What we can explore together
Neuroaffirming Occupational Therapy With a Neurodivergent OT
PLEASE NOTE: Current Availability
At the moment, I am fully booked for 1) Longer-term highly personalised 1:1 Occupational Therapy Pathway but I will have some spaces for option 2) Themes packages from September 2026.You are welcome to email me to sign up for a package.
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Welcome to the Navigate Neurodiversity OT Framework™! My Unique Perspective:
When I founded Navigate Neurodiversity OT™, I looked around and realised there was no service in the UK led by someone who truly shared my reality. So I became that practitioner.
To the best of my knowledge, I am the first independent OT in the UK to hold this full specific combination of lived experience and clinical expertise.
My work is grounded not just in training and textbooks, but in the daily navigation of:
Neurodivergence: I am autistic, dyslexic, dyspraxic, OCD, anxiety, and Depression
Physical disability: I use both a wheelchair and walking aids and am hypermobile
Chronic health: chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and chronic illness
Identity: I am proudly part of the LGBTQIA+ community
Trauma: I bring both personal understanding to trauma-informed practice
My anthropology background shapes how I see every client not as a diagnosis, but as a whole person embedded in their own family, community, and culture. As an LGBTQIA+ practitioner, I also understand firsthand how marginalised identities shape every interaction with healthcare systems.
Since launching Navigate Neurodiversity OT™, I have had the honour of supporting hundreds of clients, helping raise standards of practice across the UK, and contributing to building wider community understanding of what truly affirming OT can look like.
The Navigate Neurodiversity OT Framework™
This is the approach I developed to weave together:
Lived experience
Specialist occupational therapy practice
Trauma-informed principles
Anthropological understanding of human context
Every element is present in every client session.
The internal processes of this framework are kept deliberately private to protect my intellectual property, but are woven into all client sessions.
Other information:
I conduct my sessions through whatever means is most comfortable for you! You can choose between video calls (with or without the camera on) or messaging/email.
Session frequency: fortnightly, monthly, bi-monthly, short-term
Some people like to do activities like crafting during sessions.
Reports and letters are available at an additional cost.
If you would like to learn more about why occupational therapy might be right for you click here
Below list is a non-exclusive list of what I offer. email me, we can discuss our options.
Looking for my fees?
Fully tailored, neurodiversity-affirming occupational therapy designed around your individual needs, goals, and circumstances. Sessions are collaborative and person-centred, with flexibility to adapt over time.
1) Longer-term highly personalised 1:1 Occupational Therapy Pathway
Core 1:1 topics I specialise in
Ideal if you want:
An initial assessment of your needs & what I can support you with, followed by personalised pathway creation
Ongoing, bespoke support shaped around your specific goals
A therapeutic relationship where we build understanding over time
Sessions that flex and respond to where you are each session
Individualised strategies and problem-solving
Session summaries & documents emailed to you after the session
What’s Included:
Clinical note-writing time
Post-session summary email
Signposting
Personalised resources
1-2 Emailed questions between sessions
Session reminder emails
Free discovery call: A conversation for us to introduce ourselves, discuss what you're looking for and consider whether we would be a good match to work together.
Initial Assessment & Pathway clarity session (all clients who have regular support must have an initial assessment first followed by a pathway clarity session):We will discuss your goals for our sessions, and current situation in more detail. (These two sessions are each charged at my standard 1:1 rate)
Below isn't an exhaustive list. Do get in touch to enquire about how I could support you!
Other sessions have included things like support with making cooking easier with pain, doing crafts while discussing any of the above, exploring shame and imposter syndrome relating to being disabled, and practising advocating for your needs.
Sensory support and Exploration: I use sensory Modulation to explore and help us gain a better understanding of your sensory needs, enabling you to become a more effective self-advocate and to design strategies that help you meet daily sensory needs and optimise your environment. I can provide a summary report & informal sensory profile and suggestions of sensory items to purchase, on request. *Reports & recommendations at additional cost. I do not provide 'sensory integration therapy' due to ideas around reducing sensitivity. I opt for approaches based on neuroaffirming sensory strategies and tools.
Unmasking:We can explore safe ways to unmask in different settings, increase joy, find new hobbies and rekindle old ones, and reconnect with you.
Fatigue, Energy & Burnout support: We can explore supportive strategies to help you manage your energy through the day and week, use my models to help you understand your energy capacity and communicate it to others & create plans to help you prevent burnout and fatigue crashes. This support is often helpful for those who are neurodivergent, but also for anyone with chronic pain or a chronic illness.
University or workplace reasonable adjustments & Creating health passports:Personalised support in identifying your strengths and challenges and recommending reasonable adjustments that will support you in your workplace, educational provider or healthcare provider.I can also provide you with a professional PDF report and/or meet with managers/HR to help you advocate. *These services (and any others) can be self-funded or funded by your employer.
Nervous system regulation, emotions, interoception, meltdowns and shutdown:We can explore your experiences and develop strategies for nervous system regulation that work best for you. I use elements of lots of different models to give you a taster of different ways you could support yourself. Often clients find this approach works well as it enables you to test lots of strategies and narrow down what works best for you. We can also explore and build your interoception, and I'll help you come up with ideas and cheat sheets to make it easier to identify your emotions, state and unmet body needs (e.g hunger, thirst etc). Interoception means being able to interpret your body signals e.g knowing if you are hungry/thirsty/need the toilet/what emotions you are feeling.
Executive function support (e.g planning, transitions, starting tasks, routines etc) : We can explore your executive functioning and develop strategies to support you. This might include helping to put them into practice and/or providing accountability through weekly mentoring/body-doubling sessions to check in with your progress and create routines. We can also explore mapping out future plans and life goals and breaking them down into realistic manageable chunks, to support you with the transitions.
Exploring your neurotype: I can support you to explore your challenges and strengths as part of your neurotype. I can offer validating conversations and answer any questions you might have, or just provide a space to process your diagnosis/self-identification with someone who "gets it".
Body doubling & accountability partnering: I can also help with virtual body doubling, scheduling, and prioritisation. A body double is someone who works alongside you, either in person or through video chat.I can also help by doing either weekly, bi-weekly or monthly calls to check in and review how things have gone, what you have coming up soon and create a goal list or action plan.
Guided neurotype screening:Are you wondering if you might be neurodivergent? With long waiting lists, assessments, and high private costs, it can be challenging to know where to start. My screening service offers a thorough exploration to determine if you may meet the criteria for Autism, ADHD, or Dyspraxia using standardised tools, the DSM criteria and an initial OT assessment if you'd like one. While this doesn’t replace a formal diagnosis, it can provide valuable insights and validation. We can also provide letter documentation to support your request for a referral to your GP for further assessment, along with reports that highlight patterns observed during the screening to assist with workplace or university adjustments. Enquire for a free quote
Wellbeing check-ins: Check-ins to support you with putting in your strategies into practice. Some clients like to simply use this space as a place to vent to someone who truly understands what it is like to be neurodivergent, others like to have them structured around weekly goals and checking in and adjusting them each week. These sessions are often more frequent but 10/25 mins, but we can do whatever frequency and length works for you.
2) Themed Packages
What's included:
The sessions themselves
Any resources we used will be emailed to you
Clinical note-writing time
Session reminder emails
*These packages do not include an initial assessment, tailored goal-setting session or individualised resources. If you would like this level of tailored support, choose my 1:1 OT sessions above.
Current packages:
Beyond Burnout Deep Dive: Learn practical strategies for fatigue, energy mapping, sustainable pacing, and boundary-building in this deep-dive.
*email for details
Supporting My Nervous System 101:Quick start to regulation. Focused sessions on understanding your nervous system states and building practical bottom-up tools you can use today.
*email for details
Supporting my autistic neurotype 101: Sessions packed with practical knowledge, real-life applications, and space to ask questions that matter to you. We cover the core topics I most frequently work with Autistic clients on.
*email for details
Getting started with Sensory Modulation: If you just want to learn how to support yourself from a sensory perspective, this is a great introduction.
*email for details
Add-on's
a) Workplace / University Adjustments Detailed Report (includes 50 min 1:1 session to plan the adjustments together & report writing)
b) Detailed Sensory Profile Screening and Report (non-standardised tool): Your sensory profile is analysed & suggestions given of what might support your profile, including specific items.
Letters, Reports & Document reviews:
e.g
GP or specialist letters
Employer or workplace letters
Supporting letters for benefits applications
Standalone reports
Reviewing and suggesting edits to PIP applications
Any other written clinical documentation reviews or writing
Letters for housing applications
*If you need a different type of assessment or report, pop me an email and Ill let you know if I can help
Why Clients Choose Navigate Neurodiversity OT
Clients consistently choose me because:
Trail blazing neurodivergent-led support
Lived experience fused with clinical expertise: an OT with lived experience of neurodivergence but also chronic illness & chronic pain
A pioneering, recognisable approach The Navigate Neurodiversity OT framework that has been carefully developed over time
A validating, caring, deeply human space
Personalised, holistic, tailored support
A flexible approach & adjustments whenever needed