Please note, all sessions in the calendar are Pacific Standard Time. To calculate the time difference, click here.

KATI On campus Students

KATI students who are not offering art therapy through Inner Compass.


KATI Online Students

As part of their art therapy training, KATI students offer a range of individual and group-based art therapy programs.

Student at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute

Student at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute Read More

Session rate: $120. Time zone: Mountain Standard Time.

Nikki Featherstone is a Registered Canadian Art Therapist who enjoys lifelong passions for art, healing, spirituality, cats, trees, and the sacredness of the everyday. Her therapeutic approach is Feminist, Anti-Oppressive, Person-Centered, Trauma Informed, and Spiritually Integrated.

Nikki specialises in including the spiritual components of the human experience, and welcomes all faiths and/or spiritual beliefs into the spaces she creates.

Nikki authored an e-book titled, Shapeshifter: One Woman’s Journey through Creative Spiritual Transformation, which details her own healing journey and the development of the Shapeshifting Art Therapy process.

She also uses a mixture of different modalities, such as Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and all types of creative expression in her work. All art making is supported and celebrated in art therapy, which focuses on expression rather than technique/product; therefore, no art experience is required for participants to benefit from the journey.

Safety and Respect are central to Nikki’s approach to therapy. She creates and holds space in a way that allows each person to be exactly who they are, held in non-judgement and acceptance. Nikki will meet you where you are on your personal Path, and walk alongside you as a Guide while you journey into your internal landscapes to find the healing that is right for your unique Spirit.

Session rate: $120. Time zone: Mountain Standard Time. Nikki Featherstone is a Registered Canadi... Read More

Session rate: $98. Time zone: Pacific Standard Time.

I offer a strengths-based, non-pathologizing approach. I believe problems are created by insecure attachments and maintained by the unhealthy relationships which subsequently develop.

I hold a strong conviction that working collaboratively empowers those who need to be seen, heard and validated. I believe the person-centred core conditions of empathy, non-judgmental warmth and congruence facilitate change and Systemic theory informs me of the wider context of client issues.

I integrate Internal Family Systems theory into my Art Therapy practice, holding the belief that we are made up of parts and that problems occur when the internal system is in conflict. Cognitive behavioural theory influences my understanding of how beliefs are formed and maintained. I concur with neurobiological evidence that trauma is held in the body and that the neuroplasticity of the brain means creating new neural pathways through positive attachments is possible.

I believe that connection and compassion facilitate growth and healing. I am intent on holding hope and offering empowerment in addressing the impact of the past on the present.

I am mother of four and have worked in various roles within the care profession for the past 30 years, including as a senior residential social worker in a therapeutic unit for severely abused children.

Session rate: $98. Time zone: Pacific Standard Time. I offer a strengths-based, non-pathologizin... Read More

First Year Student at Kutenai Art Therapy Institute

First Year Student at Kutenai Art Therapy Institute Read More

Select a session from the list on the left
to view available appointment times

Pick a treatment to book


Located at: 191 Baker Street, Nelson
Directions & Map |