Post Diagnosis + Self-Discovery Support
Whether you or your child have just received a formal diagnosis of autism or ADHD, are exploring a recent assessment, or have come to recognise 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.
Working with autistic and ADHD children, young people, their families and adults for many years and now more specifically in post-diagnosis 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. There also continues to be a real lack of post-diagnosis support available to families and adults.
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.
Who I Work With
Post-diagnosis or self-discovery support for:
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autistic and ADHD people, including other therapists,
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parents of newly diagnosed children,
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parents who are questioning their own neurodivergence following their child’s diagnosis,
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couples navigating cross-neurotype communication, sensory and wellbeing preferences and support needs,
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people navigating reasonable adjustments at work and the Access to Work process,
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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.
Ways We Can Work Together
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 Spaces
New In-Person Parent Carer and Adults Only Taster Workshops Coming September 2025
“Beginning with Me” Taster Workshop For Adults
Join me on Saturday 13th September 1-3.30pm at The Mulberry Rooms, Abbotskerswell, for a short, gentle taster session for adults beginning to explore their autistic and/or ADHD identity.
This small group workshop will introduce some of the themes explored in my longer course, "Looking After Your Authentic Self" due to launch there, later this year.
Self-identification welcome, formal diagnosis not required.
"Supporting My Neurodivergent Child" Taster Worship
Join me on Saturday 13th September 9.30am-12pm at The Mulberry Rooms, Abbotskerswell, for an in-person taster session for parents and carers of autistic, ADHD and otherwise neurodivergent children and young people (7-18 years).
Whether you’re new to neurodivergent identities, unsure where to begin, or just looking for a space that gets it, this workshop offers a supportive space to learn, reflect, and connect. We’ll explore some common myths, introduce affirming ways of understanding your child, and begin to unpack what they might really need to feel safe, seen, and supported.
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No diagnosis needed
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No therapy experience expected
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Just a willingness to show up with curiosity
This session is a starting point for a new parent coaching group launching later this year — shaped by your needs, questions, and experiences.
In Person Spaces
Neurodivergent Discovery Spaces
A safe(r) space to ask questions, unlearn old messages, and explore neurodivergent identity without needing to “prove” anything.
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Gentle conversations about diagnosis, or self-identification and understanding traits like masking, burnout, monotropism, ableism, self-advocacy needs, sensory processing, scripting, and more
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Naming the impact of structural oppression, trauma, and cultural identity on how neurodivergence is lived and expressed
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Emotional and sensory support through the discovery process
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Sensory and communication strengths and needs overviews to support reasonable adjustment conversations in work, or navigating the Access to Work process
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Not therapy — just space to be heard, held and develop language for your experiences
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(1:1 or small group format available).
I will be offering in person spaces at The Mulberry Rooms, South Devon from late 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.
If you need a little more information, or to meet me briefly before booking here are a couple of options:
Let's have a quick chat
Write your questions
or thoughts down
for me
Workshops and Courses Supporting 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:
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Reflect on identity, traits, and personal narratives
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Connect with others in affirming, low-pressure spaces
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Gently unlearn harmful messaging and build self-understanding
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Explore regulation, communication, and sensory experiences
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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.
Online Co-Thinking Spaces
(including Parent Carer Psychoeducation and Coaching Sessions)
A gentle, collaborative space to explore neurodivergent identity—individually, as a couple, as a family, or as a parent-carer.
At your pace, in your own environment.
Whether you’ve recently received a diagnosis, are self-identifying, or are just starting to wonder if the word ‘neurodivergent’ might apply to you or your child, these sessions are here to meet you where you are.
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—or your role in someone else’s.
There’s no checklist or expectation to ‘get it right’—just a shared space for curiosity, validation, and making meaning through language that feels true to you.
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.
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Format:
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90-minute online space via Zoom
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Cost:
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Sessions start from - £125 (available as a one-off space, or series of spaces). When bought in blocks of 3 and 6, discounts applied.
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To discuss Green Bottle Sliding Scale Method please drop me an email
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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.
Sensory Processing
Monotropism
Energy Accounting
Stimming
Masking
Parallel Play
Why I call it a Co-Thinking Space
These are collaborative, non-clinical spaces rooted in the idea that you are the expert on your life, not me.
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.
Together, we will select the tools which feel most comfortable to support you to develop language for your experiences, including communication and sensory preferences and wellbeing.
What we might explore together
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What does being autistic/ADHD/AuDHD and neurodivergent, etc mean to me? For my child and family? Within my partnership or friendships?
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Where have I/my child felt misunderstood—or deeply seen?
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What language helps me/us/them describe who I/they/we are?
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How do other aspects of their identity, or my own, intersect with being neurodivergent?
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What supports or environments help me/them thrive?
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What does camouflaging, including healthy or unhealthy adaptive behaviours like masking look like for me/my child? How is it layered across my/their identity beyond neurodivergence?
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What’s hard to talk about, and what feels like truth in my body?
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 for reasonable adjustments in work, under the Equality Act 2010, I work with Autistic and ADHD individuals to co-create a Workplace Needs and Strengths Overview.
Informed by over a decade of working in management and leadership roles and supporting neurodivergent people in work, plus developing my own confidence to self-advocate for the supports I need; this is a collaborative, neurodivergent-affirming process. We will 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
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Common barriers you may face in the workplace
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Strategies and adjustments that help you thrive
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Suggestions for workplace adaptations, support structures
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Building your confidence for self-advocacy
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.
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Format:
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Pre-session tasks for you to complete and return to me before we meet
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2 x 90-minute online sessions together via Zoom
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Cost:
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£450
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To discuss Green Bottle Sliding Scale Method please drop me an email
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Please read about Heidi Health which will support us to capture notes about our conversations. Their 'patient explainer' document is accessible here.
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 sessions with me
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2 x 90 minute sessions with me to include co-thinking and coaching questions, to understand your communication and sensory preferences in the workplace
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A written Workplace Needs and Strengths Overview tailored to you
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Access to neurodivergent-affirming language you can use in future advocacy
Together, we might explore
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How do I process information, and what supports make that easier for me in fast-paced or high-demand environments?
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What communication approaches (verbal, written, digital) work best for me? What communication barriers do I often face at work?
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What kind of environments (physical, sensory, social) help me focus, regulate, and do my best thinking?
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What tasks or ways of working bring out my strengths—and which ones consistently drain me?
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How does my energy fluctuate across a day or week—and what helps me manage that sustainably?
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What informal strategies or adjustments have helped me manage workload, transitions, or overwhelm in the past?
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Where do I notice patterns of burnout, masking, or miscommunication—and what could shift to reduce these?
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How do my neurodivergent traits intersect with other aspects of my identity in the workplace (e.g. gender, race, class, health, culture)?
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What kind of support structures (mentoring, peer support, supervision) help me stay resourced and resilient?
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What language and framing helps me describe my needs and strengths clearly—especially to managers, HR, or new employers?
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.
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
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I prefer more muted tones and colours, rather than bright colours. However, I appreciate them on other people
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I communicate verbally, however spend large periods of my life in silence
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My dogs are my world, however, having misophonia means I cannot tolerate their noises very well, such as, barking and licking their fur
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I connect most authentically with people through shared, deeper interests, rather than small talk (commonly topics related to neurodiversity)
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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
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I script, having regular phrases I say, such as, 'I hope that makes sense'
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In the right company, I love a good sing song in the kitchen to the 90's music I enjoyed as a teen.
Accessibility & Inclusivity
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.
If you have access needs, communication preferences, or sensory sensitivities, you can share these in advance or let me know on the day.
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.
Stories from this Space
"Kate provides a warm safe space, with no pressure to move at a pace I'm not ready for, but she somehow always gives me the right "nudge" just when I need it. She is highly knowledgeable about all things neurodiversity/divergence related, and has helped me start to make sense of how my own thinking style and neurotype affect the work that I do and the things that are important to me.
She is so kind and supportive - very strengths focused, but also able to gently hold and explore difficulties together, helping me find the language I need to frame my experiences, feelings, or goals. She is a highly experienced therapist, with strong clinical insight and understanding. I always come away from our sessions feeling positive and ready to take the next step forward - I would wholeheartedly recommend her services.”
C, therapist exploring their own neurology 💜
