About Vanessa Bennett

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Vanessa is currently in her final year of a Bachelor of Art Therapy at Ikon Institute and works as a death doula and meditation facilitator. She offers therapeutic support through art therapy and embodied, reflective practice. Her work supports people across the lifespan as they navigate life transitions, emotional challenges, grief, caregiving, and periods of significant change.

Sacred Transitions is the name she holds for this work — a space where what is unspoken can begin to take form in its own time, through creative process and presence.

Her approach is grounded in attunement, presence, and the belief that people carry an inner knowing that can be gently accessed and supported through creative expression.

Vanessa is committed to creating a safe and confidential therapeutic space where each person’s experience is honoured. Her practice is guided by ethical principles, informed consent, ongoing learning, professional supervision and a commitment to working within her scope of practice.

Vanessa’s practice is informed by professional training and by experiences of caregiving, loss, and threshold moments that have shaped her understanding of human vulnerability and resilience. This informs a deep respect for the quieter, often unspoken dimensions of experience.

Alongside her therapeutic work she draws on visual arts, movement, storytelling, drama, ritual, and mindfulness-based practices to support expression and integration.