Service categories: Counselling and therapies

Service URL: http://www.rachelheartwood.com

About Rachel Heartwood's Services:

Rachel Heartwood offers person-centered, neurodiversity-affirming coaching and consultancy for Autistic adults, with a particular focus on late-diagnosed individuals. As an Autistic professional and PhD researcher, Rachel brings a unique blend of lived experience, professional expertise, and evidence-informed practice to her work.

For Autistic Adults:

• Adult Autism Coaching: One-on-one, intuitive coaching sessions to support late-diagnosed Autistic adults in identity exploration and reclamation. This includes unlearning internalised ableism, embracing authentic Autistic ways of being, and developing strategies for thriving as your true self.
• Deconditioning from Pathologising Narratives: Support for individuals to move beyond deficit-based understandings of autism and embrace their natural Autistic identity.
• Authentic Living Support: Guidance and strategies for navigating daily life in a way that aligns with your Autistic identity and needs.
• Professional Development Through a Neurodivergent Lens: Coaching for Autistic professionals seeking to enhance their careers in a neurodiversity-affirming way.
• Creative Expression as Self-Discovery: Incorporating creative mediums into coaching to foster self-understanding and growth in a neurodiversity-affirming environment.
• Neurodivergent Life Strategies: Practical tools and approaches tailored to neurodivergent experiences.

For Organisations & Professionals:

• Autism Consultancy: Expert guidance for healthcare providers, educators, and organisations seeking to create genuinely inclusive and neurodiversity-affirming environments. This includes moving beyond the medical model to foster acceptance, inclusion, and support for Autistic individuals.
• Policy Development: Tailored support to develop policies that promote neurodiversity affirmation within various settings.
• Neurodiversity-Affirming Workshops & Presentations: Dynamic sessions that shift understanding from deficit-based views to an embrace of neurodivergent perspectives, offering practical strategies for implementing real change.

Aimed at: Adult , Adult sibling, Anyone with an Association to Autism, Businesses, Parent/carer of an adult, Parents or carers, families, adults, Partner, Professional, School

Referral Sources: Education, Private Only, Yourself

Specialisms: Autism, Autism and Neurodivergent , Exclusively autism specific, Generic, Has autism-specific elements, Has autism-specific elements, Staff and volunteers get autism awareness training