Heartspace Therapy

Heartspace Therapy Heartspace Therapy is a gentle, grounded space for inner listening, healing and integration. Sessions are available online and in person.

Heartspace Therapy with Kristie Ives
Transpersonal Therapist · Kinesiologist

Inner Work sessions and small creative circles in the Perth Hills, supporting reflection, insight and meaningful change. Held by Kristie Ives, Transpersonal Therapist and Kinesiologist, Heartspace offers attuned, person-centred support for those seeking deeper connection with themselves. Kristie works through a transpers

onal and holistic lens, drawing on Kinesiology, Art Therapy and Counselling to support nervous system regulation, emotional processing, personal growth and integration. Sessions are guided by presence and curiosity, allowing what needs attention to emerge at a pace that feels safe and supportive. Heartspace is not about fixing or pushing for change, but about creating the conditions where insight, healing and integration can naturally unfold. This work is especially supportive during times of transition, overwhelm, grief, or when something within is calling for deeper listening.

I often make Soul Cards when I’m trying to understand something I can’t quite think my way through.Sometimes I begin wit...
28/08/2026

I often make Soul Cards when I’m trying to understand something I can’t quite think my way through.

Sometimes I begin with an image from a dream or meditation. At other times, with a feeling I’m trying to understand, a question I’m carrying, or simply an image that has caught my attention and won’t let me go.

I don’t usually know what the finished image will be. I begin by gathering imagery and noticing what draws me — allowing one image to lead to another, moving things around, adding and taking away, and paying attention to what begins to emerge.

What I love about this process is that it gives another part of me a way to speak.

An image can hold something that is difficult to explain or even consciously know. Dreams, memories, emotions, symbols and unexpected associations can find their way onto the page, where I can begin to see them differently and enter into a relationship with what has appeared.

Sometimes I understand an image immediately. More often, its meaning unfolds slowly. I might journal with it, sit with it in meditation, notice where I feel it in my body, or simply leave it somewhere I can see it and allow it to keep working on me.

This is one of the reasons Soul Cards have become such an important part of my own inner work, and a process I love sharing with others.

If you’d like to experience the process yourself, there is currently one place remaining in my Spring Equinox Soul Card Circle on Sunday 20 September in the Perth Hills.

I also offer private Soul Card Circles for groups of 4–6 by request, as well as 1-hour Art Therapy sessions for those who would prefer to explore creative process individually, in person or online.

Details are available through the link in my bio. 🌿

The Heartspace Medicine Wheel is both a compass and a container.Part archetypal map.Part creative journey.Part shared ci...
03/07/2026

The Heartspace Medicine Wheel is both a compass and a container.

Part archetypal map.
Part creative journey.
Part shared circle.

Over six weeks, we’ll journey together through the four directions of the Sacred Circle, exploring image, symbol, body, story, and inner knowing.

As we move through each direction, we encounter different perspectives, challenges, wisdom, and gifts. Together they begin to form a larger picture, helping us make sense of the questions, transitions, and seasons of life.

Mostly, it’s an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and discover what is quietly unfolding beneath the surface of your own life—and what gifts are ready to be brought forward.

🌿 Heartspace Medicine Wheel

A six-week online journey

• Tuesdays | 6.30–8.30 pm (AWST)
• Begins 4 August 2026
• Online via Zoom
• Maximum 6 participants

Bookings are now open.

You’ll find all the details via the link in my bio.

If you’d like to chat about whether it feels like the right fit for you, you’re very welcome to get in touch. 🤍

There are times in life when we find ourselves standing at a threshold.A transition. A question. A longing for something...
19/06/2026

There are times in life when we find ourselves standing at a threshold.

A transition. A question. A longing for something deeper.

A sense that an old way of being no longer fits, but the next steps have not yet become clear.

Over recent months, I’ve been quietly developing a new offering that feels close to my heart.

🌿 The Heartspace Medicine Wheel

A six-week journey through the symbolic landscape of the Sacred Circle — a space for reflection, creative exploration, inner listening, and meaningful conversation.

I’m now gathering Expressions of Interest for a small Founding Circle.

Link in bio 💛

Perhaps I’m showing my age, but who remembers Mr Squiggle on ABC TV and his famous catch cry:“Upside down, Miss Jane!”I ...
09/06/2026

Perhaps I’m showing my age, but who remembers Mr Squiggle on ABC TV and his famous catch cry:

“Upside down, Miss Jane!”

I loved that show as a child.

Lately, I’ve been witnessing how powerful scribble drawings can be in helping clients integrate kinesiology-based sessions.

There is something fascinating about watching a seemingly random collection of lines gradually reveal an image, a feeling, a memory, or a thread of meaning that wasn’t immediately obvious.

It reminds me that the psyche doesn’t always communicate in a linear way. Often it speaks best through image, symbol, and metaphor.

And just like Mr Squiggle, sometimes the magic happens when we turn the page upside down.

✨

This week has felt quieter.Cave-likeCocooningAnd instead of rushing to fill the space, I’ve allowed myself to embrace it...
29/05/2026

This week has felt quieter.

Cave-like
Cocooning

And instead of rushing to fill the space, I’ve allowed myself to embrace it.

This wasn’t always my go-to. There was a time when quieter weeks would have immediately activated panic in me.
A need to push.
Produce.
Keep things moving.

I think part of me learned very early that usefulness and productivity were tied to safety somehow.

But I’m slowly learning that not every season is meant for outward movement.

And perhaps there’s something about midlife in this too.

The body eventually asks different things of us.

Different rhythms.
Different pacing.
Different ways of measuring worth.

And after years of stretching, the recent spaciousness has quietly become a gift.

I’ve worked on my website.
Written poetry.
Made art again.
Returned to things that nourish a deeper part of me.

Some things only take shape in the dark.

Sometimes the cocoon isn’t a pause in the becoming.

It is the becoming.

As we move toward the Winter Solstice, I find myself drawn back to slower, quieter ways of reflecting.The deepest pause ...
22/05/2026

As we move toward the Winter Solstice, I find myself drawn back to slower, quieter ways of reflecting.

The deepest pause point of the year.
The longest night.
A threshold between darkness and the gradual returning of the light.

For me, the season carries an invitation to descend a little more deeply into the psyche — to listen beneath the surface of everyday life and gently bring into awareness what has been hidden, overlooked, or quietly waiting for attention.

This June, I’ll be holding a small Soul Card Circle here in the Perth Hills.

Together, we’ll explore some of the themes and invitations the Winter Solstice offers through guided meditation, symbolic exploration, intuitive art-making, and reflective journalling.

Sometimes things become easier to recognise once they take symbolic form.

No artistic experience is needed — only curiosity and a willingness to explore.

Winter Solstice Soul Card Circle
Sunday 21 June · 1–4pm
Lesmurdie · Perth Hills

This circle is now fully booked. You’re warmly invited to join the waitlist or register your interest for future circles via the link below.

https://www.heartspacetherapy.com.au/circles-register-interest

People often assume I must feel comfortable in group spaces by now.Trainings. Workshops. Women’s circles. New environmen...
18/05/2026

People often assume I must feel comfortable in group spaces by now.

Trainings.
Workshops.
Women’s circles.
New environments.
Rooms full of unfamiliar people.

After all, I’ve done it enough times.

But truthfully, these spaces still feel vulnerable and intimidating for me.

I had to coax myself to enrol in Transpersonal Therapy training.

Artwork.
Group sharing.
Online classes.
Role play.

Being observed and witnessed.

Some of my greatest fears, all gathered neatly into one training.

Some nights, the only way I could stay the course was by reminding myself:

If it gets too much, I can always disconnect the Zoom call.

I was on the other side of Australia after all.
What could they really do?

And yet… I stayed.

Eventually, I moved from a very large class into a much smaller weekend cohort of five.

A soothing balm to my nervous system.

There, something changed.

I could connect.
Learn.
Exhale a little.

I felt safe enough to share.

What began as terror slowly became something meaningful.
Something nourishing.
Something I began to look forward to.

And I think this is partly why I now facilitate small groups the way I do.

Not everyone thrives in large spaces.

Sometimes depth needs gentleness.
Sometimes creativity needs safety.
Sometimes people need smaller circles in order to hear themselves think.

Truthfully, I still get nervous too.

One of my most experienced and admired teachers once told me she still gets nervous before each and every group she facilitates.

And that if she ever stopped feeling that way, she would know it was time to stop.

I found something deeply reassuring in this.

An acknowledgement that we’re all meeting each other in some shared vulnerability, regardless of our role, experience, or background.

There’s a mutual tenderness in it.

A quiet tentativeness.

But we’re showing up anyway.

Perhaps the nervousness signals the call.

And sometimes, the places that first feel uncomfortable become the very places we feel most at home.

I didn’t enter transpersonal art therapy training as “an artist.”I entered from a somewhat vulnerable place — knowing I ...
11/05/2026

I didn’t enter transpersonal art therapy training as “an artist.”

I entered from a somewhat vulnerable place — knowing I longed to explore my creativity, but needing the therapeutic container around it to make it feel safe… or, if I’m honest, justified.

My cohort was filled with incredibly talented artists and creatives.

So the vulnerability…
the self-consciousness…
the fear of showing your work…

I truly understand that.

But something unexpected happened during that training.

Very slowly, I began to form a different relationship with creativity.

I stopped seeing it as something to perform well at —
and began experiencing it as a way of listening.

A way of uncovering parts of myself I couldn’t have accessed through thinking alone.

At times, it felt like a kind of treasure map of the psyche —
image, symbol, feeling, dream, memory…
all revealing themselves in ways that surprised me.

And my affinities emerged in unexpected places.

Digital collage, for example.

I never would have predicted that.
I’m not especially technologically-minded, and I never even felt particularly drawn to collage.

Yet it has become one of the most meaningful creative practices in my life —
a way of exploring dreams, inner movements, emotions, symbols, and the deeper layers unfolding beneath the surface.

I don’t create to produce something impressive.

I create to explore.

And in some ways, I think not having formal artistic training helped me.

I didn’t feel bound by technique or perfection.
I could approach creativity more like a child might —
curious, instinctive, immersed in process.

So if you feel anxious about creative work…
if you’re worried you’re “not artistic” enough…
if the idea of being seen feels vulnerable…

please know there is absolutely no judgement from me.

Creative process, as I hold it, isn’t about performance.

It’s about relationship.
Listening.
Discovery.
And allowing something honest to emerge.
Something that speaks uniquely to you.

I’ve been sitting a lot lately with the idea of the Medicine Wheel as a way of holding therapeutic and creative work.Not...
08/05/2026

I’ve been sitting a lot lately with the idea of the Medicine Wheel as a way of holding therapeutic and creative work.

Not so much as a fixed framework, but more as a gentle orientation.

A remembering that healing and inner change aren’t usually linear. We move through different landscapes within ourselves —
vision,
challenge,
healing,
wisdom,
integration —
often circling through them many times over.

I think there’s also something powerful about following a deeper journey over time. Gathering the insights, images, emotions, and understandings from each “stop” along the way, before gradually integrating them into a greater sense of meaning and wholeness at the centre.

Not rushed.
Not surface level.
Not a one-off session.

But a deeper and more intentional process of journeying inward 🌀

Something new has been slowly taking shape around this. I’ll be sharing more soon.

Thank you to the beautiful women who shared in yesterday’s Autumn Soul Card Circle.It was intimate, meaningful, and nour...
29/03/2026

Thank you to the beautiful women who shared in yesterday’s Autumn Soul Card Circle.
It was intimate, meaningful, and nourishing ❤️

Together we moved gently into depth — listening inwardly, exploring the psyche, and allowing what was ready to emerge to take form.

Such a privilege to hold space and witness this work.

Pictured: Soul Cards created in yesterday’s circle.

Next Soul Card gathering — Winter Solstice · 21 June ❄️

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