Autism Counselling in Bath
I have experience working with people who are neurodivergent, whether navigating ASD, ADD, and/or ADHD, or facing other challenges.
Do you ever feel stuck in your emotions, overwhelmed, or disconnected? You’re not alone. Life can sometimes feel like a struggle, but you don’t have to navigate it on your own. Sessions with me provide a safe, supportive space where your emotions can gently be released, allowing you to move forward with clarity and ease.
I believe in the power and neurological benefit of real human connection, which is why I prioritise face-to-face sessions. In-person therapy creates a space for deeper understanding, warmth, and trust, helping you feel truly seen, heard and supported.
I have experience working with people who are neurodivergent, whether navigating ASD, ADD, and/or ADHD, or facing other challenges.
Do you ever feel stuck in your emotions, overwhelmed, or disconnected? You’re not alone. Life can sometimes feel like a struggle, but you don’t have to navigate it on your own. Sessions with me provide a safe, supportive space where your emotions can gently be released, allowing you to move forward with clarity and ease.
I believe in the power and neurological benefit of real human connection, which is why I prioritise face-to-face sessions. In-person therapy creates a space for deeper understanding, warmth, and trust, helping you feel truly seen, heard and supported.
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I work with neurodivergent adults (ADHD, autism and AuDHD, diagnosed or exploring), and those navigating questions about identity, relationships, or sexuality.
I’m Saida (she/her), a neurodivergent sex-positive counsellor offering online therapy for adults who want to explore their identity, emotions, experiences and relationships without shame. With broad training and robust experience in mental health field, I bring a compassionate, grounded, and flexible approach, tailored to the individual needs.
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I work with neurodivergent adults (ADHD, autism and AuDHD, diagnosed or exploring), and those navigating questions about identity, relationships, or sexuality.
I’m Saida (she/her), a neurodivergent sex-positive counsellor offering online therapy for adults who want to explore their identity, emotions, experiences and relationships without shame. With broad training and robust experience in mental health field, I bring a compassionate, grounded, and flexible approach, tailored to the individual needs.
I also have up to date training in the area of neurodivergence and am experienced working with autistic or ADHD clients of all ages.
I have worked as a therapist in various organisations and have training in working with trauma, attachment disorders, anxiety and panic attacks, bereavement and depression.
I also have up to date training in the area of neurodivergence and am experienced working with autistic or ADHD clients of all ages.
I have worked as a therapist in various organisations and have training in working with trauma, attachment disorders, anxiety and panic attacks, bereavement and depression.
This may include struggling with waiting lists for support or guidance around Autism and/or ADHD?
I deliver CBT, which can be for yourself, your family or your child, as I have a specialism in working with children and their families. This includes offering consultations to parents seeking advice and support for a range of topics. I also bring in other approaches (DBT, trauma and attachment) alongside experiences of fostering and adoption
This may include struggling with waiting lists for support or guidance around Autism and/or ADHD?
I deliver CBT, which can be for yourself, your family or your child, as I have a specialism in working with children and their families. This includes offering consultations to parents seeking advice and support for a range of topics. I also bring in other approaches (DBT, trauma and attachment) alongside experiences of fostering and adoption
My 16 years experience in supporting neurodivergent clients (with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia or other difficulties) led me to further training in 2021 in autism, and specialised CBT and ACT for ADHD and emotional regulation problems.
I qualified in 2008, after a 12 month NHS placement and MSc in Psychological Therapy, accredited by the British Psychological Society. I'm experienced in delivering Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy), mindfulness, and person-centred counselling. I'm also trained in Gottman relationship therapy.
My 16 years experience in supporting neurodivergent clients (with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia or other difficulties) led me to further training in 2021 in autism, and specialised CBT and ACT for ADHD and emotional regulation problems.
I qualified in 2008, after a 12 month NHS placement and MSc in Psychological Therapy, accredited by the British Psychological Society. I'm experienced in delivering Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy), mindfulness, and person-centred counselling. I'm also trained in Gottman relationship therapy.
I support children and young people with ASD and PANDAS and I am one of very few AutPlay and TraumaPlay practitioners in the UK.
Hi, I'm Elaine. I'm a child & adolescent therapist & counsellor who supports children, teens & their families to manage big feelings, stressful situations and other life challenges. I work with children & young people aged 6-25 (as well as some adults) and support them with a huge range of issues from anxiety and worries about school, fostering and adoption, to trauma, bereavement, sexual abuse and domestic violence, covering pretty much everything you can think of in-between. I'm an accredited therapist who offers play & creative arts therapy, TraumaPlay and talking therapy. I have a therapy dog who loves to be involved.
I support children and young people with ASD and PANDAS and I am one of very few AutPlay and TraumaPlay practitioners in the UK.
Hi, I'm Elaine. I'm a child & adolescent therapist & counsellor who supports children, teens & their families to manage big feelings, stressful situations and other life challenges. I work with children & young people aged 6-25 (as well as some adults) and support them with a huge range of issues from anxiety and worries about school, fostering and adoption, to trauma, bereavement, sexual abuse and domestic violence, covering pretty much everything you can think of in-between. I'm an accredited therapist who offers play & creative arts therapy, TraumaPlay and talking therapy. I have a therapy dog who loves to be involved.
As an LGBTQAI+ individual, do you feel that you can’t find your own place, or are you unhappy with where you are in your life? Maybe you are feeling misunderstood, unable to connect with others, or simply struggling with the dating scene or the community? Sometimes having a gender/sexual identity comes with pressures to conform to a specific body image, to femininity/masculinity ideals, and with certain sexual expectations that don’t mirror your own preferences or needs (eg., one must be kinky, but not too kinky). Or perhaps there’s something important about yourself that has been lost?
As an LGBTQAI+ individual, do you feel that you can’t find your own place, or are you unhappy with where you are in your life? Maybe you are feeling misunderstood, unable to connect with others, or simply struggling with the dating scene or the community? Sometimes having a gender/sexual identity comes with pressures to conform to a specific body image, to femininity/masculinity ideals, and with certain sexual expectations that don’t mirror your own preferences or needs (eg., one must be kinky, but not too kinky). Or perhaps there’s something important about yourself that has been lost?
I am a Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years experience of working with young people, adults (including couples) and families. I work in both the NHS and private practice, in person and online. I am open to working with men and women, younger and older with a broad range of difficulties including those affecting mental health and emotional wellbeing, behaviour, relationships and learning.
I am a Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years experience of working with young people, adults (including couples) and families. I work in both the NHS and private practice, in person and online. I am open to working with men and women, younger and older with a broad range of difficulties including those affecting mental health and emotional wellbeing, behaviour, relationships and learning.
As a queer, trans and neurodivergent counsellor, I work in a way that affirms your identity, offering complete acceptance, whether you are just exploring questions around these experiences, or have been established in your identity for a long time.
Being an integrative counsellor means that my training is in a variety of theories and approaches which I can draw upon in my work.
I work on a session by session basis, so you can be in control of the right timeframe of counselling for you.
As a queer, trans and neurodivergent counsellor, I work in a way that affirms your identity, offering complete acceptance, whether you are just exploring questions around these experiences, or have been established in your identity for a long time.
Being an integrative counsellor means that my training is in a variety of theories and approaches which I can draw upon in my work.
I work on a session by session basis, so you can be in control of the right timeframe of counselling for you.
My professional interests include, but are not limited to, themes such as unresolved early childhood experience, anxiety, depression, Autistic Spectrum Conditions, homelessness, employment, relationships, bereavement and identity.
I am a Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist working from locations in Central and South Bath, and online.
Psychotherapy and counselling is a co-created experience which helps to expand your capacity for reflective self-awareness. I work by helping you find new ways of organising your relationships and more generally how you are in the world. By exploring and coming to a deeper understanding of your inner and outer experience, psychotherapy offers the possibility of significant change, fostering a wider, more enriched and more flexible approach to life.
My professional interests include, but are not limited to, themes such as unresolved early childhood experience, anxiety, depression, Autistic Spectrum Conditions, homelessness, employment, relationships, bereavement and identity.
I am a Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist working from locations in Central and South Bath, and online.
Psychotherapy and counselling is a co-created experience which helps to expand your capacity for reflective self-awareness. I work by helping you find new ways of organising your relationships and more generally how you are in the world. By exploring and coming to a deeper understanding of your inner and outer experience, psychotherapy offers the possibility of significant change, fostering a wider, more enriched and more flexible approach to life.
As an Integrative Child and Young Person (YP) Psychotherapist I offer a safe, non-directive space and a wide variety of creative materials to children and YP’s between the ages of 3 to 25 years. I aim to build a therapeutic relationship of trust to try to help children and YP feel accepted, seen and heard for who they feel they are internally. I listen to worries and fears; accept and understand hard feelings like anger, hate and rage and try to sort out inside imagination from outside reality.
As an Integrative Child and Young Person (YP) Psychotherapist I offer a safe, non-directive space and a wide variety of creative materials to children and YP’s between the ages of 3 to 25 years. I aim to build a therapeutic relationship of trust to try to help children and YP feel accepted, seen and heard for who they feel they are internally. I listen to worries and fears; accept and understand hard feelings like anger, hate and rage and try to sort out inside imagination from outside reality.
If you are experiencing difficulty and looking for somebody to speak to, I would love to hear from you. My name is Mel, I am an integrative qualified counsellor and I have experience working with clients coping with losses in life.
If you are experiencing difficulty and looking for somebody to speak to, I would love to hear from you. My name is Mel, I am an integrative qualified counsellor and I have experience working with clients coping with losses in life.
Therapy is a space to explore and understand your self and your own responses, and to resolve past difficulties to enable you to live life more fully. I have particular interests in childhood and attachment trauma, abuse, anxiety, those with ADHD or neuro divergent diagnosis, relationship breakdowns, and those with clinical diagnosis such as Bi-Polar, PTSD and CPTSD.
I also work with couples - not just marriage or partnerships, but siblings/friends/parent child couples.
Therapy is a space to explore and understand your self and your own responses, and to resolve past difficulties to enable you to live life more fully. I have particular interests in childhood and attachment trauma, abuse, anxiety, those with ADHD or neuro divergent diagnosis, relationship breakdowns, and those with clinical diagnosis such as Bi-Polar, PTSD and CPTSD.
I also work with couples - not just marriage or partnerships, but siblings/friends/parent child couples.
What do most of us desire beneath it all? To feel good, whole and comfortable within ourselves and in the relationships around us. That state of peaceful being resides within all of us but often past traumas and challenging life experiences have shaped who we have become, influencing the story of who we now think we are. These beliefs often disconnect us from our true, best selves. Trauma happens, and often feelings of shame result. Living our lives wishing bad events never happened leave us feeling powerless but incorporating our past experiences in a way that does not debilitate, permits us to live with them, not ruled by them.
What do most of us desire beneath it all? To feel good, whole and comfortable within ourselves and in the relationships around us. That state of peaceful being resides within all of us but often past traumas and challenging life experiences have shaped who we have become, influencing the story of who we now think we are. These beliefs often disconnect us from our true, best selves. Trauma happens, and often feelings of shame result. Living our lives wishing bad events never happened leave us feeling powerless but incorporating our past experiences in a way that does not debilitate, permits us to live with them, not ruled by them.
I also have extensive experience working with individuals and families and their experience of autism and neurodiversity.
Welcome! I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist and Member of BACP. I have 25 years experience in private practice. I trained with Bath Centre of Psychotherapy and Counselling and went on to further training in psychodynamic psychotherapy. I taught counselling at Wiltshire College and was Head of Training at Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am committed to providing an environment in which you can safely explore and discover your hopes, fears, patterns of behaviour and emotional well being.
I also have extensive experience working with individuals and families and their experience of autism and neurodiversity.
Welcome! I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist and Member of BACP. I have 25 years experience in private practice. I trained with Bath Centre of Psychotherapy and Counselling and went on to further training in psychodynamic psychotherapy. I taught counselling at Wiltshire College and was Head of Training at Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am committed to providing an environment in which you can safely explore and discover your hopes, fears, patterns of behaviour and emotional well being.
I work with individuals and couples to find a path through their troubles. In life we experience pain, stress and anxiety for many reasons - life events, work issues, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, or feelings of low self-esteem that makes you feel stuck. We may simply feel adrift, struggling to find meaning and our place in the world. Confronting and solving problems can be a painful process which many of us avoid. Avoidance can result in greater pain and the inability to flourish both mentally and spiritually, but by working together to fully understand your issues and goals we can work towards a more fulfilled life.
I work with individuals and couples to find a path through their troubles. In life we experience pain, stress and anxiety for many reasons - life events, work issues, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, or feelings of low self-esteem that makes you feel stuck. We may simply feel adrift, struggling to find meaning and our place in the world. Confronting and solving problems can be a painful process which many of us avoid. Avoidance can result in greater pain and the inability to flourish both mentally and spiritually, but by working together to fully understand your issues and goals we can work towards a more fulfilled life.
Hi, my name is Iain. As a therapist with a background of working at charities such as Mind & the Carers Centre, I work with the here and now considerations of your life, to help you overcome obstacles on your path to greater clarity and self-reassurance. By working together for up to 6 sessions to find clarity over your situation, we can restore your confidence and take action with a renewed and positive perspective.
Hi, my name is Iain. As a therapist with a background of working at charities such as Mind & the Carers Centre, I work with the here and now considerations of your life, to help you overcome obstacles on your path to greater clarity and self-reassurance. By working together for up to 6 sessions to find clarity over your situation, we can restore your confidence and take action with a renewed and positive perspective.
I can work with you around family issues, teen problems, child behaviour, ASC issues, illness and disability. I will support, collaborate and try to make sense of what is going on. All things eventually pass - I will offer to weather the storm with you. I won’t be judging you or not taking you seriously. We will work together - and it will be work - but we will also aim to have fun and be creative in our work.
I can work with you around family issues, teen problems, child behaviour, ASC issues, illness and disability. I will support, collaborate and try to make sense of what is going on. All things eventually pass - I will offer to weather the storm with you. I won’t be judging you or not taking you seriously. We will work together - and it will be work - but we will also aim to have fun and be creative in our work.
If you are looking to uncover the roots of your child’s distress and support them in finding healthier ways to cope and communicate a therapeutic space can be beneficial. Having trained at UCL/Anna Freud Centre and as a member of the Association of Child Psychotherapists and the British Psychotherapy Foundation, I bring extensive experience from CAMHS, private practice, and fostering services, including work with trauma and complex needs when helping families understand and manage their children’s emotions and behaviour.
If you are looking to uncover the roots of your child’s distress and support them in finding healthier ways to cope and communicate a therapeutic space can be beneficial. Having trained at UCL/Anna Freud Centre and as a member of the Association of Child Psychotherapists and the British Psychotherapy Foundation, I bring extensive experience from CAMHS, private practice, and fostering services, including work with trauma and complex needs when helping families understand and manage their children’s emotions and behaviour.
Are you facing a major life transition and questioning everything you thought you knew about yourself? Maybe you're navigating anxiety that seems to be tangled up with relationship difficulties and work stress?
If you're ready to develop greater self-awareness, improve ways of coping with stress and anxiety, build healthier relationship patterns, and a stronger sense of who you are and what you need, then this might feel like the right time to get in touch.
Are you facing a major life transition and questioning everything you thought you knew about yourself? Maybe you're navigating anxiety that seems to be tangled up with relationship difficulties and work stress?
If you're ready to develop greater self-awareness, improve ways of coping with stress and anxiety, build healthier relationship patterns, and a stronger sense of who you are and what you need, then this might feel like the right time to get in touch.
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Autism Counsellors
What is the most effective treatment for autism?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has come to be considered the standard treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder, and research has confirmed its effectiveness for many children. Therapists trained in ABA techniques work with children (and their parents) on developing social skills, communication and learning abilities, and everyday habits of hygiene and grooming. The clinician will tailor their program to the child’s particular need but the overarching goal will be to help them advance as far as possible toward independence based on their level of symptoms and decrease the need for additional special services. Families should seek a mental health professional specifically trained in ABA, and holding special certification in the technique, who has extensive experience not only with the approach but in using it with children with the same level of symptoms as the child who needs care.
How does ABA work?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) sessions, which typically focus on positive reinforcement, can be intensive, lasting two or more hours several times a week, and continuing for two years or more. Therapists can also be expected to ask parents to take an active role in reinforcing lessons. Research has found that the technique can lead to major improvements that decrease the need for additional special services.
How does treatment for autism work?
Therapy sessions based on Applied Behavior Analysis will likely be frequent, intensive, and highly structured. After a thorough assessment, a therapist will help a child understand and develop skills in a range of areas, including communication, motor skills, social skills, self-care, play, and academic skills, as well as routines of daily living like hygiene. Typically, the therapist will help a child break down the components of a behavior—often referred to as the antecedent (what prompts an action), the behavior, and the consequence(what immediately follows)—and then reward the child at every step, while also asking parents to reinforce the lessons, and the rewards, throughout the day. This core therapy may be supplemented by occupational or speech therapy, and antidepressants, antipsychotics, and anticonvulsants may be prescribed to address specific severe symptoms.
How long does therapy for autism take?
Some people with autism spectrum disorder may be engaged in some level of therapy for many years, but research shows that treatment will be most effective if it is begun early and delivered intensively. When therapy begins by age 3, children tend to be better able to grasp and adopt the skills needed to manage everyday life, including attending school and establishing social relationships. This type of early-intervention treatment regimen is highly structured, typically involving 20 to 40 hours of one-on-one therapy per week, along with additional hours of engagement managed by parents, for a period of two years or more, although the duration of treatment is dependent on the child’s level of symptoms and pace of progress.