Catherine Caven
Artist & Complementary Health Care Practitioner
Specialty Areas
Ageing, Arts, Music, Literature, Community Service and Engagement, Education, Health and Medical, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Religion, Spirituality and Ethics, Rural and Regional Issues and Policy, Social Justice and Human Rights, Voluntary Work, Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights
About Me
Catherine is a Visual Artist whose practice incorporates ceramics, works on paper, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and installations and public art experiences. The development of her artwork is informed by her observations and contemplations of city spaces, costal and rural environments.
Through her arts practice she explores the movement of energy or Qi via the use of repetitive patterns, forms and colours. She allows for the intuitive development of ideas and themes as she believes where our mind goes our Qi will follow, creating a sense of calm and balance for herself and the viewer.
Catherine is also a Complementary Health Care practioner and bodyworker with over 18 yrs experience in her private practice C.M.C. Massage. She uses Shiatsu and Massage Therapy to care for the physical and emotional needs of her clients in support of their happiness, health and wellbeing. All treatments are developed through consultations with each individual, according to their needs and allowing for person centred care. She also employs principles of Integrative Health Care in her private practice in Melbourne and Ballarat and as the Shiatsu Therapist at the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre (BRICC) Wellness Centre.
Catherine is an experienced community development facilitator and educator in massage therapy, client relations, communications, confidentiality, group work, staff support, practitioner support and self-care workshops.
Her professional experience also includes: women’s health, oncology, information and advocacy support for people with disabilities, carer support, aged care, chronic pain, stress, anxiety and trauma responses. Catherine has completed postgraduate training in Shiatsu for stress and trauma and body memory / patterning. These are now specialist areas of her practice.
Informing Catherine’s private practice is over 12 years experience as a community development worker in regional Victoria and Melbourne in a variety of not for profit agencies including an organic food cooperative, community radio, performing and visual arts and disability organisations.
Qualifications
Diploma Shiatsu & Oriental Therapies - ASC - 2012Certificate of Massage - BSSTT - 1998
Graduate Diploma in Community Development - RMIT - 1995
Diploma Fine Art - BCAE - 1983
