Ever Tender is an ongoing communal project using creativity, somatic awareness and therapeutic inquiry into the phenomenon of tenderness.
Encompassing both individual and community experiences, Ever Tender invites us all to consider our own tenderness and how making contact and embracing that which is tender in us, and in others, can promote connection and wellbeing.
Mel believes that healing is in the hands of the individual, however the pathway to healing and transformation must happen in relationship. We a relational beings and often that which is most tender, our grief, our trauma is connected to some form of relationship and the rupture in it. Through collaborating in a healthy therapeutic relationship we begin to experience positive relational moments which open us up to deeper regulation, self-awareness and tenderness.
Melanie believes wholeheartedly that we exist in times where expression is stifled. Whether that’s knowing what to say, knowing what we’re feeling or pursuing what is in our hearts, there has been a collective and individual disruption to an ease of expression, communication and connection. Mel has witnessed the transformative power of creativity as a vehicle toward transformation and well being and uses art based engagements as opportunities to explore our inner and outer worlds.
Over recent years Melanie has taken a deeper dive into trauma and it’s impact on our nervous systems and how this informs healing and well being. Melanie becomes an Advanced Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in 2024 and incorporates this potent healing modality into her practice, guiding people toward a more connected understanding of their sensations, emotions, thoughts and behaviours.
Ever Tender encompasses individual counselling using art therapy, narrative therapy and somatic experiencing. Specialising in grief, life transitions and trauma, along with gatherings and events focused on community and creativity and connection.
Stay in touch at www.evertender.com.au
@alwaysevertender
