our mission
To improve social & emotional health through creativity, connection and play.
our story
Hello! We are Jordy & Giulia, the two humans behind CAYA Art Space.
CAYA started in 2021 when we were both finishing our Masters of Art Therapy and living with the tumultuous COVID lockdowns in Naarm/Melbourne. We started by offering public art workshops that aimed to bring people together socially and creatively.
Our offerings have evolved and we now solely provide Art Therapy and Art for Wellbeing services. We create in-person & online therapeutic opportunities for individuals and groups to connect with art-making, others & themselves. We work within community, educational and clinical spaces.
We chose the name ‘CAYA’ as it stands for ‘Come As You Are'. This reflects our forever-ethos of our creative spaces: We welcome you as you are.
We look forward to getting creative alongside you.
our team
Jordy
she/they
Jordy is a Masters-trained, registered Art Therapist with experience in adult mental health work, youth work, visual arts, disability work, community wellbeing and trauma-informed practice. Outside of CAYA, she works with people living with cancer, supporting the psycho-social impacts, both in hospital and at home.
Jordy is most known for the warm & welcoming energy she brings to her Art Therapy work, ensuring there is space for both deep silliness & deep seriousness throughout sessions.
She focuses on building a strong therapeutic relationship with clients that can act as a foundation on which to explore things that may otherwise feel too heavy, overwhelming or out of reach.
Giulia
she/her
Giulia is a qualified Art Therapist with Masters training and experience in Art Therapy, adult and youth mental health, disability and NDIS, pscyho-social rehabilitation, forensic psychiatry and youth work.
She firmly believes it is important to provide individuals an opportunity to express, clarify and understand their experiences in alternative, holistic and creative ways, especially focusing on inner capacity and strengths.
To create is to express, and to express means to be connected with yourself and others. There is no one size fits all to the practice of creativity, & Giulia feels immensely privileged to be able to support people to connect with this part of themselves in the ways that are meaningful and relevant to them.