The ROC Technique

• Each session creates a "snapshot" of your emotional landscape, offering insights that, over time, contribute to a more comprehensive dialogue with your inner wisdom.

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Why try the 'ROC Technique'?

Transmute / unblock energy

Reveal unconscious emotions

& Increase emotional wellbeing

Transmute / unblock energy

Reveal unconscious emotions

& Increase emotional wellbeing

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. 
– Philosophy of C. Jung

The ROC Technique   



 

Hi, I’m Nicole 👋 — an artist, certified in ACT Therapy.

My background includes studies in Health Science and Counselling in Melbourne, Australia.

I help people tap into their creativity/ personal expression through a drawing exercise I coined The ROC Technique—a reflective drawing exercise that supports emotional processing in a gentle and intimate way. It's not a substitute for therapy, but rather an, alternative practice rooted in self-compassion. 

Facing one’s feelings can be a brave act—we all find ways to avoid emotional discomfort at times (I certainly have). This work offers a safe, playful, yet deep way to feel what the body needs to let go of with compassion based upon one's intention.

What started as a personal art-based exercise to work through my own emotional patterns, and later a playful experiment with friends, I'm now opening up to the wider public.

While this approach draws from intuitive and symbolic language, I aim to ground each session in emotional safety, mindfulness practices. I’m mindful of the difference between therapeutic art and clinical therapy, and I always encourage individuals to seek licensed professional support when needed.

Roctechnique.com is the home base for this work. Whether you're creatively curious, emotionally 'stuck' on something, or just exploring new ways of knowing yourself, it'd be great to meet. 

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Nicole

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Full or partial payments are made when a session is scheduled via Canendly, via PayPal account, bank account, credit or debit card. 

What is the ROC Technique?

 The River of Consciousness (ROC) Technique is a drawing exercise conducted in a 1-on-1 session—either via Google Meet or in person.  Via drawing certain symbols tied to a landscape, your subconscious is given a platform to speak.

For the session to flow smoothly, your drawing needs to be visible to the guide. This can be done by screen sharing if you’re using an iPad with drawing app, positioning your webcam to show the paper you're drawing on, or holding up your drawing  periodically during the session. Whatever feels most comfortable for you.

The technique helps bring clarity to a specific emotion you would like to work with into the session. For instance, you might explore your feelings about a certain narrative in your life that's presenting itself you'd like to know more about.

During the session, the guide prompts the client to draw symbols that inspire the client's subconscious to be expressed to the conscious mind through imagery + feelings to be known. What comes up is gently explored, and acknowledged with compassion.

This process is akin to dreaming - The act of drawing becomes a dialogue with the self, where the inner world takes visual form, allowing individuals to work through innate mind/body wisdom.

The technique’s benefits can manifest in various ways—such as heightened synchronicities and a sense of emotional lightness. Over time, commitment to addressing what comes up with compassion in and outside of the session, has lead to a greater sense of Emotional Intelligence and processing ones emotions. 

Drawings should be preserved for future sessions by the client, serving as valuable reference points. Each drawing captures a "snapshot" of your emotional landscape at a given moment, offering insights that, over time, contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of your emotional landscape and its evolution. 

Key Features of the ROC Technique:
 

• Primarily Non-Verbal Communication: The art-making process provides a way for those who find unprompted verbal expression challenging to communicate complex emotions and experiences visually.
   

• Self-Exploration and Insight: The act of creating art encourages reflection on personal experiences and emotions, leading to greater self-awareness and insight into underlying patterns, fears, and desires.

1 x session is 1 hour

 

Your imagination is the key! All you'll need is a connection to Google Meet, a webcam, a grey lead pencil, 8 sheets of blank paper (in case the drawing goes past the constraints of the paper, A4 preferable) and an eraser. (Welcome to bring coloured materials if you wish).

If you have an Ipad with a drawing app like Procreate, this works perfectly too.

No drawing skill is required at all. 

Please save your drawing for future sessions for reference as needed. 

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15 Minute Free Discovery Call (Google Meet)                                       Free
                                      
1 Hour ROC Technique Session with Nicole                                         40 USD
                                         
5 x Session package                                                                                      180 USD 

 

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Testimonials

Olga session 1

" I've done Art Therapy in the past this was different. It spurred a synchronicity the very next day that astounded me - Issues that had plagued me for months resolved over night - they aligned with the emotional discovery I made in the session. I since have made my first drawing into a coloured artwork. I highly recommend booking a session with Nicole"

Anonymous 

"I highly recommend a session with Nicole doing the ROC technique. My first experience exceeded expectations, helping me to uncover a childhood emotional block while addressing my initial goal of complacency and feeling stuck. I managed to connect with my inner child and see why she was afraid and unable to move forward. I cleared some of this “stuckness” during the session and then more in the weeks following. Since then my life has been flowing much more easily. I left feeling at ease with the natural ebb and flow of life and more connected to my feminine energy and inner child".

Olga session 2

"The ROC technique is unlike anything I’ve experienced before. Starting out this time was a bit hard yet as the session progressed, I soon found myself in a natural flow where everything made sense. Strong emotions surfaced, allowing me to feel and acknowledge them fully. My goal was to overcome feelings of general fear and being scared, and the ROC technique guided me to uncover a profound sense of liberation. It was a transformative experience that left me feeling empowered and renewed."

"Nicole and I embarked on a journey to explore the energy and imagery within my inner landscape. What I didn’t expect was how deeply I would experience these shifts—how each session opened new, heartfelt perspectives I hadn’t imagined".

Will Saunders

Email: roctechnique@gmail.com
 

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