Meet your therapist

Tara Milenković (she/her)
Art Therapist (AThR) + Counsellor

I'm a Masters-trained and registered Art Therapist with experience working across adult mental health, child, young person and family therapeutic services, inpatient and outpatient settings, community mental health, disability and community arts.

I believe that creativity belongs to everyone and that mental health support is not a one size fits all. You don't need to be artistic, creative or have any experience making art to engage in art therapy. I enjoy supporting people to reconnect with their innate capacity for curiosity, and creative expression, whatever that might look like for them.

I understand that beginning therapy can feel unfamiliar or vulnerable. My hope is to offer a space where you can slow down, explore what is happening in your inner and outer world, and make sense of your experiences in ways that feel meaningful to you. Sometimes this might involve words, sometimes art-making, and sometimes just having space to sit with what is there.

I bring warmth, curiosity and a deep respect for each person's individual experience to my work. I believe therapy can hold many truths, and that meaningful change and self understanding doesn't always have to happen in a rush.

MODALITIES + APPROACHES

Depending on the person and what they are working through, my practice may draw from approaches including:

  • Attachment and relational approaches

  • Developmental and trauma-informed practice

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

  • Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)

  • Mindfulness-based approaches

  • Humanistic and experiential approaches

Professional Practice + Qualifications

Professional Memberships & Registrations

  • Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA)
    Professional member

  • Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
    Professional member

  • Working with Children Check

  • NDIS Worker Screening Clearance

Qualifications

Master of Art Therapy
La Trobe University, Melbourne | 2024

Bachelor of Fine Art
RMIT University, Melbourne | 2017

Professional Development

Some of my professional development includes:

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Children & Adolescents | 2026

  • Mental Health First Aid | 2025

  • LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) | 2025

  • MARAM Brief and Intermediate Training for Adults and Children | 2025

  • Counselling Skills Intensive | 2022

I regularly engage in further education, clinical supervision and professional development to support ethical, reflective and evidence-informed practice.