GET TO KNOW ME

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Who I Work With

• Individual adults

• Relationships and couples

• Professionals within the mental health field

My Therapeutic Approach

I integrate a wide range of modalities to meet clients where they are:

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• Traditional talk therapy

• Person-centred Therapy (PCT-Rogerian Therapy)

• Existential Therapy

• Phenomenological approaches

• Mindfulness-based approaches

• Interactive Drawing Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy

Core Values

• Honouring each client’s lived experience

• Co-creating tailored pathways that support growth, healing, and individual goals

• Making mental health care accessible and affirming

• Continuing to learn from research, community, and lived experience

Guiding Philosophy

At the heart of my work lies a belief in the transformative power of self-expression and shared experience. Through a creative and philosophical lens, I continue to:

• Explore the depths of personal discovery

• Nurture human connection

• Foster resilience in individuals and communities

Training and Education

• Currently undertaking a PhD at The University of Sydney (Faculty of Medicine and Health - Research focus: workplace wellbeing

• Psychotherapy (Arts)

• PostGrad Autism Studies

• Clinical Supervision

• Counselling

• Life Coaching

• Personal lived-experience as a neurodivergent practitioner

Publications

The Creative Corridor
A Transitional Space between Arts Therapy and Educational Creative Practice (ByTania J. Rose)
Book Chapter in Art Therapy with People with Learning Disabilities, 1st Edition, First Published 2025, Imprint Routledge

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Creative practitioners facilitating arts practices for people with intellectual and developmental disability, and cognitive differability:

a scoping review   TJ Rose, JN Scanlan, MA O'Donovan - Disability & society, 2026

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Other Professional Contributions
 

• Pioneering role in developing creative programs in Australia’s arts and disability sector

• Co-founder of Restless Dance Theatre (Adelaide) Arts and Disability

• Composer, author, and educator with international recognition

Highlights

• Awarded the National Emergency Medal for mental health support during the 2019–20 bushfires

• Volunteered with the NSW State Emergency Service

• Composed soundtrack for the acclaimed film Coral Sea Dreaming

• Recognised in the NSW Young Australian of the Year Awards (1990s)

Memberships and Professional Affiliations

• Australian Counselling Association (ACA)

• Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)

• Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association (ANZMHA)