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 your Ecosystem
I am a big believer in the importance of understanding your whole self, not just a part. Of really digging into how we are connected, how one part of us can impact and influence so many other areas. Neurodivergence for me, is not a “mental disorder,” “deficit,” or “a differently wired brain.” While these terms are common, they can unintentionally reinforce ableist narratives and leave some neurodivergent people clueless as to who they are and how their mind and body are working, as well as internalising negative beliefs about themselves, their capabilities, and their worth.
Psychoeducational work is about offering an alternative to that. Like with my therapeutic work, psychoeducation is not just about understanding the brain. This is a holistic approach to understanding your whole ecosystem, mind, body, and the impacts of the external systems and relational experiences. It pulls together my deep interests and continued research into neurodivergent focused neuroscience, nutrition, and nervous system health.
Awareness, Acceptance, Advocacy
The more we understand, the more we have a chance to accept ourselves, the better we can meet our ecosystem’s needs.
These sessions are about you deeply exploring what your individual ecosystem is all about. Understanding the physiological facts, the psychological research, and neuroaffirming lived experience theories into how you feel, process, communicate, relate. Psychoeducational sessions can stand alone as a focused space for learning and exploration, or they can be integrated alongside therapeutic work depending on your needs. Some people come primarily to deepen their understanding of neurodivergence, trauma, nervous system regulation, or identity. Others prefer a blend of education and reflective therapeutic exploration within sessions, as often realisations about how our ecosystems function come with memories, experiences, and some healing to be had.
Working with Parents & Professionals
Alongside individual therapeutic work, I provide psychoeducational training and consultation for parents, family members, and carers. 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.
In addition to my ongoing professional development, specialist knowledge, and lived experience as a neurodivergent parent, I draw extensively on my role as Head of Counselling Services for Autistic Parents UK. In this position, I have worked with numerous parents, carers, and families, delivering psychoeducational training, providing therapeutic support, and helping families navigate the challenging areas, particularly with the current UK education, health, and benefits systems.
I also offer neuroaffirming focused training and consultation for counsellors, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals either group or 1:1. This includes supporting practitioners to move beyond purely diagnostic or deficit-based understandings of neurodivergence and instead develop more informed, compassionate, and neuroaffirming ways of working therapeutically. Training can include exploring and breaking down the stigma and ableist societal views, as well as deepening practitioners’ views and understanding of all neurotypes and nervous systems, and how to create safer, more accessible therapeutic spaces for neurodivergent clients.
“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”