About Us

Rainbow Muse Collective is a creative, values-driven ecosystem of therapists, peers, and practitioners working together to offer radically affirming, neurodivergent-friendly, and decolonial care. We are an intentional community rather than a single practice. Rainbow Muse Collective is an umbrella under which multiple independent practices live, grow, and flourish. Each brings its own modalities, wisdom, and ways of working, from art therapy to psychology, peer support to play, movement to mindfulness. By tending to one another’s strengths, we create richer, more responsive support for the people and communities we walk alongside.

While each practitioner works autonomously, we are connected by a shared vision. We centre healing justice, honour lived experience, and offer care that affirms people in the full complexity of who they are, rather than asking them to conform to narrow ideas of normal, progress, or wellness. Our work centres the needs and voices of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and neurodivergent communities, particularly those who have been pathologised, marginalised, or made to feel out of place in traditional service systems. We prioritise community care over top-down models, relationship over compliance, and dignity over diagnosis.

This is not a place to be fixed. This is a place to be met.

our story

A Space for the Ones Who Never Fit the Mould

Rainbow Muse was founded by Chenai Mupotsa-Russell in 2019, emerging from a clear and persistent truth: too many complex, creative, and marginalised people still struggle to find spaces where they are genuinely welcomed and understood.

Through her work across mental health and community sectors, Chenai witnessed how dominant systems often exclude or misread people whose lives sit at the intersections of race, neurodivergence, gender diversity, trauma, and queerness. Care was frequently offered conditionally, requiring people to mask, simplify, or explain themselves in order to be supported.

Rainbow Muse began as a response to this gap. A commitment to creating spaces where people could arrive as their full selves, without needing to shrink, translate, or perform. From the beginning, it was not about fixing or correcting, but about honouring lived experience. A place to be met with dignity, safety, and belonging.

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Two Friends, One Dream, and a Growing Vision

In 2022, Sammy Elliott, founder of Girl and Dog Psychology and a long-time collaborator and friend, joined Chenai to co-create Rainbow Muse Clinic. Grounded in shared values and deep community connection, they built a vibrant practice alongside a growing team of thoughtful, skilled practitioners. As the work expanded, so did the questions that shaped its future. Who was this space truly for? What did ethical growth look like? And how could care be offered in ways that remained aligned with the values that brought the work into being?

Over time, the traditional clinic model began to feel increasingly misaligned. Hierarchies, throughput pressures, and long waitlists risked pulling the work away from relational care and sustainability. It became clear that growth did not mean becoming bigger, but becoming more intentional. This marked the beginning of a shift. Away from top-down structures and towards collective leadership. Towards ways of working that prioritised collaboration, ethical accountability, and long-term care for both practitioners and the communities they support.

At its core, Rainbow Muse Collective is shaped by practitioners who name power, reflect on their positioning, and remain accountable for how care is delivered. Power is never neutral, and part of the work is staying in relationship with that reality, with care, humility, and responsibility.

Not a Rebrand, a Rebirth

Rainbow Muse Collective is not simply a new name. It reflects a deeper change in how care is understood and practised. The word collective is used intentionally. It describes not a business model, but a way of relating. One that is collaborative, relational, and non-hierarchical. Leadership is shared, responsive, and grounded in listening rather than control.

Rainbow Muse Collective is a constellation of small, independent practices, each distinct in its focus and approach, held together by shared values and mutual trust. Practitioners work alongside one another with transparency, respect, and a commitment to learning and collective care.

There is no single way to practise here, and that is by design. Difference is not something to be managed or smoothed out. It is the source of strength, creativity, and responsiveness in the work. This is the future Rainbow Muse is building. Care that is ethical, relational, and grounded in community. Care that meets people where they are, and walks alongside them with respect.

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Meet The Collective Crew

Rainbow Muse Collective is home to a vibrant community of independent therapy practitioners, each offering their own distinct way of working, relating, and caring. We are artists, thinkers, feelers, movers, and space-holders, connected by shared values and a commitment to care that is affirming, thoughtful, and responsive.

While we gather under the Rainbow Muse Collective umbrella, each practitioner operates as their own practice. This means everyone brings their own areas of focus, professional boundaries, and rhythms of work, while remaining connected through shared ethics, accountability, and mutual respect.

Because we are separate practices, we are not able to share information or make internal referrals without your clear consent. If you feel drawn to someone below, we invite you to reach out to them directly using the contact details on their individual page.

We trust people know what they need. Take your time, read, notice what resonates. The right therapist is not the one who impresses you, but the one who helps you feel safe, seen, and more yourself.