OUR HEART MATTERS
THERAPY | WORKSHOPS | TRAINING | COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS
Most therapy focuses on talking about what happened in the past.
Whilst this may be helpful, it does not create lasting sustained change from within.
With Neuro-Art Therapy, where science meets creative self, experience for yourself the power of transformation from within — without re-hashing the event or spending years in therapy.
Neuro-science has shown that trauma does not just live in the mind, it lives in the body.
This is not about changing mindsets, or introducing more coping strategies. The brain has the power to prune, re-wire and create new neural pathways that are adaptive and healthy.
Jolene Chiang has combined a unique blended approach of releasing pain — without re-living the full intensity of the past — through neuro-based approaches and art therapy.
Healing does not mean forgetting or replaying the past.
We need to help the nervous system feel safe, and tap on the neuro-plasticity of the brain to create a new truth that opens up new possibilities and find meaning, despite the suffering.
Whether you are experiencing grief, loss, transitions and mental health struggles, every individual has the ability to free themselves from feeling stuck and helpless.
Our approach
Did you know that your brain can update old emotional memories?
Instead of ventilating - which is not always healing - your brain can unlearn pain.
Integrating psychological, neuro-based theories and creative approaches, Jolene’s clinical practice is rooted in a ‘bottom-up’ approach.
In a ‘top-down approach’, therapy is focused on talking about what happened in the past, followed by trying to make sense of what happened. This can be useful, but talk alone cannot access the trauma stored in this region of the brain.
Whereas, in a ‘bottom-up’ approach, we primarily work with creating safety for the nervous system through felt-senses, guided visualisation, somatic awareness, and then
make meaning from these experiences.
There is no ‘better’ or ‘worst’ approach, but I believe in an integrative practice that utilises both ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ models elegantly and aptly,
instead of solely relying on one approach.
About me
Jolene Chiang is a credentialed Senior Art Psychotherapist (MA AThR) with more than 15 years of combined overseas community development experience and clinical practice.
She is also certified in Thanatology (CT), Sensorimotor Art Therapy, Schema Therapy (L1) and Brain Switch 2.0.
Jolene specialises in areas of loss and transitions, trauma and mental health concerns.
In the past decade, she has supported hundreds of individuals navigate and make-meaning during difficult transitions and major upheaval in their lives.
Her wealth of experience and steadfast commitment of investing in her professional development to expand her therapeutic range is based on current and latest research.
She partakes in regular supervision that maintains a person-centred practice that is ethical and balanced, without prescribing long-term reliance on therapy.
In her personal time, Jolene cultivates a regular spiritual practice that continually evolves and informs her holistic approach as a professional and human being. She enjoys quiet time with her family members and cheeky canine companion, Leo.
Providing you with a safe space to discover and express yourself
Individual sessions will take place in a cozy and private therapeutic setting. Allow yourself to experience the comfort of being safely cocooned and nestled.
In-person and virtual options
Our office is conveniently located in downtown area for individual therapy sessions.
Can’t make it face-to-face? We can discuss suitability of virtual options after a thorough consultation and needs assessment.
Our services
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Therapy
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Workshops
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Training
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Community Projects
Portfolio
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Individual Therapy
Jolene Chiang provides individual therapy sessions for anyone experiencing grief, losses, and mental health conditions.
She combines her clinical experience in understanding the importance of family of origin, attachment systems, how memories are stored in the brain, and making-meaning by updating one’s beliefs .
With the option of making images and exploring metaphors through art therapy, one can process and express the past safely and find new meanings ahead without relying on talking alone. -
Workshops
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Community Projects
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Training
“I did not know this when I first began, but Jolene helped me realise what I was missing. Through art therapy, she helped me discover what that ‘hole’ was. I can now let go of the pain.”
— MEI, CLIENT WHO LOST ADULT SON
“Jolene gave a very thorough guide of use of art as a therapeutic approach.
Great mix of theory, experiential activities and sharing of actual cases.”
— TRAINING PARTICIPANT , POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL COUNSELLOR
“Jolene is a very knowledgeable trainer, and led the session well. [She] shared real cases with artworks showing the interactive progress of client’s journey.”
— N.H, SOCIAL WORKER
Resources
This Morning Routine Will Improve Your Mood
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How to Take An Effective Mental Health Day Off
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Exercises To Calm Your Anxious Thoughts
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The Beginners Guide to Meditation
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