MARK AND MOVEMENT

Therapy for people who don't quite fit the mould.

Based in Sydney, Australia. Working online with people worldwide.

There's nothing wrong with you.

You might feel like you've been walking around with your shirt inside out and on back to front. Like everyone else got the instructions and you missed the memo. Like life is supposed to have started by now.

But here's what I know: the fact that you're searching means something. You're not broken. You're ready.

Therapy isn't a fix. It's more like alchemy. We melt down the hard things, not to destroy them, but to find what's essential. The purest essence of you, hiding in plain sight. Lost in the lint of life. But never gone.

You are the expert on you. A treasure chest, a swiss army knife, and a nest all in one. As your counsellor, I'm not here to find things for you. I'm a guide wandering with you, holding the light so you can feel free to look around.

Services

  • collage artwork

    Counselling

    Come as you are. Bring all of you, the contradictions, the confusion, the parts you don't have words for yet. You'll be met by someone who is genuinely ready to sit with all of it, warmly, without agenda, without rushing you toward an answer you're not ready for.

    You are not a list of symptoms to be diagnosed. You are a whole person. That is how I work with you.

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  • Transpersonal Art Therapy

    Here's the thing about creativity. It doesn't live in your to-do list. It doesn't respond to logic or scheduling or waiting until you feel ready. It lives somewhere quieter than that, in the part of you that already knows things before your brain catches up. We're not making you more creative. We're helping you find the door that was always yours.

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  • Workshops & Events

    Creative activations for libraries, galleries, museums, universities and community organisations. Beginner friendly, socially warm, and deliberately simple. People often arrive a little unsure and leave surprised by themselves.

    I'm genuinely interested in building creative connection for people who are isolated and need a place to belong. If that's what you're building too, I'd love to hear from you and what you have in mind.

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About Mary-Helen

I came to this work as someone who needed it first.

I know what it feels like to have a creative life sitting just out of reach. To want more but not know how to get there. That experience is what brought me to transpersonal art therapy and eventually to training as a counsellor and art therapist myself.

I work online with adults worldwide, including NDIS funded participants, and I hold a Level 2 membership with the Australian Counselling Association and a full practitioner membership with the International Institute for Complementary Therapists.

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Testimonials

  • “Thank you again so much for our sessions. They've taken me on an inspired process of art making. Amazing! Your kindness and presence helped me alot.”

    Jen L, Art Therapy participant

  • “Thank you Mary Helen, It is wonderful to give myself the permission, with your prompting and encouragement to stop, play and explore creativity! The music is delightful. Thank you for reminding me to focus on the simple pleasures of many different art mediums. Your sessions bring much needed catharsis and I am always in awe of the interesting and organic creations that appear.”

    Workshop participant

  • "Mary-Helen's Create Play sessions were little pockets of joy in my week! They were time to chill out, play and make a mess, with absolutely no pressure. I loved coming together at the end to share our explorations - what a special thing to share with other people around the world."

  • "Starting my week with create and play workshops has become my favourite way to start my week. I attended every monday morning and to wake up and have the opportunity to get messy and play really clears my mind. These workshops really allowed my inner child to play with no expectations or idea of what was going to be created; and that is the magic of Create and Play workhops.”

  • "Create Play is such a precious half hour in the week where you get to pay attention to tacticle enjoyment and exploration! It is SO fun! and Mary-Helen is so supportive and encouraging :)”

  • "I found myself looking forward to Create Play, as a little highlight of my week each time. Mostly because of the creative buzz it gave me. There's something about spontaneous play that just sends my creative vibes through the roof and keeps me going for days. "