Maria-Helena Pacelli - OEATA Member Directory

Maria-Hélèna (she/they) is a compassionate art and expressive arts therapist in training. Maria-Hélèna’s work rests on humanistic, feminist, anti-oppressive and mindfulness and body-based approaches. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Master’s in Feminist and Gender Studies (formerly Women’s Studies) and as Yoga Teacher Training. She is currently pursuing her Dual Diploma in Art and Expressive Arts Therapy at the Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy (WHEAT) Institute. By allyship, affinity and lived experience, Maria-Hélèna is available to support parents, caregivers, 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, neurodiverse and neuroqueer individuals, those facing mental or physical health challenges, disability and chronic illness. Maria-Hélèna is a settler on the traditional land of the Kanyen’keha:ka and unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabemowin people under the Two Row Wampum. She is committed to Indigenous solidarity, allyship and trauma-sensitive approaches to healing.