Suzanne Pata

Registered Art Therapist & Counsellor

Location & Availability:

Yellow Gum Art Therapy Studio - Mill Park
Outreach: North & North-Eastern Suburbs

Saturdays - in studio

Outreach on other days

Suzanne (she/her) is Registered Art Therapist working at Yellow Gum Art Therapy

Studio on Saturdays and is also available for outreach. Suzanne works with people

of all ages, from children and teens through to adults.

Suzanne is a creative arts therapist with a background of 20 years nursing

experience and a practice informed by her own lived experience. Suzanne is

particularly skilled in supporting clients with trauma and complex mental health, grief

and loss, and has a specialised interest in working with victim/survivors of family and

sexual violence (both adults and children). She also has an interest in supporting

families with young children navigating challenges related to disability and

neurodivergence, drawing on recent experience as an infant and child practitioner in

family services.

Suzanne’s therapeutic approach focuses on her clients’ inherent strengths and

empowers them in their journey toward healing through creative self-expression and

self-discovery. She highly values building genuine and respectful relationships and

possesses a natural curiosity and ability to build rapport quickly. She embraces each

person’s uniqueness and provides individualised and holistic care, respecting their

internal world and personal journey.

Qualifications

Specialised Training

assessment and management framework crucial for working with vulnerable

clients, particularly in family violence and mental health contexts.

- MARAM Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Management

- MARAM Victim Survivor Intermediate Training

- MARAM Working with Adults who Use Violence

- MARAM Brief and Intermediate Risk Assessment and Management

- MARAM Collaborative Practice

Focuses on infant and early childhood attachment

program focusing on emotion coaching.