Kintsugi by Healing Arts is a branch of my psychotherapy and counselling practice, offering emotionally restorative art workshops that support healing from trauma, loss, and transition through the symbolic and soulful practice of Kintsugi. These workshops are a guided therapeutic experience developed through clinical practice.

Derived from the Japanese words for “golden joinery”, Kintsugi is a 15th-century method of mending broken ceramics using gold — not to hide the cracks, but to highlight them as part of the object’s history and beauty. This serves as a deeply moving metaphor for emotional healing: embracing our flaws and seeing beauty in the broken.

These trauma-informed therapeutic workshops developed by a registered therapist are a gentle, hands-on invitation to explore personal resilience, identity, grief, and renewal. Participants are guided in crafting their own functional Kintsugi piece while reflecting on how its metaphorical message applies to their emotional journey.

Facilitated across Perth suburbs — including Ellenbrook Arts HQ — these sessions are also delivered within:

• Women’s refuges

• Family support services

• Trauma recovery spaces

• Community and therapeutic group settings

PRIVATE ON-ON-ONE KINTSUGI SESSIONS

In addition to group workshops, I also offer individual Kintsugi sessions by request. These personalised one-on-one sessions follow the same therapeutic process in a private, supportive setting. Ideal for those who prefer a quiet, individual space to reflect and create, these sessions are charged at my standard counselling rate, with an additional $30 to cover materials.

They have been deeply valued for their quiet power to support self-worth, emotional repair, creative expression, and symbolic restoration. In the stillness of the creative process, participants often find a rare sense of calm, dignity, and the invitation to begin again.

“Mending with meaning. Where broken becomes beautiful again.”

NOTE: All content, structure, and materials within Kintsugi by Healing Arts are original intellectual property and may not be copied, reproduced, or delivered by third parties without prior written permission.