About Jewel Janan:
Jewel is an Artist and a Writer and is passionate about painting and writing! She comes from a background as a Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Child Therapist. She is also an internationally renowned trainer and workshop presenter with extensive experience in offering small and large group face to face training as well as online training.
Jewel's qualifications include a Master of Arts in Art Therapy, Diploma of Child Psychotherapy (Play Therapy) and a Bachelor of Education. She has a deep interest in healing and spirituality and has trained in a range of energy healing practices.
Jewel loves painting and is deeply connected with Painting as a Spiritual Practice. She has been doing mostly large paintings in acrylics and embraces a heart centered, intuitive and immersive approach. Jewel is embarking on a journey into the beautiful world of watercolours and Veil Painting.
Jewel received a High Commendation for a painting at the Freedom School of Painting Awards 2023 and has previously exhibited at Studio Eleven in Fremantle. She now exhibits at the David Giles High Street Gallery in Fremantle, Western Australia and had the opening of her first solo art exhibition, "A Gift from the Heart" on 27th April 2025. Jewel was also the Featured Artist at the Amante & Co Coffee shop in Fremantle for 4 weeks in October/November.
Jewel incorporates art and creative processes into journaling and other reflective practices she regularly engages in. She first started participating in classes at the Freedom School of Painting in 2016 with the inspirational international artist and painting teacher, David Giles.
Writing has also been a great passion of Jewels over the past 16 years and she has discovered the joys and transcendent experience that writing can offer. She has immersed in expressive and reflective writing, narrative expressive, fiction/novel writing, non fiction and Writing as a Spiritual Practice. Jewel has participated in writing workshops in Bali, Perth, Sydney, Byron Bay and Melbourne and in many inspiring online programs and writing retreats including with the wonderful Shelley Kenigsberg who offers Writing Retreats in different locations including Hydra in Greece. Jewel offers inspiring writing workshops to support others in discovering the joys of Free Flow writing and Writing as a Spiritual Practice.
Jewel is the founder of the Play Therapy Online Training Academy and offers online training internationally, in collaboration with some American trainers, in Child Centered Play Therapy, a beautiful humanistic form of counselling and psychotherapy for children 2-10 years old. She is passionate about supporting therapeutic and healing work being done by mental health professionals and others across the world with children and families.
Prior to this, Jewel was the Founder and Director of a leading Australian Play Therapy organisation. After attending the Intensive Supervision Process and Summer Program at the Center for Play Therapy, University of North Texas in 2001, Jewel developed the vision of bringing Child Centered Play Therapy training to Australia which she successfully did. She specialised in working with children in Play Therapy and developed and presented workshops and Child Centered Play Therapy Clinical Training Programs in different parts of Australia. Jewel also offered training for agencies, organisations and universities. Her earlier work included working in agencies and educational settings.
Jewel has a great love of dogs! She has experienced the immense love, joy and healing that dogs can bring with their unconditional love and beautiful hearts and souls. Jewel was previously a volunteer/foster carer and on the Admin team and Committee with a Retriever rescue group. She has a deep interest in animal communication and in the gift dogs can be to us as beloved companions and best friends, and in their roles as assistance, therapy and service dogs.
Jewel also really enjoys reading novels, writing in cafes (and anywhere really!), traveling, dining out, music, the beach and forests, She lives near the beautiful coastal city of Fremantle in Western Australia.
Jewel's qualifications include a Master of Arts in Art Therapy, Diploma of Child Psychotherapy (Play Therapy) and a Bachelor of Education. She has a deep interest in healing and spirituality and has trained in a range of energy healing practices.
Jewel loves painting and is deeply connected with Painting as a Spiritual Practice. She has been doing mostly large paintings in acrylics and embraces a heart centered, intuitive and immersive approach. Jewel is embarking on a journey into the beautiful world of watercolours and Veil Painting.
Jewel received a High Commendation for a painting at the Freedom School of Painting Awards 2023 and has previously exhibited at Studio Eleven in Fremantle. She now exhibits at the David Giles High Street Gallery in Fremantle, Western Australia and had the opening of her first solo art exhibition, "A Gift from the Heart" on 27th April 2025. Jewel was also the Featured Artist at the Amante & Co Coffee shop in Fremantle for 4 weeks in October/November.
Jewel incorporates art and creative processes into journaling and other reflective practices she regularly engages in. She first started participating in classes at the Freedom School of Painting in 2016 with the inspirational international artist and painting teacher, David Giles.
Writing has also been a great passion of Jewels over the past 16 years and she has discovered the joys and transcendent experience that writing can offer. She has immersed in expressive and reflective writing, narrative expressive, fiction/novel writing, non fiction and Writing as a Spiritual Practice. Jewel has participated in writing workshops in Bali, Perth, Sydney, Byron Bay and Melbourne and in many inspiring online programs and writing retreats including with the wonderful Shelley Kenigsberg who offers Writing Retreats in different locations including Hydra in Greece. Jewel offers inspiring writing workshops to support others in discovering the joys of Free Flow writing and Writing as a Spiritual Practice.
Jewel is the founder of the Play Therapy Online Training Academy and offers online training internationally, in collaboration with some American trainers, in Child Centered Play Therapy, a beautiful humanistic form of counselling and psychotherapy for children 2-10 years old. She is passionate about supporting therapeutic and healing work being done by mental health professionals and others across the world with children and families.
Prior to this, Jewel was the Founder and Director of a leading Australian Play Therapy organisation. After attending the Intensive Supervision Process and Summer Program at the Center for Play Therapy, University of North Texas in 2001, Jewel developed the vision of bringing Child Centered Play Therapy training to Australia which she successfully did. She specialised in working with children in Play Therapy and developed and presented workshops and Child Centered Play Therapy Clinical Training Programs in different parts of Australia. Jewel also offered training for agencies, organisations and universities. Her earlier work included working in agencies and educational settings.
Jewel has a great love of dogs! She has experienced the immense love, joy and healing that dogs can bring with their unconditional love and beautiful hearts and souls. Jewel was previously a volunteer/foster carer and on the Admin team and Committee with a Retriever rescue group. She has a deep interest in animal communication and in the gift dogs can be to us as beloved companions and best friends, and in their roles as assistance, therapy and service dogs.
Jewel also really enjoys reading novels, writing in cafes (and anywhere really!), traveling, dining out, music, the beach and forests, She lives near the beautiful coastal city of Fremantle in Western Australia.
I would like to acknowledge and pay my respects to the past, present and future
Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual
and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual
and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Jewel Janan PO Box 235 Fremantle WA 6959 Australia
Email: [email protected] Website: www.jeweljanan.com
Phone: +61 414 262 799
Facebook: facebook.com/jewel.janan
Jewel Janan (c) Copyright 2015-2025 A Gift from the Heart (c) Copyright 2025
Email: [email protected] Website: www.jeweljanan.com
Phone: +61 414 262 799
Facebook: facebook.com/jewel.janan
Jewel Janan (c) Copyright 2015-2025 A Gift from the Heart (c) Copyright 2025