Curiosity, Kindness and Compassion
Support for Professionals
How I Can Support You
I'm Louise. I'm a queer, multiply neurodivergent counsellor, supervisor, trainer and author with over a decade of experience across private practice, higher education and the voluntary sector. I bring both professional expertise and lived experience to everything I offer, which means you don't have to explain yourself before we can get started.
When I was first exploring my own neurodivergence and came to recognise that I was autistic, there were very few therapists who were openly talking about their own lived experience as neurodivergent. I was lucky to find some fabulous support and community, eventually, but it took time.
then when I started moving away from more general therapy work, to specialising in supporting neurodivergent folk (something I'd been doing anyway, just without the explicit knowledge) I struggled to find and training beyond Neurodivergence 101. It was this desire to find a framework for the work I was doing with clients that didn't quite fit what I had been taught, that led to me creating my model, then training and now my upcoming book.
When I couldn't find what I needed I created it.
I now share openly about my own lived experience as a neurodivergent therapist, supervisor and trainer and support other practitioners to to work in neuro-affirming ways for themselves and their clients.
I offer a range of services to practitioners, so they including 1:1 session (which can count towards supervision hours), group training, webinars and free resources. You'll find more details about all the options by following the links at the top of the page.
If you're unsure of what might work best for you, then please do get in touch with any questions. You can email hello@curiosityspot.co.uk or book a quick chat here.
My book 'A Therapeutic Workbook for Supporting the Wellbeing of Neurodivergent Clients' will be released by Jessica Kingsley Publishing in September 2026. It is based on the Two Spirals Model of Neurodivergent Wellbeing that I developed. It draws together my lived experience, professional knowledge and academic learning and underpins all my work and training.
Skills and Experience
I trained as a supervisor in 2018 at the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy, having qualified as a counsellor in 2016 and completed my MSc Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Distinction) in 2016.
My initial training was integrative (Person-centred, Systemic, Psychodynamic and CBT). My dissertation research focused on creative expressions and identity in counselling based on my own experiences of working creatively as part of my personal development.
I have also done additional training in working with Compassion Focused Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy and a certificate in online counselling with OCST to work with voice and webcam.
I have particular experience of working with LGBTQIA+ identities, neurodivergence and in Higher Education settings having previously worked as a Disability Officer, Wellbeing Advisor and Specialist Mentor (Mental Health and Autism). Although I now work fulltime in private practice I have previously worked as a counsellor in the NHS, voluntary sector and in education.
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