Let your
true colours shine
18 Blandford Street, Grange, Brisbane
WHAT WE OFFER
Individual Support
A supportive space for your child or teenager to explore worries, big feelings, self-esteem, friendships and everyday challenges at their own pace.
Group Programs
Tailored for children, tweens, and teens, these small-group sessions offer a safe space to navigate big feelings, share and connect. Each week, we use guided art projects to explore a new emotion—helping young people build emotional vocabulary, shared experiences and meaningful friendships along the way.
Children aged 5–8 - Tuesday 4.30 pm
Tweens aged 9–13 - Wednesday or Friday 4.30 pm
Teens aged 13–18 - Thursday 4.30 pm
Cognitive Assessment
Gain insight into your child's cognitive strengths, learning profile and areas where additional support may be he, and areas where additional support may helplpful.
Real Talk
Growing up
is hard to do.
JUST PICTURE THIS.
A Multidisciplinary, Highly Qualified Team.
Business Awards
& Clinical Psychology
Frequently Asked Questions.
Creative Connection isn’t just an art class. Creative Connection offers counselling sessions for teens, tweens and children with a Level 3 Master Counsellor. We explore emotional understanding through artistic expression. And we make it fun.
We provide a comprehensive range of support, including one-on-one psychological therapy, full cognitive assessments, and term-long creative counselling group programs. Whether you need diagnostic clarity or group-based emotional literacy building, our research-driven services are tailored to children, tweens, teens, and adults.
Emotional literacy is the ability to identify, understand, and appropriately express your feelings. Championed by psychologist Daniel Goleman (author of Emotional Intelligence), it is a critical foundation for resilience, healthy relationships, and lifelong mental wellbeing.
In every session, we talk about emotions. That is, naming and describing how we are feeling. We discuss how the feeling looks, feels, and sounds. We also talk about what to do when we feel a negative emotion. From there, the session is guided by the group’s open conversation as we create artwork. And most importantly, every session helps build emotional literacy.
Our Founder, Jen Ryan, is a Level 3 Master Counsellor and guides every session. Jen holds a Master's in Education, a Bachelor of Arts in Photography, a Graduate Diploma in Education, and a Bachelor of Business. She is also a registered teacher with a Blue Card, NDIS Clearance Card and First Aid Certificate.
Our individual psychology and cognitive assessment services are available for all ages, including adults. For our group creative programs, children need to be able to sit, listen, and engage, so around 5 to 6 years of age is a great time to start. Our general age brackets for groups are:
- Children: 5–8 years
- Tweens: 9–13 years
- Teens: 13–18 years
Begin your journey to clarity, confidence, and connection.
