Therapeutic supports for NDIS participants
Cocoon Creative Arts Therapies offers therapeutic supports to self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants.
Art therapy is an "experiential psychotherapeutic approach utilising many creative modalities within a therapeutic relationship with a trained therapist. It is holistic – attending to emotional, cognitive, physical and spiritual well-being – and aligns well with indigenous models of health and well-being: (ANZACATA). Art therapy may draw on the tools of visual arts, movement, sound, sculpture, writing and other creative modalities.
A recent report from The World Health Organisation (Health Evidence Network synthesis report 67, 2019) investigated arts based therapies from over 3000 studies and found “a major role for the arts in the prevention of ill health, promotion of health, and management and treatment of illness across the lifespan”. The WHO report found:
Under the NDIS, Art therapy is an allied health discipline that offers therapeutic supports under the 'Capacity Building' section of your plan, and is recognised by the Quality and Safeguards Commission. Art therapy sits alongside disciplines like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy.
For people living with a disability, art therapy may have many benefits including:
Art therapy is particularly supportive for those who find it difficult to verbalise their experience. Your arts therapist will work with the goals you've created in your NDIS Plan, and provide ongoing progress reports to the NDIA.
If you'd like to connect with Cocoon Creative Arts Therapies to provide therapeutic supports, please get in touch directly. Your therapist will work with you to develop a plan and will draw up a service agreement.
Art therapy is an "experiential psychotherapeutic approach utilising many creative modalities within a therapeutic relationship with a trained therapist. It is holistic – attending to emotional, cognitive, physical and spiritual well-being – and aligns well with indigenous models of health and well-being: (ANZACATA). Art therapy may draw on the tools of visual arts, movement, sound, sculpture, writing and other creative modalities.
A recent report from The World Health Organisation (Health Evidence Network synthesis report 67, 2019) investigated arts based therapies from over 3000 studies and found “a major role for the arts in the prevention of ill health, promotion of health, and management and treatment of illness across the lifespan”. The WHO report found:
- The overall evidence base shows a robust impact of the arts on both mental and physical health
- It is useful in the expression and exploration of difficult or complex problems.
- It is cost effective, engages minority or marginalised groups, complements other therapies or medical interventions (ANZACATA).
Under the NDIS, Art therapy is an allied health discipline that offers therapeutic supports under the 'Capacity Building' section of your plan, and is recognised by the Quality and Safeguards Commission. Art therapy sits alongside disciplines like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy.
For people living with a disability, art therapy may have many benefits including:
- Improved creativity and self-esteem
- Increased sense of self-empowerment
- Building skills in self-regulation
- Increased sense of self-care and self-awareness
- Reduced stress and anxiety
- Reduced depression and fatigue
- Improved interpersonal skills
- Enhanced mind-body connection
- Building resilience
- Managing the impacts of chronic illness and disability
- Increased sense of meaning and purpose.
Art therapy is particularly supportive for those who find it difficult to verbalise their experience. Your arts therapist will work with the goals you've created in your NDIS Plan, and provide ongoing progress reports to the NDIA.
If you'd like to connect with Cocoon Creative Arts Therapies to provide therapeutic supports, please get in touch directly. Your therapist will work with you to develop a plan and will draw up a service agreement.
NDIS Policy and procedures
Please ask Cocoon Creative Arts Therapies if you need access to the following documents:
- Service Agreement
- Service Agreement Amendment
- Complaints Process
- Incident Report Form
- Risk Assessment Form
