EveryKid Art Therapy
in Parramatta.
Because sometimes, the biggest breakthroughs don’t happen in words.
A different brain needs a creative door.
The part of your child’s brain that holds big emotions, anxiety and trauma doesn’t communicate in words. It speaks in colour, texture, pressure, mess and movement.
Art Therapy is how we meet kids there.
When your child says ‘I don’t know’, shuts down or gets dysregulated the moment things get heavy, they’re not being difficult. They’re in a place that only art therapy is designed to reach.
Art Therapy at EveryKid isn’t craft time. It’s a clinically grounded, evidence informed approach delivered by a therapist trained in psychology, neuroscience and child development. The art is the method, not the goal, because for these kids, words were never the easiest path in. Creativity is.
What actually changes: the stuff parents notice first
We’re not in the business of vague progress notes. When art therapy is working, you usually notice it at home before we even mention it:
Your child starts naming feelings they’ve never had words for before - because they found those feelings through making something.
Meltdowns that used to be total shutdowns start having a beginning and an end.
The anxiety that felt permanent starts having edges. Your child begins to feel like they can handle hard thigns.
Your kid asks to go to therapy. Yeah, that one surprises most families!
These aren’t overnight results. Real progress rarely is. But families who were close to giving up on therapy altogether often tell us art therapy was the thing that finally made something shift.
Is Art Therapy what you’ve been looking for?
✔ They’ve tried therapy before and hit a wall: Talk based approaches can only go as deep as a child’s ability to self reflect and find words for what they’re feeling. For many neurodivergent kids, that capacity develops later or differently. Art therapy doesn’t wait for it.
✔ They’re carrying something they can’t explain: Grief, trauma, anxiety that seems to come from nowhere - these often live below the level of language. Art gives them somewhere to put it.
✔ Their sensory experience is part of the picture: the tactitle, physical nature of art making is a side effet. it’s one fo the therapeutic tools. For sensory seeking or sensory sensitive kids, this matters more than more people realise.
✔ Your family is exhausted from trying: Art therapy sessions tend to feel different from the moment kids walk in. Less clinical pressure. More agency. That shift alone can re-engage a child who’s completely checked out of the process.
✔ They’re a teenager who is done with being asked how they feel: teens often respond to art therapy when nothing else has landed, because it never asks them to be vulnerable out loud.
What does a session actually look like?
We don’t just ‘do art’, we follow a structured psychological process designed to move your child from dysregulation to discovery. Every session follows this intentional 3 stage framework:
Phase 1: Arrival & Regulation:
We begin by settling the nervous system. Before any work happens, we ensure the child is feeling safe and grounded in the space.
The Method: tactile entry acitvitiers like working with foam clay or sensory sand.
The Psychology: this lwoers the affective filter moving the child or teen out of a defensive state and into a creative, receptive state. It’s about building a sensory rbidge between the outside world and the therapy room.
Phase 2: The Creative Exploration (Work)
This is the core of the session where the deep dive happens. Based on your child’s goals, the therapist introduces specific mediums to externalise internal challenges.
The Method: for example this be in an ‘Inside Out Collage’ to explore social anxiety or ‘Mindfulness Paint Pouring’ to process frustration.
The Psychology: We use symbolic communication. The therapist observes the child’s process, as much as the product. From this they can uncover the clinical missing pieces, identifying patterns of avoidance, perfectionism or sensory seeking that shows up in while making art.
Phase 3: Reflection & Integration
We never just pack up and go. The final part is dedicated to making sense of the experience an dpreparing fot the transition back to the real world.
The Method: a gentle 'walk through’ of what was created, naming the feelings involved and identifiying one Take Home Strategy.
The Psychology: this facilitates cognitive integration. It helps the child connect their creative breakthroughs to their daily life, ensuring the progress made in the room follows them out the door.
For children who are neurodivergent, have experienced trauma, or struggle to access traditional talk-based approaches, the research consistently shows art therapy works. In many cases it works better, because it meets the brain where it actually is, not where we wish it were.
Meet Our
Incredible Art Therapist
A therapist who understands the science behind the art. Clinically trained. Creatively led.
Lucy
A purpose built space designed for progress
Take the pressure off yourself at EveryKid:
Parking: onsite parking to reduce stress
Parent Lounge: regulate yourself with a cuppa while you wait
One Home: Your child’s whole team in one convenient location
Purpose Built: for fun and regulation
Expert team: peace of mind with our experienced paediatric therapists
Ready to find out if art therapy is right for your child?
Book a first visit or reach out to our team. We’ll help you figure out whether it’s the right fit.
