ROBIN CATALANO
TUTOR PROFILE

Qualifications

I am a Transpersonal Art Therapist who uses many types of art experiences to enable an individual to unlock their potential, access their resilience and explore what is important in their lives. I hold an Advanced Diploma of Transpersonal Art Therapy and am a member of AAHTC. I currently facilitate groups at RSL LifeCare working in an aged care environment. I volunteer on a one to one basis at Royal Rehab which specialises in acquired brain injury.

2013
Adv Dip Transpersonal Art Therapy

2013
Mental Health First Aid

Member

Australian Association of Holistic and Transpersonal Counsellors (AAHTC)

Experience

I have facilitated workshops for those suffering dementia, people who would like to know themselves more deeply and others with mental health issues. Art therapy is a powerful tool to use in an individual situation or with groups. It allows an expression of thoughts that may not have reached the verbal level to be communicated through creating art. It is a therapy that can be used in various ways to allow an emotion to be discovered, explored and transmuted where needed. I personally use and study transpersonal art therapy in my day to day life.

Current from 2014
Art Therapist
Providing one to one transpersonal art therapy

2016
Workshop Facilitator – LifePlus
Facilitating groups under the LifePlus banner at Macquarie Community College, Chatswood

Current from 2014
Group Facilitator – RSL LifeCare
Facilitating groups in aged care to encompass those with limited abilities, dementia and age related disorders within several residential care facilities

Current from 2014
Art Therapist – Volunteer, Royal Rehab
Providing art therapy weekly on a one to one basis with a focus on maximising outcomes for an individual with limited movement and verbal skills

2015
Art4Connection
Part of a group of four art therapists who combine with councils to provide art therapy workshops for the community

2014 December
Group Facilitator – Richard Geeves Dementia Respite
Facilitating workshops for groups with dementia

2013 November
Workshop Co-Facilitator, Art Therapist
Course title – Who Am I?
Creation and facilitation of this course

Current from 1995
Sole Proprietor – Secretarial Service
My business, Caught Short, provided a secretarial service to many companies over this period – currently with Anaesthetic Billing

Organising and timely execution of tasks
Extensive computer and database skills
Managing a broad range of administrative tasks
Creating a safe and supported space for the wellbeing of clients/participants in an art therapy setting
Offering a range of art therapy experiences to meet the needs of people with various mental, social and physical disabilities
Keeping the client/participant at the centre of the art therapy experience
Building courses and workshops to suit the needs of various groups of participants
Continually developing skills to facilitate the best outcome for the client
Continuous thirst for knowledge to provide best practice for my clients
Pursuing education in areas that are beneficial to me and the people I work with or for
My life experience provides me with an empathy for people from all walks of life