Nested Hearts

18/06/2026

Creativity can be a powerful pathway to healing. Our qualified Art Therapist offers 1:1 Art Therapy sessions designed to support emotional expression, grounding, and self‑discovery in a safe, nurturing space.

You don’t need any art experience - just a willingness to explore. These sessions can help you process feelings, reduce stress, and reconnect with your inner strengths through gentle, creative therapeutic work.

If you’re curious about how art therapy could support your wellbeing, learn more or book a 1:1 Art Therapy session with us by calling 6621 9800 or emailing: [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you.

17/06/2026

Next Group starting in LISMORE in JULY: Our Heartfelt House Healing Pathways program offers a safe, compassionate space for adult women healing from childhood sexual abuse. Through guided group sessions, creative expression, and gentle therapeutic support, participants are supported to reclaim their voice, rebuild self‑worth, and connect with others who truly understand.

Women often tell us this program is life‑changing, helping them feel seen, supported, and stronger than they ever thought possible.

If you or someone you know is ready to take a step toward healing, learn more about our Healing Pathways program or reach out to our team for a confidential chat.

12/06/2026

Wanting to pay my respects to one of the most inspiring leaders in child-centred play therapy as we hear of his sad passing today. Dr. Garry Landreth. 🙏
His life's work has been a profound gift to children and play therapists around the world. Through his writing, teaching, and the founding of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas, Dr. Landreth gave our field something extraordinary, a way of truly being with a child, honouring their world, their language, and their innate capacity to heal.
"Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship" says it all, really. At the heart of everything he taught is relationship — and what a legacy that is.
As a play therapist, I am so grateful for the shoulders we get to stand on. Thank you, Dr. Landreth, for showing us that the most powerful thing we can offer a child is a safe, accepting, and genuinely attuned presence.

21/05/2026

Overprotection comes from a place of the deepest love, but it can make anxiety worse - in the short term and the long term.

It soothes in the moment, for them, and for us. But when we step in too quickly, we quietly change the story
they’re building about themselves.

Not in words, but in experience.

‘I couldn’t have done that.’
‘I needed help.’
‘Maybe I’m not capable.’
‘Anxiety means danger, and the only way to stay safe is to avoid.’

Protection has an important place.
It keeps them safe from danger.

But when there’s no danger, stepping in doesn’t protect - it limits.

This is the tension of parenting: knowing when to hold close, and when to let them stretch.

Because confidence doesn’t come from being protected. It comes from discovering:

‘I can do this. Even when I feel anxious, even when I feel like I don’t have what it takes, I can do hard things.’

Stay close. Let them try.♥️

12/05/2026

Rupture and Repair! The most important skill in any healthy relationship ❤️

Perfection doesn’t build safety.
Return does.

Rupture is part of every relationship -
it’s what happens when two nervous systems meet, misread, miss, collide.

But it’s repair that teaches the brain
something deeper than getting it right: that connection can stretch, and still hold.

Children don’t need a flawless parent.
They need a parent who comes back - after the sharp tone,
the missed cue,
the moment that didn’t land.

Because in those returns, they learn something powerful: love doesn’t disappear when things get hard.
It repairs.
It stays.
It begins again.

‘I didn’t get that right. I’m here now. Let’s try again.’

This is how safety is built - not in perfection, but in the courage to return.

30/04/2026

I want to share the poem that I created at the Restoring Resilience and We Al-li Programs Recreating Songlings from Trauma Trails with Somatic Experiencing International on the weekend inspired by Aunty Judy Atkinson. I so enjoyed writing this poem, and even read it out with the hand of Aunty Judy on my back letting me know the ancestors had me! This was such an awesome process, as soon as I got home I did this with my children and husband and had them also create their own poems. So interesting to see how much they all enjoyed it as well. I will definitely be introducing this into my sessions with children both in groups and individually! Woah! Powerful stuff!

I am
I am a fairy wren dancing in the rainforest.
I am a star in the night sky, dreaming.
I am a green frog swimming in the water in the border ranges.
I am

28/04/2026

What a community of care ❤️

27/04/2026

Still basking in the energy of the weekend with .au, Aunty Judy & Carlie Atkinson, , and .kline.7. Somatic Experiencing is a powerful approach that acknowledges the body and spirit in healing. I'm grateful for all the We Ali facilitators who shared with love and heart, continuing a healing tradition that has been around before they were validated by academia. You all embody the spirit of connection, healing and deep listening. Thank you for being a source of inspiration and wisdom. To be surrounded by such an incredible community of care both old friends and new friends it was truly a pleasure to be in your presence. Healing happens in relationship, in communtiy and on country. Grateful 🙏 Heartful ❤️ returning to my practice and my family with more vitality then before.