection with other humans. It goes deep. It delves into the uncomfortable things we are tempted to avoid and helps us explore how these actually benefit our work and our life.

I'm so excited to bring this learning back and share it with our team. The team at The Village Therapy Hub is committed to sharing, learning and reflecting. The heart of our work is understanding ourselves and acknowledging our own needs in order to create a space in which families and children can show up authentically.

The team The Village Therapy Hub is expanding its team. Exciting things are happening and our offerings are growing.

We are currently working through our waiting list and if you are on it, you will get a call soon.

If you have been thinking about contacting us to access support for your family or child, now is the time. We are likely to have a spot available for you, with an incredible therapist, very soon.