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Post Diagnosis Support

Whether you’ve just received a formal diagnosis of autism or ADHD, are exploring a recent assessment, or have come to recognise your neurodivergence through self-identification, you are welcome here.

 

These moments of naming can bring clarity, grief, relief, confusion, or a mix of all the above. They often mark the beginning—not the end—of a journey toward deeper self-understanding.

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Working with autistic and ADHD people for many years and now more specifically in post-diagnosis adult autism and mental health services, I understand that for many people, receiving a formal diagnosis can be an explanation, but not necessarily a description of their ways of experiencing the world around them. I'm also all too familiar with the deficit-based approach many services still take and the harm this can cause individuals.

 

My support offers space to slow down, reflect, and connect with what your neurodivergence means to you. I centre neurodivergent ways of knowing, supporting you to unlearn internalised ableism, and explore how your experiences may have been shaped by systems not designed with you in mind.

 

Whether you’re seeking language for your story, looking to understand your needs, or wanting to meet others on similar paths, I offer a range of spaces rooted in care, curiosity, and affirmation.

Ways We Can Work Together

Monthly Neurodivergent Discovery Spaces

Please note, I do not work with early years and children under 8

Workshops for Self-Discovery & Connection

Strengths and Support Needs Overview, e.g., for workplace reasonable adjustments

1:1 Post-Identification 

Co-Thinking Space

Who I Work With

Post-diagnostic or self-discovery support for:
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  • autistic and ADHD people, including other therapists,

  • parents of newly diagnosed children, 

  • parents who are questioning their own neurodivergence following their child’s diagnosis, 

  • couples navigating cross-neurotype communication, sensory and wellbeing preferences and support needs, 

  • people navigating reasonable adjustments at work and the Access to Work process,

  • neurodivergent people living at the sharpest intersections of marginalisation, including LGBTQIA+ people, people of the Global Majority and people with low class and economic privileges.

In Person Spaces

Monthly Neurodivergent Discovery Spaces

A safe(r) space to ask questions, unlearn old messages, and explore neurodivergent identity without needing to “prove” anything.

 

  • Gentle conversations about diagnosis, or self-identification and understanding traits like masking, burnout, monotropism, ableism, self-advocacy needs, sensory processing, scripting, and more

  • Naming the impact of structural oppression, trauma, and cultural identity on how neurodivergence is lived and expressed

  • Emotional and sensory support through the discovery process

  • Sensory and communication strengths and needs overviews to support reasonable adjustment conversations in work, or navigating the Access to Work process

  • Not therapy — just space to be heard, held and develop language for your experiences

  • (1:1 or small group format available).

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I will be offering in person spaces at The Mulberry Rooms, South Devon from Summer 2025.

The Mulberry Rooms is a wellness and workshop dedicated space situated just off the Totnes Road outside Newton Abbot.

A commutable distance from Plymouth, Honiton and Exeter, near to where the M5, A38 and A30 meet, this beautiful space offers free parking and a quiet location near to numerous outdoor nature escapes.

Click the down arrow below for more information on what to expect if you visit me at The Mulberry Rooms.

If you need a little more information, or to meet me briefly before booking here are a couple of options: 

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Workshops for Self-Discovery & Connection

Spaces to explore neurodivergent identity, experiences, and ways of being — together.

 

These small group workshops are designed to support autistic, ADHD, and otherwise neurodivergent adults, couples or parents of neurodivergent children to:

  • Reflect on identity, traits, and personal narratives

  • Connect with others in affirming, low-pressure spaces

  • Gently unlearn harmful messaging and build self-understanding

  • Explore regulation, communication, and sensory experiences

  • Rest, process, and be witnessed — without needing to mask or explain.

 

Workshops vary in theme and structure, but all are grounded in neurodivergent experience, disability justice, and intersectional care.

Accessibility & Inclusivity

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All spaces are LGBTQIA+ affirming, including transgender-inclusive, neurodivergent-led, and grounded in a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach. Please see my Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Oppression Rider here.

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If you have access needs, communication preferences, or sensory sensitivities, you can share these in advance or let me know on the day.

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Visual schedules or written prompts are available for those who prefer structure, and I’m happy to co-create accommodations with you. I also work with people online, via Zoom, which may be more comfortable for some people.

Get To Know Me

Regardless of our neurotypes and how we access safety in relationships with others, I think it's always nice for us to know a little about the people we're paying to provide us with services or support. Particularly where those services involve sharing parts of ourselves that might feel tender, confusing, or still taking shape.

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So, here’s a little about me—beyond the titles, abbreviations and qualifications…

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  • I enjoy travelling, having visited various places around the world, however, I struggle when it is too hot and humid

  • I prefer more muted tones and colours, rather than bright colours. However, I appreciate them on other people

  • I communicate verbally, however spend large periods of my life in silence

  • My dogs are my world, however, having misophonia means I cannot tolerate their noises very well, such as, barking and licking their fur

  • I connect most authentically with people through shared, deeper interests, rather than small talk (commonly topics related to neurodiversity)

  • Whilst I'm not fluent, or that confident, I can use a little British Sign Language and think it is a beautiful language to learn and observe

  • I script, having regular phrases I say, such as, 'I hope that makes sense'

  • ​In the right company, I love a good sing song in the kitchen to the 90's music I enjoyed as a teen.

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Online Spaces

Co-Thinking Spaces

A gentle, collaborative space to explore your neurodivergent identity, individually, or as a family or couple—at your pace, in your own environment.

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Whether you’ve recently received a diagnosis, are self-identifying, or are simply starting to wonder if the word 'neurodivergent' might apply to you, this space is here to meet you where you are.

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Together, we’ll reflect on your experiences, the language that feels right (or doesn’t), and how systems, relationships, and the past have shaped your story.

 

There’s no checklist or expectation to ‘get it right’—just a shared space for curiosity, validation, and making meaning.

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These sessions are online, flexible, and designed with neurodivergent ways of thinking, communicating, and feeling in mind. You can stim, fidget, pause, use the chat, keep your camera off, or ask for structure. All of you is welcome here.

Sensory Processing

Monotropism

Energy Accounting

Stimming

Masking

Parallel Play

Why I call it a Co-Thinking Space

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This isn’t a consultation or assessment. It’s a collaborative, non-clinical space rooted in the idea that you are the expert on your life. Not me.

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Using the phrase 'co-thinking' reflects my commitment to working alongside you—not from a place of hierarchy or diagnosis, but one of care, shared reflection, and respect for your lived experience.

If you need more information, or to meet me briefly before booking please use the options above. 

What we might explore together

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  • What does being autistic/ADHD/AuDHD and neurodivergent, etc mean to me? For my family? Within my partnership or friendships?

  • Where have I felt misunderstood—or deeply seen?

  • What language helps me describe who I am?

  • How do my intersectional identities intersect with being neurodivergent?

  • What supports or environments help me thrive?

  • What does camouflaging and masking look like for me? How is it layered across my identity beyond neurodivergence?

  • What’s hard to talk about, and what feels like truth in my body?

 

You don’t need to know where to start—we’ll figure that out together.

Details on Co-Thinking Spaces

  • Format:

    • 90-minute online space via Zoom

    • Available as a one-off space, or series of spaces

  • Cost: 

  • Optional: A short written reflection after the session. Please read about Heidi Health which would support us to capture notes about our conversation. Their 'patient explainer' document is accessible here.

Stories from this Space

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Workplace Needs and Strengths Overviews

Whether it's to support you through the Access to Work referral and awards process, or because you're preparing to talk about your needs under the Equality Act 2010, I work with Autistic and ADHD individuals to co-create a Workplace Needs and Strengths Overview.

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This is a collaborative, neurodivergent-affirming process where we explore your unique ways of communicating, processing information, engaging with tasks, and managing energy and sensory input in the workplace. The resulting overview focuses on:

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  • Your communication and sensory strengths

  • Common barriers you may face in the workplace

  • Strategies and adjustments that help you thrive

  • Suggestions for workplace adaptations, support structures, and self-advocacy

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The aim is to provide you with language and confidence to speak about your needs—whether that’s with your manager, HR, Access to Work, or in future job settings.

 

Many people use this document to guide reasonable adjustments discussions, request support from line managers, or prepare for meetings about workload, environment, and expectations.

What is included?

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  • Pre-session tasks for you to complete and return to me to review and use to prepare your subsequent in-person or online 2-3 hour session with me (this can be broken down into two shorter sessions, if needed)

  • A written Workplace Needs and Strengths Overview tailored to you

  • Optional follow-up email to review, clarify, or add to the document

  • Access to neurodivergent-affirming language you can use in future advocacy

If you need more information, or to meet me briefly before booking please use the options above. 

What we might explore together

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  • What does being autistic/ADHD/AuDHD and neurodivergent, etc mean to me? For my family? Within my partnership or friendships?

  • Where have I felt misunderstood—or deeply seen?

  • What language helps me describe who I am?

  • How do my intersectional identities intersect with being neurodivergent?

  • What supports or environments help me thrive?

  • What does camouflaging and masking look like for me? How is it layered across my identity beyond neurodivergence?

  • What’s hard to talk about, and what feels like truth in my body?

 

You don’t need to know where to start—we’ll figure that out together.

Details on Co-Thinking Spaces

  • Format:

    • 90-minute online space via Zoom

    • Available as a one-off space, or series of spaces

  • Cost: 

  • Optional: A short written reflection after the session. Please read about Heidi Health which would support us to capture notes about our conversation. Their 'patient explainer' document is accessible here.

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