Cartography of Practice
A creative, strategic mapping session for Arts Therapists
Cartography of Practice is a visually grounded, creative process designed to help Arts Therapists reflect on and re-anchor their practice, as well as envision the future.
This creative mapping session is inspired by the structure of the Business Model Canvas, a well-known strategic tool, but has been fully reimagined and extended through a creative arts therapy lens. It centres artmaking, values-based work, and the lived experience of working in complex therapeutic contexts.
You won’t just be thinking in this session, but also mapping, creating, reflecting and responding. The “map” is a large, visually designed layout with a number of different symbolic zones (eg. The Hearth for values and purpose & The Kindred Forest for people and networks), each representing a key area of your practice. You will move through them using a mix of written prompts, drawing, mark-making, or perhaps even collage, as well as visual and verbal reflection..
This is not business coaching or supervision - it is something else entirely.
Think: symbolic worlds meets business strategy, with a splash of paint or swirl of pastel!
Using this carefully designed map and a companion compass-style booklet, we will explore your professional landscape with structure, clarity and some welcome imagination. This session will support you in navigating transitions, uncovering blind spots and hopefully help reconnect you to what matters in your work.
This offering may be for you if you are:
Feeling uncertain or disorientated due to NDIS changes or other sector shifts
Preparing to return to work after time away
Looking to clarify your focus, renew your energy, or pivot your practice
Developing a new service or redefining your client base
Ready to zoom out and get a clearer picture of what you’re building
Together we will map:
Your values and key offerings
The people and relationships that support your practice
Your community or audience, and how you reach them
The resources that sustain you - financially, emotionally, and logistically
What’s clear, what’s shifting and what might need attention next
One of the symbolic terrains we may explore: The Kindred Forest reflects the relationships, communities, and networks that nourish and sustain your practice.
This is a grounded, reflective session rooted in lived experience, creative intelligence and professional practice. It is a space to help you to deeply consider where your practice is currently at and help you get a better footing on where you may be headed.
I bring a mix of deep listening, experiential insight, and strategic thinking to this session - shaped by years of mentoring teams, leading environmental education programs, founding creative initiatives, and facilitating across diverse settings.
Pilot Pricing (in-person only):
- $200 for 1:1 session (2.5hrs)
- $320 for 2 people
- $420 for 3 people
Location: Seedpod Creative Arts Studio, Northcote - Naarm/Melbourne\
Bookings open mid-July. To secure your spot, please email brionytronson@gmail.com
Visual elements shown here are part of the evolving Cartography of Practice process. Materials are being refined during this pilot phase and shaped through practice.
