Creating Insights - art therapy

26/06/2026

Proud of my little studio practice.

Room Hire available: Fri-Sun + mid week options

With a focus on neuro-affirming care the practice aims to provide a safe and comfortable setting for sensory needs including:

+ Natural light
+ Low level natural fluorescents with sky scene covers
+ LED lights in main studio
+ Cushions, bean bags and different seating options
+ Sensory toys and fidgets
+ Cold packs/bags and weighted toys
+ Aroma therapy lamps
+ Elevated off street with easy parking
+ Quiet and comfortable
+ Extra needs/requests happily accommodated where possible
+ Comfortable options for carer’s and supports

Creating Care aims to provide a creative & collaborative space focussing on care, wellness, self expression, healing, art & mental health services through:

+ Neuro-affirming language
+ Respectful use of pronouns
+ Trauma informed practice
+ Non pathologising
+ Person centred care

The Creating Care team aims to provide services and resources to accompany wellness and support such as:

+ Practitioners who have entered the field with the intention of providing strengths based care and support through lived experience
+ Practitioners who continue their professional development in the latest research frameworks and education
+ NDIS recommended services to support the family as a whole
+ Affirmative resources such as books, social links, programs, care retreats
+ Practitioners supporting the neurodiversity paradigm

Me! 10 years on from beginning my adventure into becoming and art therapist.

Proud of my little studio practice where east meets west to balance clinical practice and evidence based frameworks -alongside person centred, trauma informed, neuro-affirming care.

I strongly believe it takes different perspectives, radical acceptance, lived experience and continued development to balance the scales.

Curious about what's on offer at the Creating Care Studio Practice? Follow along while we (ok, I!) about offerings or check out what fellow ND extraordinaire and twice exceptional guru Jess Farago Pink Zebra Psychology has on offer.

Proud of my little studio practice.

Room Hire available: Fri-Sun + mid week options

With a focus on neuro-affirming care the practice aims to provide a safe and comfortable setting for sensory needs including:

+ Natural light
+ Low level natural fluorescents with sky scene covers
+ LED lights in main studio
+ Cushions, bean bags and different seating options
+ Sensory toys and fidgets
+ Cold packs/bags and weighted toys
+ Aroma therapy lamps
+ Elevated off street with easy parking
+ Quiet and comfortable
+ Extra needs/requests happily accommodated where possible
+ Comfortable options for carer’s and supports

Creating Care aims to provide a creative & collaborative space focussing on care, wellness, self expression, healing, art & mental health services through:

+ Neuro-affirming language
+ Respectful use of pronouns
+ Trauma informed practice
+ Non pathologising
+ Person centred care

The Creating Care team aims to provide services and resources to accompany wellness and support such as:

+ Practitioners who have entered the field with the intention of providing strengths based care and support through lived experience
+ Practitioners who continue their professional development in the latest research frameworks and education
+ NDIS recommended services to support the family as a whole
+ Affirmative resources such as books, social links, programs, care retreats
+ Practitioners supporting the neurodiversity paradigm
Want to hire the CC space or know of someone who might find the space to be a great fit for their business?

Please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

https://www.creatingcare.com.au/privacy-policy/

11/06/2026

Dire doesn’t even scratch the surface …

10/06/2026

“And this little fidget squishy was too hard, and this little fidget squishy was too soft, but this little fidget squishy was juuuuust right 😉.”

Ok, so a couple of these we decided were too distracting for the classroom, yet a great way to self soothe either side of the school day.

Designed to provide the perfect pocket stim to help retain focus, while learning and concentrating.

Yes! Contrary to popular believe stimming enhances focus for neurodivergent minds.

“Back in my day, we had pen clickers, hair twirlers, leg tappers!!” Insert 🙄.

Sound on 🔉

*pic captured with permission

02/06/2026

Thank you to the teachers, educators, wellbeing teams and school supports who connect with students and guardians around a deeper understanding the needs of our children.

This is paramount to the inclusion, attendance, accessibility, and wellbeing of our young people.

Thank you Yellow Ladybugs for your continued support, education and services 💛💛💛

31/05/2026

Sharing my speech for the MS Plus virtual art show
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I've been thinking a lot lately about layers.

Layers in a painting – the ones you can see, and the ones buried underneath that quietly shape everything above them. And how that's not so different from life with a chronic illness. Each year adds something new – new knowledge, new adaptations, new losses, new strengths. Nothing is ever quite the same as the year before, even when it looks similar from the outside.

Thank you to Alison and the wonderful team at MS Plus, to every artist who submitted work, and to everyone who showed up to be part of it. This year, over 280 pieces were submitted – sculpture, photography, crochet and weaving, digital art, painting, illustration. So many materials, so many modalities, each one a different language for the same deeply human impulse: to make, to express, to be seen. Each stitch, stroke, capture, and mark a testament to each entry.

What struck me first wasn't the colour or the technique – it was the quiet. So many pieces carry a sense of stillness. Skylines, rugged landscapes, serene scenery – peaceful places rendered in so many ways. When fatigue is part of your daily reality, finding those pockets of peace through making isn't a luxury. It's a lifeline.

Leonard Cohen wrote: "There is a crack in everything, that's where the light gets in." That line feels made for this collection. The cracks are real. The hard days are real. But so is the light finding its way through – in small things, in quiet acts of making, in the stubborn, gentle hope that runs through even the most tender pieces here.

Art offers us a shift in perspective. It doesn't change our circumstances, but it can change how we stand inside them. When so much of chronic illness involves navigating things we cannot control, there is real power in turning toward what we can hold – what we can notice, shape, and make. That reframing is not a small thing. It's profound.

I also want to acknowledge the carers here – those who sit nearby while you create, who quietly do what needs doing without being asked. Your presence is woven into this collection too, even without your name on it. You are part of this.

Acceptance isn't passive. It takes real courage to say: this is where I am, and I'm going to work with it, not against it. The pieces in this gallery are evidence of exactly that – that you showed up, that even when the body is difficult, the creative spirit keeps finding a way through.

So, keep making. Not to produce, but to process. Not to perform, but to be present. Artmaking is self-care, a way to connect, to feel grateful for what remains - your hands, your eyes, your imagination.

Because as I always say:
"It's not what you make. It's how it makes you feel."

Thank you for sharing your stories, your art, and yourselves.

https://www.msplus.org.au/about-us/latest-news/the-art-of-being-here

Stay curious.
Louise Weston AThR.
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Our MS Virtual Art Show 2026 winners

A speech by Art Therapist Louise Weston for the 2026 MS Plus Virtual Art Show.

12/05/2026

Take what you need…
Ponder on what you can relate to…
Hold what you needed to hear…