Somatic & Creative Therapist
Vanessa K Vance
A Little About Me
Vanessa K Vance (she/her)
BCouns MCAT AThR M.A.C.A (Level 3)
I am a somatic sex therapist, consent educator and registered Creative Arts Therapist. I studied a Masters of Creative Arts Therapies at Murdoch University, a degree in counselling at Edith Cowan University and sexological bodywork with the Institute of Somatic Sexology. I am a certified Cuddle Party® facilitator, a certified Wheel of Consent® facilitator and facilitate various workshops and classes on embodiment, intimacy, and consent. I also have extensive experience in the tantric and shamanic arts. I am super passionate about providing opportunities for all folks to develop stronger and more positive experiences within their bodies, to improve their communication and connection with others, and to experience more power and freedom as a human being.
I am deeply motivated about furthering the culture of consent, embodiment, and sexual freedom, and advocating for social change through individual awareness and growth.
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Creative expression brings the psychotherapy process into contact with the continuities of healing through art, ritual, and ceremony. It allows the direct communication and expression of personal imagery and bodily sensations. Expressive arts therapy can be viewed as a modern manifestation of shamanism, sharing common emphases on the fundamental necessity of the human spirit to seek transcendence and intensify sensory experience, strivings for balance between the individual and the community, needs to react creatively to existential fluctuations and change, and the desire to participate in life affirming rituals.
Shaun McNiff
I wish to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land upon which I live, work and play, the Whadjuk Noongar people, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters, and community. I pay my respects to them and their cultures; and to elders both past and present.