The more we help each other to question in ways we otherwise wouldn’t – and correspondingly discover new insights about the world and ourselves, the more we are able to learn from each other, and the more we start to understand each other.
Jorn Bettin
Psychoeducation Sessions
Many people begin their neurodivergent journey with more questions than answers. Perhaps you have recently received a diagnosis, are exploring whether you may be neurodivergent, or are trying to make sense of experiences that have never quite fitted with the explanations you were given. Or you may be trying to better understand your loved ones neurodivergence in or to better support and enable them.
Psychoeducation sessions offer a neuroaffirming space to explore what neurodivergence really means, moving beyond stereotypes and deficit-based narratives. Together, we explore current research, lived experience, and different ways of understanding neurodivergent minds, helping you build a clearer picture and ways to heal, support, and thrive.
Awareness, Acceptance, Advocacy
The more we understand, the more we have a chance to accept ourselves, and the better we can heal and meet needs.
These sessions can be looked at alone or can be part of the therapeutic sessions, as many clients find that part of the work of healing is understanding. Families can also use these sessions to build their knowledge in order to support and advocate for their child’s needs. My approach focuses on helping families develop a collaborative practical, compassionate understanding of neurodivergence, enabling them to ensure needs are positively identified, understood, accepted, and supported.
Psychoeducation can look at various areas from the foundations of neurodivergence - the culture and community, to deeper dives into how your unique nervous system is working and reacting, to guiding in developing support plans for your child, to more individual areas like masking, burnout, sensory, communication and relationships, executive function, rejection sensitivity, monotropism, synaesthesia, aphantasia - it’s a wondrous varied world!
How it works
These sessions are carried out online, either 1:1 or for families (up to 2 parent/carers). We tend to meet for an initial free consultation (up to 30 minutes) to discuss how I might be able to support you and then collaboratively set out a plan of what that could look like.
Individual Psychoeducation
This could form part of your therapy or as stand alone sessions.
£70 per hour
Family Psychoeducation
For 1 - 2 parent/carers to understand needs & guidance in creating supportive environments.
£90 per hour (includes written resources & guidance notes)
Add ons - Cost dependent on requirement
Development of supportive documents for EHCPs, EOTAS, Disability Benefits, Support at work etc
“Working with Bex really opened my eyes to a much more in-depth and compassionate view of being neurodivergent. It meant I could finally see who I was, not what other people thought I was, and I really just was able to look after myself better. I didn’t expect that seeing a therapist would have such a brilliant impact, not just on my mental health but my physical health too”
“Working with someone who truly understands neurodivergence from both professional knowledge and lived experience helped me feel safe in a way I hadn't experienced before. It has been life changing to actually have some proper insight into what my mind and body are about and how it is all connected. Has made such a huge difference to how I view myself and how I support myself”