Hi there, I’m Kes. I am a therapist and supervisor specialising in practising with autistic and ADHD clients online.

Many clients prefer to attend sessions from the comfort of their own home. I like to create a relaxed environment, where you can be yourself and bring a cup of tea and a blanket if it helps you feel comfortable. Pets are welcome if they support you to feel emotionally safe.

I like to spark genuine, enjoyable conversations with my clients where you can talk about what matters to you. We might laugh. We might cry. We might even sing, make art, create a ritual, or do whatever helps you to explore and honour your feelings, emotions, and process change and growth.

I invite all aspects of my clients to the sessions. This may mean drawing on your personal strengths, your cultural heritage, your family wisdom (surely, there is some!), and possibly your own philosophical thinking, sense of spirituality, wonder, awe, or joy. Joy is often so important to reclaim for neurodivergent people, as it builds our resilience. Joy may have been squashed down, masked and hidden away. If so it’s time to let it out.

You see therapy is not only about struggles. It’s also about celebrations.

As a counsellor, I see myself in the role of facilitator (someone who eases/assists your process of personal development) rather than an expert on fixing you. I don’t think anyone needs fixing. We just need time to reflect, get in touch with ourselves, and receive the genuine consideration, care and kindness of another – even a well-trained stranger who might just be your therapist for a while (i.e. me).

Whilst my approach is highly-validating, I can also be gently challenging, encouraging you to be your own best therapist, advocate and champion. Many of us start therapy as victims and survivors. Many of us leave feeling more whole, accepting our imperfections and even accepting the unacceptable things we’ve been through and that life has strewn in our paths. Therapy is an opportunity to define yourself by your strengths and aptitudes, honour and care for your vulnerabilities, and free yourself, little by little, from the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Please note, my practice is critically-engaged and I am well aware that there are many systemic and structural issues that impact wellbeing. Therefore, I cannot guarantee outcomes from therapy. Instead, I welcome you to attend sessions for as long as you feel they are beneficial to you.