To hold our multitudes and break away from hardened identities is to allow others who we wouldn't have allowed before into our space.
Including ourselves.

I believe..

We are so much more complex and expansive than who we are made out to be.
We need spaces to allow us these moments of exploration, restoration and growth.

I am committed to..

Inviting complexity and nuance in a world of binaries. An advocate of ‘both/and’ in a world that prefers ‘either/or’.

My intention is..

Amplifying what is already well and healthy within us. As we might look into encounters of pain and difficulty, we also look into those of resilience and buoyancy.

My Story

I’m a graphic designer, turned public space artist, turned community art worker who’s now a qualified and registered Art Therapist based in Melbourne.

Art and artistic practice have been with me since I was a child. But its purpose morphed from one to another, addressing different aspects of my lived experience - my identity, my spirituality, my questioning, my sexuality and my advocacy for others.

This much I knew - art was where I could be honest about who I was when I wasn't ready to share it or didn't even have the words to articulate it.

As a woman of colour, I am especially invested in offering spaces of support and growth to other women of colour, who are the forefront of some of the most important conversations for the sake of our communities. 

My practice is informed by my lived experiences.
After experiencing a series of spiritual, physical and emotional health difficulties I felt an intense need to find language for my experiences, to break things down and to build myself back up again. Studying and experiencing art therapy was my strongest apparatus for articulating who I was and the values that were foundations to my becoming. 

 It is a process that is ongoing…

‘I have entered a session not knowing what to expect. I am usually unprepared for what I want to discuss and explore and have found that that is okay, because Reeham's presence is real. She's able to hold space for me that reminds me that I am heard and valued. She picks up on the subtle things that passes my own consciousness and gently asks about things that makes me feel curious.’

- P. Ahmed