Lillian Liu (She/Her) is a Registered Art Therapist, Family Therapist and ANZACATA approved supervisor. Currently she works in adult mental health, in a residential eating disorders unit and facilitates art therapy groups and individual sessions. Lil has a particular interest in relational work, family art therapy and family-inclusive practice. She continues to explore how art therapy can facilitate improved understanding and communication within relationships to address concerns. Over the past 10 years, Lil has worked in public and community health settings with people across the life span. Her experience has encompassed mental health, trauma, medical illness, family violence, relationships and parenting. She also provides art therapy supervision in tertiary education and private practice. Lil’s art therapy practice is non-judgmental and compassionate, evidence-based and trauma informed, with a systemic/relational lens rooted in cultural humility and appreciative of diversity. She is compelled to continuously learn, and takes an integrated approach to best suit the needs of people she is privileged to work with. She loves hearing about people’s stories, their passions and what is unique and important to them. Linkedin Serena Hill (she/her) is an Associate Nurse Unit Manager, Art Therapy Practitioner, mental health recovery advocate, and founder of Inner Expressions Art Therapy. She brings together her nursing expertise, therapeutic practice and lived experience to support people navigating eating disorders, trauma and mental health recovery. Serena is currently studying a Master’s degree in Mental Health at the University of Victoria and has co-authored a mental health textbook published by Cambridge University Press. Serena currently works at Australia’s first purpose-built residential eating disorder facility on the Sunshine Coast, where she delivers a specialised art therapy program incorporating creative expression into eating disorder treatment, healing and trauma recovery. Having personally experienced an eating disorder for 10 years and now living in recovery for over a decade, Serena is passionate about advocating for compassionate, recovery-oriented treatment and creating hope for individuals and families affected by eating disorders. Her advocacy has included representing the Butterfly Foundation through the Let’s Talk podcast and online campaign content, including work alongside influencer Jenna with the Pink. Serena’s broader commitment to supporting others has also taken her internationally, volunteering in India, Africa, Greece and Egypt. Through Inner Expressions Art Therapy, Serena continues to champion the therapeutic power of creativity, connection and self-expression in supporting meaningful and lasting recovery. Website: https://www.innerexpressions.com.au Email: info@innerexpressions.com.au Stef Kam (she/they) is a registered art therapist whose work straddles the intersections of studio art practice, culture & public mental health, of the personal alongside the political. Stef is a 1.5gen migrant and ‘third culture kid’ originally from Hong Kong. Their practice is spread across secure, highly observed inpatient environments, community mental health, as well as Asian Diaspora wellbeing, working with adults navigating complex societal and family systems whilst receiving care for debilitating and enduring challenges such as eating disorders, complex trauma, psychosis alongside precipitating stigma. Connect with Stef at Synthesis Studio Art Therapy. https://synthesisstudio.my.canva.site/
