Megan Shiell is founder of Expressive Therapy Clinic.

Megan is a registered Art Psychotherapist with ANZATA (Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association). She works as a consultant to Private Hospitals and other mental health facilities. She currently works as a consultant DBT Team Co-ordinator to Sydney Clinic, a private hospital in Bronte NSW and also works in Private Practice in Sydney Australia.

Art Psychotherapy is an approach offering ‘Mental Wellness’ to people seeking help with emotional support and growth in their lives.

For the past 6 years Megan has been developing and facilitating various programs using Art Psychotherapy as an experiential component in the teaching of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for patients who suffer the traits of Borderline Personality Disorder, Mood Disorders and Anxiety. Megan has completed intensive DBT training in Newcastle and also facilitates the DBT 12 month programs at Sydney Clinic. Megan’s passion is the development of a two pronged approach of using creativity and DBT together and she facilitates Introductory DBT/Art Psychotherapy programs in 8 week cycles.

She believes this creative approach to any skills based behaviour therapy can help clients achieve a greater understanding of their behaviours and sense of emotional wellbeing which then enables an integration of knowledge and skills that was previously not possible for them.

Megan also works within the traditional frame of an Art Psychotherapist. This work is based on the belief that the process of engaging creatively in art making, within a therapeutic relationship, supports changes in a client's inner world, and helps the client to develop a more integrated sense of self, with increased self awareness and acceptance. It assists with improving the client’s personal growth & insight, processing of traumatic experiences, and resolving of inner conflicts.
In this way Art Psychotherapy can be a non verbal form of communication, an opportunity to express feelings safely so that the client can cope better with stress, improve their judgment and have better relationships with family and friends.

Megan has published an article on this subject in the 2nd Edition of ANZJAT and has previously presented at Conferences in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. She was immediate past President of ANZATA and is now Vice President.

Please phone +61 417 084 846 for all enquiries.