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With a passion for the creative arts and helping others, Su Mei started life in Malaysia and explored the world of architecture in Cardiff, U.K. which led to her co-founding a charity which brought building and design services to Uganda and Bolivia. She realised that she found deep purpose the time where she shared her passion of art with the local communities, particularly children. This led to a pursuit of a Masters in Art Therapy at La Trobe University, Melbourne and completed a Bachelors of Fine Arts Honours of Social Practice and Community Engagement at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne University and currently deferred pursuing a Master in Clinical Family Therapy at the Bouverie Centre to focus on the private practice which she founded – Art Tearapy.

She has previously worked as a MST Psychiatric Family Therapist at MacKillop Family Services. She plans to use the knowledge of systemic work from Family Therapy to feed into her practice in art therapy to further benefit the clients she supports. She has had experience as an art therapist in the clinical setting at Northpark Private Hospital and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She journeys with people who experience various forms of mental illness, intellectual, physical and various abilities. She is also a trained Yoga Alliance instructor who did her RYT 500 training at Brahmani Yoga, India and Yoga Therapy Training with the I AM Yoga, Amrit Yoga Institute. Currently she has a daily Vijnana Yoga practice. She has shared her love of yoga in many countries around the world. Her goal is to use the power of creativity to empower those in need to find tools to help themselves.