The Neuroaffirming Practice is a professional learning and reflective space for therapists and allied professionals. It brings together workshops, focus groups, and professional spaces designed for therapists and allied professionals working alongside Neurodivergent children and young people.
This space grew from a recognition that many of the frameworks we inherit as therapists were never built with Neurodivergent experience in mind. And yet we are often expected to adapt them, apply them, and hold complex presentations within them without adequate space to slow down and reflect.
The Neuroaffirming Practice offers that space.
It is grounded in relational thinking, power awareness, nervous system understanding, and a commitment to working contextually rather than individualising distress. It is not about quick strategies or prescriptive models, but about deepening understanding, dismantling assumptions, and holding nuance in real therapy rooms with real families.
Why I Created It
Over time, I kept noticing how often therapists are holding significant complexity in their work – particularly when supporting Neurodivergent clients – with very little space to pause, reflect, and question the frameworks we’ve inherited.
Many traditional models were not built with Neurodivergent experience in mind. Yet therapists are still expected to apply them seamlessly.
The Neuroaffirming Practice grew from a desire to create space for slower thinking, relational depth, and conversations that hold nuance rather than rush toward certainty.
Who This Space is For
The Neuroaffirming Practice is for therapists and allied professionals who:
• Work with Neurodivergent children, adolescents, and young people
• Want to move beyond behaviour-based narratives
• Are interested in power-aware, relational, and contextual approaches
• Value reflection over rigid technique
• Want language and frameworks that better fit the realities they encounter
This space welcomes both Neurodivergent and neuroconforming professionals who are committed to reflective and affirming practice.
Live Workshops
Workshops are live, online learning spaces combining structured teaching with reflective discussion.
Each workshop explores a focused theme – such as PDA, distress narratives, capacity and burnout, or relational power dynamics – through a neuroaffirming and context-aware lens.
These sessions are designed to:
• Deepen conceptual understanding
• Bridge theory and lived experience
• Support application within real therapy rooms
• Offer space for reflection and dialogue
Workshops are hosted online. Recordings are provided where appropriate.
Upcoming Workshops
Reflective Focus Groups
Focus groups are small, live online spaces (4–5 participants) designed for deeper professional reflection.
These sessions are conversational and responsive. Participants bring questions, dilemmas, and reflections from their work, and we explore them collectively through a neuroaffirming and power-aware lens.
Focus groups are ideal for therapists who:
• Want ongoing reflective dialogue
• Are navigating complex clinical work
• Value shared thinking rather than didactic teaching
Places are limited to maintain depth and safety.
Current Focus Groups
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