About Me

My practice is now online therefore making it accessible to anybody in the UK and other parts of the world.

I have been working as a therapist since 2003 (over 20 years), doing clinical supervision since 2007 and been specialising in offering my services to a neurodivergent client base since 2013.

I trained as a Transactional Analyst over 20 years ago and believe that the most important value that I bring as a Psychotherapist is respecting and validating the individuals experience.

I have worked as a specialist Autism and ADHD therapist bringing a professional knowledge, and a personal understanding of neurodiversity as a parent and a partner.

Qualifications

BA Honours, CQSW, Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA), PgCert in Autistic Spectrum Conditions, Certificate in Clinical Supervision, Certificate in Couple Counselling, Certificate in Working Therapeutically with Children.

Couples Counselling/Therapy 

I offer couples counselling for neurodivergent relationships, enabling partners to understand each other, improve communication, and to establish a more fulfilling relationship.

I work with couples to support them to develop "double empathy", in considering how they can both understand and appreciate each other's perspectives and be empathic to each other's dfifferent ways of seeing the world.

I am able to bring my own lived experience of being in a neurodivergent relationship for 30+ years and the challenges and joys when a couple work together to appreciate each others diversity.

For those interested, please select the "Neurotypical and Neurodivergent relationship" podcast dated 15th Nov 2021, from the link below.

Link to the podcasts

Pre Diagnostic Screenings and Post Diagnostic Consultations

I offer pre diagnostic neurodiversity screenings for people wanting to explore whether they wish to pursue a formal diagnosis or just self identify.

Link to Pre Diagnostic Screenings

Following diagnosis clients often want the opportunity to explore and understand what their diagnosis means for them, and to develop a deeper understanding of their neurodiversity with a neuro-affirming therapist.

Parents

I offer parent consultation sessions to help support the parent child/adolescent relationship. Parenting a neurodivergent child can be challenging, hence helping parents to consider different ways of parenting and developing alternative communication styles can be very helpful, particularly when parents feel stuck or that that no one is listening to them.

As a parent of two neurodivergent children who are now adults, I can offer a wealth of practical personal experioence in this area.

In addition, I have specialist knowledge of 'demand -avoidance' and can help parents to work towards achieving emotional regulation for their children.

Clinical Supervision

I offer supervision to therapists working with neurodivergent clients. As a therapist, I personally struggled to find a supervisor who was able to offer the knowledge and appreciation of how working with neurodivergent clients requires a 'thinking out of the box' approach to enable clients to engage in a successful therapeutic relationship.

As a supervisor I work in a collegiate way with the supervisee, developing and putting forward creative ways to work with neurodivergent clients.

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