Art therapy has been successfully used within Psychiatry in both America and Great Britain for many years, however, its introduction to Australia has only just begun. Currently, there are three Australian Universities (Perth, Western Australia; Sydney, New South Wales; and the most recent Latrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria) offering "Visual Art Therapy" education at a Masters level. The following paper, presented by two final year Art Therapy students from La Trobe University, examples the versatility of art therapy through its successful utilisation with women suffering post natal depression.

Herein, each student describes their appliance of Art Therapy, through group process, within two Victorian Post Natal Depression Units. The first example describes art therapy's usage in developing a self as well as mother/infant awareness, while the other highlights the use art therapy within a series of semi-structured, educational groups, derived at improving mother/baby interactions and communications.