Creative Care for Neurodivergent Folks (Online/Saturdays)

SHAUNA KAENDO| BFA, RCAT   |Art therapist in Victoria BC (unceded /stolen traditional and ancestral territories of the Lekwungen/Songhees & Esquimalt peoples).CREATIVITY BEGINS BEFORE WE HAVE ART MATERIALS IN OUR HANDS. It begins with personal and collective agency, with the decision(s) that we make to seek community, support, and space. It feels important to describe and recognize creativity as more than an art-related process, but also a way that we can live, imagine, understand, and create change in our lives.

HEY SHAUNA ART THERAPY

9-week support group for folks who identity as Neurodivergent (with or without a formal diagnosis), led by an Art Therapist.

Please read EVERYTHING below BEFORE registering for this support group. If you have any questions about any of it, ask them! I'm happy to field any/all concerns, hesitations, curiosities...__________________________WHO IT'S FOR:This is a support group for women, trans and non-binary folks (adults) who identify as Neurodivergent (with or without a formal diagnosis). Age 35+WHAT TO EXPECT:We will be sharing stories, experiences, time, space, resources, strategies …and taking some practical steps towards building CREATIVE CARE PRACTICES to support ourselves and each other.It is a space to allow yourself to be vulnerable, supported, seen &amp; heard. A space where we can be our gloriously divergent selves. IN community.Maximum of 8 participants (for online groups). More details below...__________________________CREATIVE CARE for NEURODIVERGENT FOLKS:Saturdays, Jan 10 - Mar 7, 2026Jan 10 | Jan 17 | Jan 24 | Jan 31 | Feb 7 | Feb 14 | Feb 21 | Feb 28 | Mar 710am - 12pm PT (<a href="https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/" title="https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">time zone converter tool</a>)$540 CAD (plus gst), 9-week group__________________________IF THESE DATES DON'T WORK FOR YOU...Let me know, I may add additional groups (heyshauna@gmail.com).__________________________REGISTRATION INCLUDES:<ul><li>9 online (Zoom) group sessions, 2 hours each.</li><li>Access to shared resources page (books, podcasts, art/writing prompts…).</li><li>Access to a group conversation on <a href="https://signal.org/en/" title="https://signal.org/en/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Signal</a> (optional - for group members to stay connected outside of our sessions together).</li><li>20% discount on my workshop/group offerings for 6 months (Jan-Jun inclusive). This includes single workshops and series. You will receive a promo code once you've registered. (*this does not include my Hollyhock retreat, or other collaborative offerings).</li></ul>__________________________This is a therapy support group, led by Art Therapist - Shauna Kaendo, (<a href="https://heyshauna.com/about/" title="https://heyshauna.com/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.heyshauna.com</a>).My hope is to create a space that is supportive, creative, curious… empowering. A community where we can show up in and with the richness of our experiences.This group is for folks who are interested in stepping into more creativity and curiosity around understanding, managing and supporting themselves in their experiences of Neurodivergence. Sharing and gathering resources, building creative care practices that reduce and soothe overwhelm... and support day-to-day balance and grounding… that allow us to step into agency and choice… to create more ease in our lives, individually AND collectively.ART IN THIS GROUP:<ul><li>We will have dedicated art-making time as part of each session together ...after you've registered I'll be in touch with more details about materials to gather for each week.</li><li>The focus of our art-making will always be rooted in building supportive/creative practices that can be repeated ....so, process over product.</li><li>Some materials/processes that we'll be working with: watercolour paint, fabric/slow-stitch, wrapping (yarn/string), clay (air-dry), collage/mixed media, bilateral drawing.</li><li>Because all sessions will be held online (on Zoom), I will not be providing art materials, I will be sending out an email before we start with some specific suggestions and notes for preparing yourself and your space for our time together! I also have lots of suggestions on the <a href="https://heyshauna.com/art-materials/" title="https://heyshauna.com/art-materials/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Art Materials page of my website</a>).</li></ul>__________________________WEEK 1:<ul><li>Chat about Neurodiversity/Neurodivergence, Creative Care Practices, group guidelines, introductions, art-making, discussion.</li></ul>WEEKS 2-5:<ul><li>Sharing our stories ...space to focus on 2 folks each session (approx 15min/each), in a way that best serves YOU. You get to decide what you'd like that to be ...maybe it's sharing personal experience, challenges, questions, ideas, requests for feedback/advice... maybe it's sending questions or a topic to the group in advance (or in the moment), that we can jump into collectively. You get to choose. And, if this is something that brings up any uneasiness/paralysis with you I'd be happy to schedule a quick zoom chat to discuss some options/supports in advance!</li><li>Art-making, discussion.</li></ul>WEEKS 6-9:<ul><li>More stories, sharing, discussion, art-making... I'll have some themes/topics to bring to the group, but we'll always prioritize going where our conversations take us.</li></ul>________________________________________________________________<h3>A FEW NOTES:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter?t=10am&amp;tz2=Pacific-Time-PT" title="https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter?t=10am&amp;tz2=Pacific-Time-PT" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Time zone converter</a> for those of you in other parts of the world.</li><li>Once you've registered through Eventbrite you will receive all of the info that you’ll need to access the group on Zoom... as well as email reminders 2 hours (ish) before each group/workshop session.</li><li>The group will be small (8 max), and interactive.</li><li>Registration is open to adults only (this particular group is 35+).</li><li>Please arrive on time! (I will open the zoom meeting about 5 min early)</li><li>My groups are NOT recorded. For reasons of confidentiality and privacy... I don’t record our sessions/workshops, and so recordings are not available as a resource to be sent to you later, or in instances of not being able to attend.</li></ul>__________________________<h3>PAYMENT INSTALMENTS:</h3>If the lump sum cost of this group is a barrier to you attending, I'm absolutely open to installment payments! Please message me at heyshauna@gmail.com to make a plan!__________________________<h3>PAYMENT OPTIONS</h3>If you would prefer to pay by e-transfer (rather than through Eventbrite), please first get in touch with me to see if there's still space in the group (heyshauna@gmail.com) ...if yes, I'll send you the total with taxes added, and you can go ahead and send the transfer (send e-transfers to Shauna Kaendo/heyshauna@gmail.com).__________________________<h3>REFUNDS &amp; CANCELLATIONS</h3>PLEASE NOTE that workshop/series/group registrations are refundable within 1 week only.__________________________

<h2>NOTES ABOUT WORKSHOPS IN GENERAL</h2><ul><li>If you’d like a visual glimpse into what we get up to in my workshops please visit me on Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/heyheyshauna/" title="https://www.instagram.com/heyheyshauna/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@heyheyshauna</a>), or at <a href="https://heyshauna.com/" title="https://heyshauna.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.heyshauna.com</a></li><li>You needn’t have ANY experience with art or art materials to participate (and benefit from) any of my workshops.</li><li>Groups are small, they are also generous, warm, and supportive... and easily among my favourite things.</li><li>In all of my workshops, our focus is on exploring different art materials in lots of different ways …and noticing how those different materials and processes make us feel. And while I am here for any technical assistance you may need, our goal is not to focus on technical skill…but instead on curiosity.</li></ul>

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