Coaching is goal-focused. We identify a specific outcome you want to work towards — a behaviour you'd like to change, a situation you want to handle differently, a step you've been struggling to take — and build a structured path to get there.I use the T-GROW model to give sessions a clear shape: Topic, Goal, Reality, Options, and Way Forward. I also draw on Motivational Interviewing techniques, which help explore ambivalence and strengthen your own reasons for change, rather than imposing direction from outside.Therapy works differently. It's less about reaching a defined destination and more about how you want to feel, who you want to become, and how you understand yourself. The process is broader and more open — shaped by what emerges rather than what's been agreed in advance.Both have their place, and some people move between them at different points in their lives. If you're not certain which is the right fit for where you are now, we can talk that through before you commit to anything.

No. A diagnosis can be a useful piece of self-knowledge, but it isn't a requirement. Many people I work with are still exploring the possibility of neurodivergence, or simply recognise that their mind works differently — without a formal label attached. What matters is that coaching feels relevant to where you are, not what's written on a document.

There's rarely one simple answer to that. Sometimes it's a specific event — a bereavement, the end of a relationship, a diagnosis, a job loss — that prompts someone to seek support. Sometimes it's a longer, quieter sense that something isn't quite right. Often, people are carrying losses of various kinds: loss of health, identity, control, or connection.Broadly speaking, the work I do with clients explores three things: your relationship with yourself, your relationship with the people around you, and your relationship with events — past and present. For many of my neurodivergent clients, there's a fourth thread too: understanding how you sense and experience the world, and making sense of that in a way that feels true to you.

Sessions follow the T-GROW structure, so there's always a clear topic, an agreed goal, anda concrete way forward by the end. Within that, sessions are conversational and genuinelyled by you. I'll ask questions, reflect back what I'm hearing, and occasionally challenge your thinking — always in service of your goals, not mine. The approach adapts to how you think and communicate, not the other way around.

It starts from the assumption that there is nothing wrong with you. Difference is not deficit. My role isn';t to help you mask more effectively or push through things that genuinely don't work — it's to help you understand yourself more clearly and find approaches that are sustainable for you specifically. My background in neuroscience, education, and neurodivergent-informed therapy shapes everything I bring to coaching conversations.

Yes. Sessions are available both online and in person at my practice in Hartford, Cheshire. Many people find online works well — particularly if sensory or travel considerations make in-person attendance harder. Whatever works best for you is what we'll use.