Art Therapy

From time to time, Bendigo Community Health Services offers free group art therapy sessions for the community. Art Therapy students from La Trobe University run the sessions while on work placement.

Art therapy is a means of using creativity to express trauma and emotions, as opposed to traditional talking therapies.

Anyone can benefit from art therapy, regardless of artistic skills or experience. Even just using the art materials has a proven calming effect and lowers cortisol levels in the body.

The element of play and fun is also an appealing aspect for many people and makes it a less intimidating method of therapy.

Current available sessions will be promoted on this page.

For more information call (03) 5406 1200.

Acknowledgement of Country

Bendigo Community Health Services acknowledge we live, work and enjoy Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung country. We extend our appreciation to the Jaara and Taungurung peoples. We pay respect to Elders past and present for their continued holding of memories, traditions, culture and community aspirations.

We recognise sovereignty has never been ceded and express our sorrow for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of colonisation and their lasting impact. May we walk forward together in harmony and the spirit of healing. It was and always will be Aboriginal land.

Image credit: Healing a Community by Paige Charles-Morgan

Acknowledgement of Country

Bendigo Community Health Services acknowledge we live, work and enjoy Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung country. We extend our appreciation to the Jaara and Taungurung peoples. We pay respect to Elders past and present for their continued holding of memories, traditions, culture and community aspirations.

We recognise sovereignty has never been ceded and express our sorrow for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of colonisation and their lasting impact. May we walk forward together in harmony and the spirit of healing. It was and always will be Aboriginal land.

Image credit: Healing a Community by Paige Charles-Morgan

Our locations

Bendigo
Central

165-171 Hargreaves Street

Now open for our women’s, men’s and sexual health clinics on a strictly ‘appointment only’ basis. Call 5406 1200 if you have a question.

Hours and services

Kangaroo
Flat

19 Helm St, Kangaroo Flat

Phone: 03 5406 1200
Fax: 03 5441 4200

Hours and services

Mitchell
Street

75 Mitchell Street, Bendigo

Phone: 03 5406 1200 
Fax: 03 5441 4200

Hours and services

Elmore

46 Jeffrey St, Elmore

Phone: 03 5432 6001
Fax: 03 5432 610

Hours and services

North
Bendigo

137a Holdsworth Road, North Bendigo

Phone: 03 5406 1200

White
Hills

501a Napier Street, White Hills

Phone: 03 5406 1200

Hours and services

Eaglehawk

3 Seymoure Street, Eaglehawk

(Currently closed for refurbishment)
Phone: 03 5406 1200

Hours and services

Bendigo
Central

165-171 Hargreaves Street

Now open for our women’s, men’s and sexual health clinics on a strictly ‘appointment only’ basis. Call 5406 1200 if you have a question.

Hours and services

Kangaroo
Flat

19 Helm St, Kangaroo Flat

Phone: 03 5406 1200
Fax: 03 5441 4200

Hours and services

Mitchell
Street

75 Mitchell Street, Bendigo

Phone: 03 5406 1200 
Fax: 03 5441 4200

Hours and services

Elmore

46 Jeffrey St, Elmore

Phone: 03 5432 6001
Fax: 03 5432 610

Hours and services

North
Bendigo

137a Holdsworth Road, North Bendigo

Phone: 03 5406 1200

Hours and services

White
Hills

501a Napier Street, White Hills

Phone: 03 5406 1200

Hours and services

Eaglehawk

3 Seymoure Street, Eaglehawk

(Currently closed for refurbishment)
Phone: 03 5406 1200

Hours and services

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We support people to develop and maintain their personal, gender, sexual, cultural religious and spiritual identity.

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