Our ND-Affirming Services
We offer a mixture of remote packages to meet the needs of neurodivergent individuals and of families who want to learn how to provide the best support possible for a loved one. We work hard to select mentors and counsellors who will truly understand your experiences. We want you to feel truly heard and understood. As such, as well as a wealth of professional expertise, we are all autistic or neurodivergent ourselves.
Wherever you are in life, we’ve got a service that can be tailored to suit you.
We’ve worked hard to create a range of service options that can be adapted to suit a range of different needs: children, adults, family groups, individuals and couples. These bespoke services are designed to be as approachable and user-friendly as possible. The specific details will be tailored around you. This means you can expect to receive exactly the right type of guidance for yourself or your family.
You can book a free consultation to talk about what you’re looking for in more detail. Or, if you aren’t ready to talk directly right now, you can send us a message and our team will get back to you.
For Individuals
One to One Counselling and/or mentorships
For Groups
Family, duo, or couple Counselling and/or mentorships
For Assessment
Autism and ADHD assessment packages
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If you’re not sure which package is right for you, or if you have any questions before you get started, click to see our FAQs.
1:1 ND-Affirming Counselling and Mentorship Packages
What type of support can I get as a Neurodivergent person?
Taking the initiative to explore available ND-affirming support options represents a significant and crucial stride forward.
At Autistic-Thoughts, we take pride in the fact that all our psychologists and mentors are Neurodivergent too, just like you! This unique perspective enables us to provide services specifically tailored to support Neurodivergent individuals, ensuring that you can access a combination of professional expertise and personal understanding to shape the precise support that suits your needs.
The initial phases of this process may seem intimidating and unsettling at times, but that’s perfectly okay, that’s what we’re here for. We work hard to make the whole process as straightforward as possible for you, and we encourage you to let us know from the very beginning if there are any adjustments we can make to help you feel wonderfully safe and supported.
Our remote support packages are designed to be adaptable and holistic and to help you blossom into the next stage of your ND-affirming life! Book a free initial consultation to get started.
ND-Affirming Individual Counselling and/or Mentoring
(Remote)
These services are ideal for Neurodivergent adults and adolescents in search of guidance to navigate the often perplexing neurotypical world.
Are you tired of feeling the need to mask your personality to feel accepted?Â
Do you want to explore new ways of making the tasks in your day-to-day life easier and less stressful?
Would you like to feel calmer and more regulated, and find healthy methods of support?
Everybody needs support and guidance from time to time. If you’re feeling stuck, alone, or confused – we’re here to help.Â
Your mentor or counsellor will talk through the things that you find challenging. This can be any topic such as:Â
- Your personal life
- Your professional life
- Your relationships with people around you
- Your mental health
- Your education or learning
Together, we’ll explore how and why you’re experiencing difficulty.Â
An important part of this process will be exploring your neurodiverse characteristics and what they signify. This is a powerful way of embracing your own skills, abilities and strengths and learning how you can make the most of them.Â
In fact, the things that make us different are often great strengths. Autistic and neurodiverse minds are brimming with a wealth of skills and talents. Yours are unique and valuable – even if you don’t always feel it. Sometimes, all it takes is a little bit of support to learn how to use them effectively.Â
By getting to know and understand yourself, you’ll be able to make healthy choices that create the outcomes you’ve always dreamed of – whether that’s a great job, more fulfilling friendships, or a balanced routine with time for the activities that matter to you.Â
£90 per session
Family, Duo, and Couples Packages
Optimal Support for Parents and Caregivers of Autistic or Neurodivergent Children:
ND-Affirming Counselling and Mentoring Sessions
When you’re a parent or caregiver to a neurodiverse child or young person, it might not always be clear how you can best support your loved one.
Maybe you have different communication styles. Perhaps you have different needs around your daily routines, or you aren’t always sure how to help when they’re having a hard time.
It’s understandable to feel overwhelmed or confused. And that’s why we created these mentorships for parents, families, and caregivers.
We provide a non-judgemental space for you to talk to an Autistic autism and neurodiverse expert that can provide personal and professional direct insights into what your child might be experiencing. Our Neurodivergent professionals will give you a patient, empathetic space to learn and discover ways of supporting your loved one.
With the right support and acceptance, your neurodiverse child or loved one will grow up to be a happy, healthy, thriving adult. We support parents with embracing their autistic/neurodiverse child for who they are, rather than trying to ‘solve’ them.
You can talk to your mentor by yourself, or in a group with your neurodiverse child and/or other family members. Read on to discover which mentorship option will be the best fit for your family’s needs.
Family, Duo and Couples Counselling
(Remote)
This service is so popular because of its effectiveness! This type of family therapy was designed for families, duos or couples who want to bridge communication gaps and nourish strong, healthy family bonds.
This service is for people who are finding it difficult to bond healthily with each other when there are different neurotypes at play in the relationship (i.e. a mixture of autistic and neurotypical people).
Family counselling is shown to help with topics including developing healthy boundaries and communication, building empathy, practising problem-solving, and reducing conflict.
Of course, what success will look like will depend on your relationships. Your mentor or counsellor will talk through the present dynamics with you to fully understand the present situation and how you’d like to move forward together.
When you have a mixture of neurodiverse and neurotypical family members, there can often be differences in communication style and preferences. It can feel isolating and frustrating to face these challenges in your family.
Nobody is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ – but sometimes you might need support to find strategies that help family members understand and honour each other’s needs.
We’ll work hard to understand where each member of the family is coming from, and we’ll help you find ways to understand and meet each other’s needs in healthy ways.
£90
per session
Our Autism Parent Mentorship Service
(Remote)
Designed for parents who want advice specifically about strengthening their parent-child bond with their autistic son or daughter.
We recognised that there were frustratingly few options for autism parents that offered a safe space to ask questions from a genuine Neurodivergent expert who they can trust. That’s why we created this mentorship!
Upon learning that their child is autistic, many parents are unfamiliar with neurodiversity and don’t know much about autism.
It can be a very overwhelming time. There is often limited general awareness (and unfortunately many common misconceptions) about autism, even amongst medical professionals.
You might be worried about your child’s wellbeing, whether they will feel excluded, and how their future might unfold.
Maybe you’ve found yourself trying to navigate appointments and waiting lists, or feeling isolated from other parents of neurotypical children.
But this doesn’t have to be the case.
You are not a bad parent and your child is not ‘naughty’ or ‘difficult’. Your child simply needs to have different approaches and strategies to thrive.
We welcome you to ask any questions you need, however big, small, or strange they might seem. Then, we can help you develop a comprehensive, individualised plan to support both you and your child, whatever stage of development they’re at.
£90
per session
Testimonials
Curious to learn more? Dive into this video to listen to insightful feedback from Anita Patel, an adult woman who embarked on the diagnostic journey for Autism and ADHD alongside our expert Neurodivergent diagnostic team.