Art Therapy for NDIS Participants

Art Therapy & the NDIS

A different kind of support, shaped around you.

If you or someone you love is on the NDIS, you might be exploring different ways to feel supported emotionally, mentally, and creatively. Art therapy offers one option among many. It’s a quieter kind of space, a place where words aren’t always necessary, and where expression can take shape through colour, texture, movement, or metaphor. At FLUX, we offer art therapy that’s grounded in relationship, led by your pace, and shaped around who you are.

So, what actually is art therapy?

Short answer: it’s a mental health support that uses art materials (like paint, drawing, collage, sculpture) as a way to explore feelings, process experiences, or express what might be hard to say with words.

Longer answer: it’s a space where you don’t have to perform, explain, or do things the “right” way. You show up as you are, and we take it from there. We might sit quietly and make marks. We might talk through something while working with clay. We might not use words at all. It’s not about art skills. It’s about giving shape and colour to things that are otherwise hard to hold.

Can the NDIS fund this?

Yes - absolutely.

If your plan includes goals like emotional wellbeing, self-expression, daily living skills, social connection, or functional capacity, art therapy can often be included as part of your supports.

Most people we work with use one of the following categories:

• Improved Daily Living

• Therapeutic Supports

• Early Childhood Supports

We’re also happy to talk with your support coordinator or plan manager if you need help figuring out the best fit.

Who do we support?

We work with kids, teens, and adults. Some of the people we see are:

• Neurodivergent (Autism, ADHD, PDA)

• Living with psychosocial disability

• Navigating anxiety, trauma, or sensory overload

• Living with intellectual or cognitive disability

• Just not vibing with talk therapy, and want something else

Sessions are tailored, sensory-aware, and led by your energy, not ours.

What does a session actually look like?

That depends on you.

Some people want to scribble and vent. Some people want a calm, quiet space to reset. Some want help making sense of big emotions or messy thoughts. Some just need a consistent, creative space to be themselves.

We might use:

• Visual journaling

• Clay or collage

• Repetitive mark-making for grounding

• Soothing colour work

• Anything else that feels helpful or regulating in the moment

There’s no pressure to talk, no need to explain, just space to explore, feel, create - and maybe start to feel a bit more like yourself.

Where we work

We offer mobile sessions across Melbourne’s northern suburbs, including Reservoir, Preston, Northcote, Thornbury, Coburg, and their surrounding areas. Studio sessions are available too, depending on your needs.

If you’re curious…

We offer free 15-minute consults so you can ask questions, get a feel for how we work, and decide if it feels like a good fit. No pressure. Just a chat.

Creative support, wherever you are. Flux offers NDIS-friendly art therapy shaped around you.