Tanya is a Masters qualified Arts Therapist and allied health practitioner at Empowered Art Therapy. For the past 18 years Tanya has worked in the community sector providing crisis response support and managing mental health and well-being programs to support vulnerable members of our community.
In 2022, she completed a Masters of Therapeutic Arts Practice combining her love of art and music (she is a singer and songwriter) with her mental health experience to continue to support those most in need.
In the last two years Tanya has been providing early intervention and outreach therapeutic supports to neurodivergent children and young people, Aboriginal people, and people with disability.
She is single parent of two boys, her youngest is non verbal Autistic with an intellectual disability. Through Tanya’s lived experience as a carer, she is able to work in a calm, compassionate and considered manner with a strong focus on providing a safe space for individuals to express themselves during the art making process.
