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
Understanding who we are
Psychoeducation is everyone. Whether you have a formal diagnosis, you are self-diagnosed/discovered or you are just at the beginning of understanding neurodivergence. The diagnostic assessment, the medical world, and sadly lots of charities claiming to support neurodivergent folk are often littered with highly negative and harmful pathologised language (disordered, deficit, dysfunctional etc). Sadly, so much of society ad the systems set up to support and care, still view differences as ‘wrong’ in some way. In need of ‘fixing’.
That is not my approach or my belief. I have seen and felt the complex layer of damage from neuronormative ideals and expectations of people. I frustratingly can not change history, but I do believe the more we understand and become aware of the positivity of difference, the more we can accept it in ourselves and others. Just like our understanding of biodiversity has developed - we now know it is vital to have a huge array of variances in our natural world - it is the same for human variances, we need it for our survival!
My work aims to support you in your understanding of your bodymind. Importantly this work and support comes from a neurodivergent lens, from a non-pathologised framework, with a factual and latest research understanding of neurodivergence and pivotally from helping you to tune into your bodymind - not anyone else’s. Your experiences, emotions, your ways of being.
Understanding the physiology of your neurodivergent neurology. What is your unique nervous system all about, and how does it work.
Exploring your triggers (or lightning zaps), the environments (including people, demands etc) that impact you and your nervous system.
Navigating what support, boundaries and nourishments your nervous system needs, not just for recovery from areas of overwhelm or burnout, but long-term health. What brings joy, glimmers, flow, and safety to you?
How it works
I offer a free 30 minute consultation online to better understand your requirements and for you to get a feel for how I work.
I offer 1:1 psychoeducation to anyone above the age of 18. I also offer psychoeducation sessions, if you are a parent/carer and want to understand your child’s neurotype, in order to support and create a neuro-affirming environment that enables.
Sessions are usually one hour in length at a cost of £60 per hour. At the end of our time together (to be agreed in consultation) you will receive a personalised pdf booklet of everything we have explored related to your neurodivergent mindbody. I can also aid in providing information for assessments, access to work, benefits and carers applications, EHCPs, EOTAS, and other support.