New Short Course: Neurodivergent Experiencing & Creative Arts Practice
Image from Sensory Street: Inside Lived Experience. June 10th
I’m super excited to share that I’ve teamed up with the wonderful The MIECAT Institute to bring you a new neuro-affirming therapeutic workshop series / short course, called:
The workshop series weaved lived experience with neurodivergent‑led research to highlight the importance of neuro‑affirming practice and the centrality of neurodivergent voices in shaping inclusive, intersectional approaches to support.
And it’s brimming with grounded insights, experiential learning, and practical skills you can immediately apply in therapeutic, educational, community, or personal contexts.
Image from my upcoming Hot Pink MenoStorm workshop on Aug 12th
The workshops place over four Wednesday evenings, delivered online monthly, 6.30-8.30pm AEST.
This short course integrates four neuro-affirming workshop themes into a cohesive learning experience:
1. Wednesday May 13th 6.30-8.30pm
Multimodal Arts Therapy & Neurodivergent Processing
Explore how creative, sensory, and embodied arts‑based practices support Autistic‑ADHD processing, self‑discovery, and regulation.
2. Wednesday June 10th 6.30-8.30pm
Sensory Street: Inside Lived Experience
Engage with LEGO‑inspired creative inquiry to understand sensory overwhelm, sensory joy, and environmental attunement from a neurodivergent perspective.
3. Wednesday July 8th 6.30-8.30pm
Alexithymia Poetics
Discover creative, non‑verbal pathways for exploring emotional experiencing, expression, and communication in alexithymic neurodivergent people.
4. Wednesday August 12th 6.30-8.30pm
Hot Pink MenoStorm
Examine the intersection of Autism, ADHD, and peri/menopause through neurodivergent‑led research and creative inquiry into hormonal, sensory, and emotional shifts.
Image from Alexithymia Poetics on 8th July
This course is suitable for mental health professionals, arts therapists, allied health practitioners, educators, community workers, support workers, neurodivergent people with lived experience and those curious to understand more.
By the end of the course, participants will:
Strengthen their confidence as inclusive practitioners and allies to Autistic and ADHD people
Develop an increased understanding of Autistic‑ADHD processing and relational styles
Communicate, empathise, and advocate more effectively for neuro‑affirming accommodations
Access a broader range of neuro‑affirming research and researchers
Deepen insight into their own neurodivergent needs (for those who identify as Autistic and/or ADHD)
Increase capacity and understanding on how to support the needs of others.
