Naviating change, transitions, grief and loss through the arts…
Dr Samantha Edwards (she/her)
Expressive Arts Therapist
PhD, MTaP, BA(Hons), ANZACATA
Welcome!
Samantha is an expressive arts therapist passionate about the role of experiential, arts-based processes in fostering insight, healing and transformation.
People often seek therapy during times of crisis and uncertainty, when a path forward feels unclear. Change, transition, grief and loss can take many forms —relationship ruptures, education and career shifts, trauma, illness or end of life. These experiences can affect us deeply (and differently), leading to feelings of anxiety, mental distress, overwhelm, diminished self-worth, a sense of stuckness, and disconnection from ourselves and our communities.
Art therapy offers a creative space for exploration, where clients can use art materials, journaling, poetry, clay, movement and more to express and make sense of their experiences. It’s a flexible, client-led process that invites reflection, meaning-making, and emotional expression through different creative forms. No prior art making experience is required.
Samantha’s companioning approach is person-centred and co-creative. She weaves together expressive modalities, mindfulness and therapeutic dialogue to explore the emotions, thoughts, feelings, challenges and aspirations that bring you to therapy, in the here and now.
Guided by safety, inclusivity, and reciprocity, Samantha offers a compassionate and non-judgemental space for her clients to honour their living experiencing, uncover meanings, reimagine purpose, and rediscover themselves – trusting in their innate capacity to heal, grow, and discern what to carry forward and what to leave behind.
Whether you're seeking support for yourself or a young person you care about, reach out to Samantha for a confidential, free phone/online 20min introductory consultation.
“The task of therapy is not to eliminate suffering but to give a voice to it, to find a form in which it can be expressed. Expression is itself transformation; this is the message that art brings.”
What is art therapy and how might it support me?
Clinic & Outreach
My practice is conveniently located in Malvern with street parking and close to public transport. I also offer home visits and palliative care outreach services across Melbourne’s eastern and south eastern suburbs.
Get started with Samantha, today.
I acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional custodians of Country and recognises their continuing connection to land, sea, culture and community. I pay my respects to Elders past and present and emerging.
I acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded, and I will continue to work within my communities to decolonise our systems and our society at large.
I am neuro-affirming and celebrate, value and embrace folk of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, ages, spiritualities, bodies and abilities.
