The ANZACATA Board
Helen KillmierHelen Killmier is the current Chair of ANZACATA. She is Chief Executive Officer at Guidestar, an organisation that she founded in 2017. Guidestar has a psychology and counselling clinic, provides sector training and development and is a registered NDIS provider supporting people with multiple and complex needs using a trauma-informed approach to achieve meaningful participation and an improved quality of life. Helen has extensive experience in leadership roles within not-for-profit and government agencies including leading development and implementation of vision, purpose and strategic direction, transformational change management processes, NDIS leadership, development of consortia, financial and risk management, clinical governance, strategic planning, business development and service provision. Her industry experience includes disability, mental health, homelessness, alcohol and other drugs, justice and local government. Since commencing Guidestar, Helen has grown the business to 32 employees and over 300 clients. Guidestar is a registered B-Corporation and is the Victorian winner of the Telstra Best of Business Awards (Community Impact) 2022. A registered Community Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor, Helen’s research interests are sense of community, sense of place, community wellbeing, dual disability and mental health. She is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society, the Australian Association of Psychologists, a Fellow of the College of Community Psychologists and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
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Christine Fitzherbert, OAM.
In Christine Fitzherbert's professional role, she is CEO/General Manager of St Kilda Police Citizens & Youth Club (PCYC). Christine is also the principle of Fitzherbert & Associates Consulting with significant expertise is in governance, business and financial management, people and change management both cultural and Organisational change. Christine has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors as well as over 20 years’ experience in the health sector having previously held the position of Executive Director Human Resources and Organisational Development at Melbourne Health (Royal Melbourne Hospital), Prior to that Christine was the Executive Director of Human Resources for Southern Health now Monash Health. Her university experience covers several years in the university sector as Director of the Human Resources Management group, and Director Workplace Reform at RMIT University, as well as a having previously been a sessional senior lecturer in politics. at Monash University. In 2024, Christine was honoured with the Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of her tireless service to the community. |
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Theresa Van Lith, Ph.D., ATR-BC, AThRDr. Van Lith is an Associate Professor and Course Coordinator at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Australia. Before this she was Associate Professor and Clinical Coordinator at Florida State University. Her research interests began in the area of art therapy practices in mental health recovery. Upon moving to the United States, Dr. Van Lith quickly expanded her interests on art therapy evaluation methods and research approaches across multiple populations. Consequently, she has been the Principal Investigator on several research projects including group art therapy for children with ASD, early intervention art therapy with Latinx farmworker children, as well as mindfulness-based art therapy and technology-assisted approaches to dealing with anxiety and stress with university students. She continues to play an active role in the American Art Therapy Association including as co-editor of the highly regarded professional academic journal. Dr. Van Lith has been the recipient of numerous awards including the American Art Therapy Association Seed Grant (2021); National Endowment for the Arts Research Award (2020); Department of Art Education Faculty Teaching Award (2019); the Rawley Silver Research Award from the American Art Therapy Association (2017); and the Transformation Through Teaching Award from Florida State University - Spiritual Life Project (2016). |
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Supreet Chadha AThR
'Founder and director of Kikkli Expressive Therapies, Supreet Chadha is a registered creative arts therapist. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand and works with people across the country, including Australia and India. She has worked with different populations in local and international organizations spanning across schools, prisons, rehabilitation centres, NGOs and clinics. She is active in promoting Expressive Arts Therapy to the general public via social media, workshops and educational training.' |
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Wendy Lever-HendersonWendy Lever-Henderson MA Art Therapy, is an Australian Art Therapist with nearly thirty years of client experience. Wendy has collaborated with individuals, families, and groups (mostly Indigenous) in a multitude of settings. Wendy’s experience includes Alcohol and other drugs, homelessness, outreach, case management, project management, outdoor adventure therapy, and child/youth and adult counselling. Wendy taught various community service courses from certificate to Diploma levels in vocational education and training for over seventeen years. In 2018 she was awarded the Victorian Teacher of the Year, and was a Wurreker Award finalist for her contribution to indigenous education and a finalist in the Australian Training Awards. Wendy has experience in being a Team Leader and managed her own Art Therapy business since 2016. She has a Diploma in Leadership and management and experience working on committees some of which informed decision makers at a ministerial level. |
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Cindy Yeung, REAT, AThRCindy is a registered Expressive Arts Therapist and an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong. She has been providing individual and group intervention to children, adolescents and adults through collaboration with schools and NGOs. She is now serving a wider range of individuals, including individuals with giftedness and SEN, while offering parenting and emotional support to parents; individuals with various emotional distress or interpersonal relationship issues; as well as individuals with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. She provides adequate psychotherapy services across both online and offline platforms, facilitating a better coping with life challenges for individuals. Meanwhile, Cindy offers clinical supervision, teaching and placement consultation for expressive arts therapy students at the university. She also devotes herself to promoting expressive arts therapy in Hong Kong and advocates the awareness of psychological health in the general public. |
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Su Mei Tan, MA, ATR, RYTSu Mei is the Founder, Lead Art Therapist, Family Art Therapist, Yoga Therapist and Arts-Based Supervisor at Art Tearapy, a social enterprise based in Melbourne with services extending to Kuala Lumpur. Holding a Master’s degree in Art Therapy (MA) and credentials as a Registered Art Therapist (ATR), Su Mei is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT). Her diverse qualifications reflect her commitment to integrating creative and holistic approaches in her therapeutic work. Su Mei is dedicated to using art as a therapeutic tool to support individuals who have experienced trauma, grief, and significant life changes, particularly focusing on first or second-generation immigrants, refugees, and First Nations people. In Melbourne, particularly in areas like Footscray and Hawthorn, Su Mei has developed and led various programs that foster healing and personal growth through art, yoga, and movement therapy. Her approach, informed by her own journey as an immigrant, blends these therapeutic modalities to create a supportive environment for her clients. Expanding her impact beyond Melbourne, Su Mei also provides services in Kuala Lumpur, where she continues to foster creativity, mindfulness, and emotional well-being among diverse communities. Her work in both cities reflects her commitment to making therapeutic services accessible and meaningful to those in need. Su Mei's leadership at Art Tearapy, supported by a team of like-minded creative arts therapists and assistants, ensures that the social enterprise remains at the forefront of art therapy innovation. Her cross-cultural and cross-continental efforts demonstrate her belief in the power of art to heal and connect people across different backgrounds and experiences, making her a significant figure in the field of art therapy both in Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur. |
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Dr Lowen ClarkeI was awarded a Doctorate at Miecat, with a paper based in autoethnographic narrative inquiry, and psycho-traumatology. I formulated Creative Narrative Inquiry. I was on that journey since childhood when I began to blossom, but bad things happened. I have lost two brothers to that childhood trauma. I am the recent Chair of the Department of Health HREC, and a member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Also, secretary of the Creative Arts Special Interest Group of ISSTD. Member National Association of Poetry Therapy - a group that welcomes diversity in approach. I have degrees in Arts (Classics), Divinity, Professional Writing, and Organisation Dynamics. Well known author of ‘Sam the Tram’ - well at least to tram fans. Internationally honoured by ISSTD as author of ‘Sam the Tram’s Dance Club’ and ‘Missing Persons Bureau’, both of which are in ‘Empowerment Script’, which actualises EMDR. I discovered this phenomenon. My first writing about trauma and dissociation was when I wrote about the insidious effects of media (social media) in 1987. Everyone was struggling for words then. In my chosen home town, I helped found local group, ’16 Days of Activism Family Safety’, and I distribute books around the shire as a biblio-therapeutic project. ‘The Options Game’, ‘My Best Family Competition’ and ‘Secret Rainbow Business’. I helped found Pride Goldfields Maryborough and its festival, ‘Outburst’. I was Vice President, Williamstown Literary Festival. I have been a national level sports coach, and National Director of Schools Coaching. My partner and I are restoring a butter factory. I enjoy music, railway modelling, and furniture restoration. |
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If you would like to contact the Board, please email ANZACATA's Executive Officer.
Last updated: 28 October 2024