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Eleanor
Ysabelle

Eleanor
Ysabelle

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ELEANOR ROCHE 

Eleanor is a psychotherapist and artist based in Melbourne.

PACFA Registered Clinical Counsellor | Master of Counselling (Monash University). EMDR Level 1 & 2.
 

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Eleanor works with adults, children, parents and families, with a particular interest in trauma, relationships, shame, identity and personal development.

Eleanor currently sees clients at On Smith Psychology in Collingwood and online.
 

Eleanor is also an artist. Through ephemeral works, performance, writing and encounters with materials from the natural world, she explores human nature, relationships, embodiment, impermanence, ancestry and place. Her work asks how we are shaped by what we encounter with other people, our histories, our bodies and the more-than-human world.
 

Areas of professional mental health interest and experience include:

  • Trauma and trauma recovery

  • Family violence recovery

  • Anxiety and emotional overwhelm

  • Shame and self-worth

  • Relationship and family difficulties

  • Parent-child relationships

  • Identity, belonging and cultural transitions

  • Migration and acculturation

  • Grief and life transitions

  • Burnout and caring professions

  • Personal development and self-understanding

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LOCATION

ONLINE

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On Smith Traumatology 

Level 1/400 Smith Street, Collingwood,
Melbourne, 3066

Contact
ae.roche@outlook.com

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PSYCHOTHERAPY

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BODIES/MATERIALS /SYSTEMS

Fern plant assemblage on body. Ritual and companionship.
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FERN FRIENDS
A body-plant assemblage using fern fronds gathered on a hike at the edge of a new year. The work documents an embodied ritual of collecting and holding plant material, commemorating wishes and visions through companionship and body participation with a chosen plant.
Plant Assemblage on body
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An Ode to the Flame Tree
A sculptural performance work in which flame tree leaves are sewn and arranged while held against the body, forming a body-plant assemblage. The work documents an embodied relationship with a flame tree in Eleanor's new neighbourhood, exploring connection to land through relating, gathering, and material co-creation with plant matter.
A coastal ritual involving immersion in rock pools and resting on rocks to support throat and voice expression.
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Throat Opening Ritual by the Ocean
A coastal ritual supporting the opening of Hilary's throat and voice expression. Hilary lies on flat rock formations, placing parts of herself in the oceans' rock pools, eventually immersing her body in a naturally formed body-shaped pool. The work documents an embodied process of water, rock, and breath used to explore opening, clarity, and ease in authentic self-expression.
Rose petals assembled on a body, bound with red wax and thread in a sculptural performance
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Valentine
A body-based sculptural work using rose petals gifted to a lover, assembled intuitively on the body and preserved with red candle wax and thread. The piece documents an intimate, embodied process of arranging floral material into a temporary form that explores love, touch, and temporary preservation through material transformation.
Rather than a passive material, mud becomes an active collaborator in shaping gesture, body, and attention.
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The Mud Teaches You
The Mud Teaches You centres mud as muse; a live performance in which Meg, a ceramicist applies and shapes wet clay onto a Allie's body, creating a temporary sculptural form that merges body and material. The work documents an embodied process of clay application, highlighting interaction between human presence and raw earth material. The work continues an inquiry into reciprocal making, where control dissolves and learning occurs through contact, weight, resistance, and surrender.
White seaweed collected on a beach, dried and arranged on the body as a natural assemblage, exploring entanglement and relational connection.
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ALGA
A body-based assemblage using white seaweed collected from a special beach, later dried and observed to naturally tangle without external linking material. The seaweed is arranged on the body to explore organic connection, tendril-like forms, and self-organising material intelligence. The work reflects seaweed as a symbol of entanglement, interdependence, and liminal existence between land and sea, extending the inquiry into how bodies and natural materials form relationships without imposed structure.
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FERN FRIENDS
A body-plant assemblage using fern fronds gathered on a hike at the edge of a new year. The work documents an embodied ritual of collecting and holding plant material, commemorating wishes and visions through companionship and body participation with a chosen plant.
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An ongoing body of ephemeral works exploring what happens when bodies encounter the materials and living systems around them.
 

For custom enquiries, commissions, or collaborations, please email eleanorysabelle@gmail.com

LIFE DRAWING & WRITING

A participatory study of the body. 
Drawing becomes a way of looking. Writing becomes a way of listening.

Women's Only Life Drawing & Writing Sessions
Women's Only Life Drawing & Writing Sessions
Multiple Dates
Women's Only Life Drawing & Writing Sessions
Tue, 28 July
Shell Space
Join a theme based, monthly Life Drawing & Writing workshop in Melbourne combining figure drawing, creative writing, and mindful observation. Open to beginners, artists, writers, and the creatively curious.

OBJECTS 

Objects and editions emerging from the wider practice.
 

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FAQs

ART / WORKSHOPS
 

1. What is the Life Drawing & Writing practice?

A monthly gathering combining observational drawing, writing and embodied attention. Each session explores a different theme through the body, with prompts and practices designed to encourage looking, sensing and making.
 

2. Do I need artistic experience?

No. The sessions are open to all levels. You don't need to consider yourself an artist or have previous life drawing experience.
 

3. What happens at a workshop?

Each session introduces a theme through a combination of guided meditation, drawing, writing and embodied exercises, followed by time to work independently and in response to the model and materials.
 

4. What themes do you explore?

Themes emerge from my wider artistic practice and include time, intuition, intimacy, memory, transformation, the body and our relationship with the living world. Each session approaches its theme through a different set of materials and prompts.
 

5. Can I collaborate?

Yes. I'm interested in collaborations that bring different bodies, practices, materials and perspectives into conversation. For workshop, artistic or creative collaborations, get in touch.
 

6. Do you sell artworks?

Yes. Selected original works, editions and objects are available through the shop. Some works are ephemeral and exist only as documentation.
 

THERAPY

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1. What therapy do you offer?

I offer trauma-informed psychotherapy supporting people navigating trauma, relationships, life transitions, anxiety, grief, shame and experiences of family violence.
 

2. What is your approach?

My approach draws from trauma-informed,  therapies. I work collaboratively, adapting the approach to each person's needs and circumstances.
 

3. Do you offer EMDR?

Yes. I am trained in EMDR and incorporate it into therapy where appropriate.


4. Do you offer online sessions?

Yes. Online sessions are available, with in-person sessions available in Melbourne.

More information on therapy here.
 

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