ARTUITION Studio is a homely Private Therapeutic Arts Studio

I have loved discovering and creating as long as I can remember. As a highly sensitive, anxious and creative child, I naturally engaged with drawing, painting, writing, drama and dancing, as cathartic and expressive tools for my nervous system.

After studying art all through high-school, I wasn’t accepted into art school 😥 (plus, my parents encouraged me to get a ‘real’ job), so I went into education and travelled abroad. However my love for creativity never waned and from my 20’s onwards, I studied visual art and later art therapy, with The MIECAT Institute.

As a lifelong learner and now following my passions and dreams, I still continued to experience crippling anxiety, overwhelm and emotional flooding, even after after 2 decades of accessing talk therapy.

But there was something about art-making that always helped me feel ease amongst my challenges, so I decided to study a Masters in Therapeutic Arts, to learn why and how creativity might be a better mode of healing for me, and others like me.

After becoming a Mum and experiencing a couple of epic burnouts, I was finally diagnosed with ADHD at 42, and Autism at the age of 44. Finally my sensitivities, curiosity, insatiable creativity, uncanny intuitions and unique felt-sense processing, all began to make sense!

Now armed with a Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice with Specialisation in Neuro-Afffirming Research, I’m passionate about developing fresh offerings with/for my fellow late-diagnosed neurokin (and professionals working with our community) to better understand our unique needs, brains and nervous system processing … and so our new generations can grow up, armed with more knowledge, resources, support and tools to authentically thrive.