Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy
A reflective space for individuals, couples, and families exploring neurodivergent identity, burnout, masking, and relationships. Sessions combine person-centred counselling with existentially-informed coaching.
Supporting neurodivergent individuals, families, and professionals to understand their experiences and live in ways that work for them.
I'm Michelle Blake, a neurodivergent-affirming counsellor, existential coach, trainer, and accredited CPD provider based in Aberdeenshire.
My work draws on person-centred counselling, existential coaching, and my lived experience as an AuDHD adult within an intergenerational neurodivergent family.
I support Autistic and ADHD individuals, families, and professionals to better understand their neurodivergent identities and to advocate for their needs in environments that don't always accommodate them.
A reflective space for individuals, couples, and families exploring neurodivergent identity, burnout, masking, and relationships. Sessions combine person-centred counselling with existentially-informed coaching.
Practical support for neurodivergent individuals, parents, and families navigating everyday challenges, relationships, and support systems — including ADP and CDP application guidance.
Accredited CPD training, workshops, consultancy, and downloadable resources supporting neurodivergent-affirming understanding for professionals, organisations, and families.
My work is grounded in a neurodivergent-affirming approach that recognises neurological differences as a natural part of human diversity. Rather than focusing on fixing or normalising individuals, sessions explore how environments, expectations, and systems interact with neurodivergent ways of thinking, sensing, and communicating.
Alongside professional training and clinical experience, my work is informed by lived experience and ongoing research in neurodivergence. This combination supports a deeper understanding of masking, burnout, identity exploration, and the complexity of neurodivergent lives.
No two neurodivergent experiences are the same. Sessions are collaborative and adaptable, allowing space for reflection, thinking time, practical exploration, or psychoeducation depending on what feels most supportive. Communication differences, sensory needs, and processing styles are respected.
Many challenges arise not from individuals themselves but from environments and systems that do not accommodate differences. Our work may explore family dynamics, cross-neurotype relationships, school or workplace pressures, and ways to create environments that support wellbeing and autonomy.
