Meet Kiki (she/her)

I’m a registered Art Therapist and comic artist with deep creative roots. As a child, you could often find me reading, writing, or making cartoons. I had a big imagination (with even bigger feelings) and I immersed myself into creative practices to give these feelings some more shape. Art and storytelling have always offered me space to express myself in ways that words alone can’t. Without them, feelings would feel much heavier and harder to untangle, and I know many others may feel the same way.

As an Art Therapist, I help others explore their inner and outer worlds playfully and at their own pace. My approach blends Narrative Therapy and art-based practice, informed by attachment-focused, play-based, and trauma-informed frameworks. I am motivated by evidence-based research and work toward advocating to bridge gaps between comics and mental health. With experience across education, family violence, local government, and public mental health, I offer a warm, inclusive, and culturally respectful space for people to reconnect to their innate skills and existing knowledge with compassion and curiosity.

I believe in the transformative power of creativity and storytelling to inspire growth, connection, and hope. You can read my Art Therapy comic musings, Guttered, now on WEBTOON.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Personal storytelling & graphic memoirs

  • Early childhood intervention

  • Neurodiversity

  • Trauma

  • Addiction

  • Relationships

  • Post-Traumatic Growth

  • Grief and loss

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Somatic and Interoceptive Awareness

  • Identity exploration

  • Life transitions

Contact me

Professional Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing and Screen and Cultural Studies), University of Melbourne

  • Graduate Certificate of Arts (Advanced) International Politics (International Human Rights), University of Melbourne

  • Graduate Certificate of Education (English and Media), Monash University

  • Master of Art Therapy, La Trobe University

  • Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, University of Melbourne (current)

Publications

  • Havos, K. "In Waves". Review of In Waves, by A.J. Dungo. Graphic Medicine Org, 2021. https://www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-reviews/in-waves/

  • Havos, K. (2024). 'Dragon Slippers: Why Rosalind Penfold’s Graphic Memoir is Still So Relevant to Creative Arts Therapies,' Journal of Creative Arts Therapies 19(2). https://www.jocat-online.org/r-24-havos

Professional Registrations

  • ANZACATA, Professional Member

  • Australian Counselling Association, Professional Member - Level 2

  • Australian Association for Bush Adventure Therapy, Professional Member

  • ARCVic Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria