Divergent Therapy is one pathway through this wider reflective space.

I offer therapy for people who are recovering from burnout, navigating neurodivergence or neuro-curiosity, living with trauma, moving through loss, exploring masking or identity, or trying to return to their own rhythm after years of adaptation.

This may include questions around culture, gender, sexuality, belonging, self-expression, role, difference and change.

The work is ecological, seasonal, neuro-affirming and trauma-informed.

This means we would not only look at what is happening inside you, but also at the relationships, environments, systems, expectations and repeated patterns you have had to live within.

Therapy is not about becoming a more acceptable or polished version of yourself.

It is a space to explore what has been carried, hidden, adapted around, interrupted or overridden — and what may now need more care, choice, safety, expression or room to breathe.

I currently offer online therapy.

I am also actively looking for a suitable therapy room in Carmarthenshire to offer face-to-face sessions as soon as possible.

Seasonal woodland-based and walk-and-talk sessions are part of the longer-term vision, depending on planning, site readiness, safety, accessibility and suitability.

You do not need to arrive with everything clearly named.

Some people come to therapy knowing they are burned out, grieving, traumatised, neurodivergent, questioning, masked, overwhelmed or stuck.

Others come with a less definite sense that something in their life no longer fits, or that the way they have learned to cope is no longer sustainable.

You may be exhausted from holding everything together, managing other people’s expectations, performing competence, or adapting to environments that do not leave much room for your actual needs.

You may be exploring neurodivergence, already diagnosed, self-identifying, late-recognised, neuro-curious, or trying to make sense of a report or assessment.

You may also be wondering about identity, belonging, culture, gender, sexuality, class, sensitivity, difference, role, visibility or self-expression.

You may be living with trauma, whether from a single event, repeated harm, instability, misattunement, marginalisation, or the slow accumulation of having to override yourself in order to belong or survive.

You may be moving through loss: loss of a person, relationship, identity, health, certainty, home, community, future, time, confidence, or a version of yourself you can no longer return to.

The common thread is not a particular diagnosis or label.

It is the experience of having had to adapt around yourself for too long, and wanting space to understand what has happened, what it has cost, and what might now need care, change or reconnection.

My way of working is relational, collaborative and paced.

I am interested in what becomes possible when a person is met with enough safety, accuracy and respect to begin noticing themselves more clearly.

Rather than treating distress as a problem located only inside the individual, I pay attention to the wider ecology of a person’s life: relationships, systems, environments, histories, expectations, identities, sensory needs, repeated patterns and natural rhythms.

This means the work may involve exploring both inner experience and outer context.

We might look at what you feel, think, sense and carry, while also asking what conditions have shaped this, what has helped you survive, and what may now need to change around you.

I aim to work in a way that is neuro-affirming, trauma-informed and attentive to safety, agency and timing.

I do not see therapy as a process of fixing, correcting or forcing someone into a more acceptable version of themselves.

Instead, the work is about developing more awareness, choice, self-trust and fit.

Neuro-affirming practice is not just a label.

For me, it is a personal, professional and ethical commitment.

It means doing the ongoing work of understanding neurodivergence from the inside as well as the outside: through lived experience, research, training, therapeutic practice, reflection and listening to neurodivergent people.

Neuro-affirming practice does not mean assuming every neurodivergent person is the same, or treating diagnosis as the whole story.

It means taking seriously the ways a person processes, senses, communicates, regulates, connects, masks, recovers and moves through the world.

It also means paying attention to the environments, systems, relationships and expectations that may be creating unnecessary friction.

This is not about helping people become more acceptable, compliant or convenient to others.

It is not about teaching someone to hide their needs more effectively, tolerate harmful environments, or perform a version of “normal” at greater cost to themselves.

It also means being curious about where normative assumptions may have entered the work, from either side. 

Therapy does not happen outside culture.

Ideas about progress, insight, communication, emotional expression, eye contact, independence, resilience, motivation, responsibility, regulation and “appropriate” behaviour can all carry hidden assumptions.

I am interested in noticing these assumptions collaboratively rather than treating them as neutral truths.

I do not see this as a one-time achievement.

I have my own internalised ableism and assumptions, as everyone does. Part of the work is staying willing to notice them, question them, and adapt.

For me, this is not a burden; it is part of the integrity, curiosity and care that neuro-affirming practice requires.

A neuro-affirming approach asks different questions:

This work is central to Divergent Therapy.

It has shaped my research, my therapeutic interests, and the way I think about therapy, trauma, masking, burnout, identity and recovery.

My relationship with neuro-affirming practice did not begin as a branding choice or a fashionable therapeutic label.

It has grown over decades of lived experience, research, activism, professional practice, personal discovery, and deep questioning of the stories often told about neurodivergent people. 

Neurodivergent people deserve therapy that does not require them to translate themselves into neurotypical expectations before they can be understood.

My training is grounded in counselling and therapeutic relationship, with an interest in integrative, humanistic and experiential ways of working.

Depending on what feels useful and appropriate, sessions may include talking, reflection, psychoeducation, parts-based exploration, creative methods, Gestalt-informed experiments, body-based noticing, mapping patterns and thresholds, or working with seasonal and ecological themes.

This does not mean applying techniques for the sake of it.

Some sessions may be quiet and reflective. Others may be more practical, exploratory or creative.

The pace and shape of the work would be developed collaboratively, with attention to your needs, preferences, capacity and context.

I trained in humanistic psychotherapeutic practice through the MA in Psychotherapeutic Practice at University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

During my training, I completed a placement with New Pathways, where I received specific training around trauma and sexual violence, and worked with clients navigating the overlap between trauma, neurodivergence, masking, safety and self-trust.

I am a member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.

At present, sessions are offered online.

Online work can be a good fit for people who want therapy from a familiar environment, need to manage energy, access, travel, sensory load or time, or feel more able to reflect from their own space.

For some people, meeting online can make therapy feel more accessible and less exposing.

It can allow space to regulate before and after sessions, choose what feels supportive in the room, and reduce the extra demands that can come with travelling to an unfamiliar place.

For some people, it also helps to have familiar comforts nearby: a pet, blanket, drink, object, or anything else that supports regulation and safety.

Online therapy still needs a safe and private-enough space.

It can help to think about where you will be during sessions, whether you can be overheard, what you might need nearby, and how you will transition back into the rest of your day afterwards.

This way of working may not be right for everyone or every situation, and we can think together about whether it feels suitable for you.

 I am actively looking for a suitable therapy room in Carmarthenshire to offer face-to-face therapy as soon as possible.

For some people, meeting in person can feel more grounding, contained or relationally present.

It may offer a clearer sense of entering and leaving the therapeutic space, which can be helpful when working with trauma, loss, masking, burnout, identity, self-trust or difficult life transitions. 

The right setting matters.

 I am looking for a space that feels calm, private, accessible and held, rather than clinical or impersonal.

Practical details such as location, parking, sensory environment, privacy, accessibility and safety will all shape what becomes possible.

Some people may choose to begin online, with the possibility of moving to face-to-face sessions later if a suitable space becomes available and this feels right for the work.

Once face-to-face sessions are available, details will be added here.

Seasonal woodland-based and walk-and-talk therapy are part of the longer-term vision for Divergent Therapy.

This work is planned for a woodland setting in Carmarthenshire and would offer an in-person way of working that is more directly connected with the ecological and seasonal approach described across this site.

For some people, being outdoors can support regulation, reflection, movement, sensory grounding and a different kind of therapeutic conversation.

The longer-term vision includes a small therapeutic hut or enclosed space within the woodland, offering a more sheltered way of working close to nature.

 For some people, being near the outside — rather than fully outside — may feel more regulating, accessible or contained.

 Walk-and-talk therapy can be particularly helpful for people who find sitting face-to-face too intense, process more easily while moving, or feel more able to think and speak when attention is shared with the surrounding environment.

The woodland-based work would be seasonal, with the possibility of in-person outdoor or outside-adjacent sessions during the lighter parts of the year and online therapy during the darker winter months.

This rhythm is intentional.

It reflects the understanding that different seasons may call for different kinds of work: movement, emergence and contact at some times; retreat, reflection and integration at others.

This part of the practice is still developing and will depend on planning, site readiness, accessibility, safety, weather, privacy and suitability.

Not every client or every piece of therapeutic work will be suited to woodland or outdoor therapy, and this would always be considered carefully and collaboratively.

Sessions will not follow a fixed script.

Some sessions may be quiet, reflective and spacious. Others may be more exploratory, practical, creative or focused.

The shape of the work would depend on what you bring, what feels possible, and what we understand together about your needs, capacity and context.

We might spend time exploring what has been happening in your life, making sense of repeated patterns, noticing early signs of strain, mapping thresholds, understanding masking or adaptation, processing grief or trauma, or exploring questions around identity, belonging, diagnosis, self-trust and change.

At times, the work may involve slowing things down and noticing what is happening in the body, nervous system, emotions or relationships.

At other times, it may involve thinking more practically about boundaries, rest, sensory needs, communication, support, pacing or environmental fit.

Where useful, we may also use creative or experiential methods, parts-based exploration, Gestalt-informed experiments, reflective prompts, psychoeducation, seasonal themes, or visual mapping.

These would always be optional and collaborative, not imposed.

The aim is not to force insight, progress or transformation.

It is to create enough safety and spaciousness for what has been hidden, overridden or carried for too long to be approached with care.

I aim to offer therapy in a way that is flexible, thoughtful and responsive to individual needs.

Some people prefer weekly sessions. Others may find fortnightly, monthly, seasonal, short-term or longer-term work more suitable.

Longer sessions may be helpful for people who need more time to arrive, process, warm up, regulate, transition, or explore things without feeling rushed.

They may also suit people travelling further for face-to-face or woodland-based work, or those who prefer to work in a more spacious, focused or less frequent way.

The frequency and length of sessions can be discussed together and reviewed over time.

The aim is not to fit everyone into one standard format, but to find a rhythm that feels supportive, ethical, sustainable and appropriate for the work.

A limited number of concession spaces are available for students, people receiving benefits, and people on a low income.

Concession spaces are offered on trust. You do not need to prove your income, but I may need to limit the number of concession spaces available at any one time so that the practice remains sustainable.

Payment details, cancellation policy and current availability will be shared before we begin working together.

If you are interested in working together, you can make an enquiry or book a session through this site.

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