Creating Care – Studio Practice

Located in the leafy outer suburbs of Warranwood in Naarm on Wurundjeri Country, the space aims to provide comfort, connection, collaboration, and creativity amongst those who visit, work, or gather here.

IMAGINE finding a space that you love, that fulfils your needs, AND that offers opportunities for others to receive affirming care or to offer their services. Well, thanks to the planets aligning, I stumbled across an opportunity too good to pass up.

I’m grateful to my dedicated and skilled husband, who pulled it all together, built inviting spaces, and endured my changes and requests with patience and care.

This space began with a moment of recognition while driving past an incredible location and realising it could become something more: a warm, neuro-affirming place where people feel safe to be fully themselves.

I intentionally moved away from the word clinic and any deficit-based language, allowing myself to lean into my interests, quirks, and lived experience. As a mum who has spent years in sterile, overwhelming clinical spaces, I knew there had to be another way to experience support.

The ‘Creating Care Studio Practice’ is designed around choice and control, lighting, sound, warmth, and sensory comfort, all of which matter here. It’s a temenos: an enchanting, curious space that invites reflection and insight.

This philosophy flows through my art therapy practice, ‘Creating Insights’, where we believe we can create insights together, because “it’s not what you make, it’s how it makes you feel”.

We are located in the leafy outer suburbs of Warranwood in Naarm on Wurundjeri Country.

IMAGINE being part of the change…

A note about the values that are important to us. Cultural Humility, Systemic Ableism, and Inclusion.

Working neuro-affirmingly requires not only therapeutic insight but also cultural humility and awareness of systemic ableism. Societal structures often prioritise neurotypical norms within education, workplaces, and even family systems, conditioning individuals to suppress or mask their natural ways of thinking and being. This can result in shame, exhaustion, and identity confusion. In families where neurodivergence is unacknowledged or misunderstood, individuals may experience exclusion or pressure to conform, leading to emotional distress and self-doubt.

Ableism is often internalised across generations, perpetuating the idea that neurotypical functioning is superior. This conditioning results in systems that cater to the majority rather than the individual. In such environments, acceptance and inclusion may rely on a single teacher, parent, or colleague practising radical acceptance, deep listening, and genuine curiosity about neurodivergent experience.

The team of practitioners at the Creating Care Studio Practice is passionate about providing services, psychoeducation, and groups for:

Neurodivergent folk
Carers and family members
Teachers and schools
Staff and businesses
Mild to moderate mental health
Care teams