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Learn to Thrive in a Neuro-diverse World
Empowering Neurodivergent Individuals through Compassionate Consultation, Training and Wellness Support
Dr heather Pickard-hengstenberg
My Services
With over 25 years of professional and personal experience, I bring a wealth of knowledge, empathy, and expertise to my work as a neurodiverse consultant, trainer, and wellness practitioner. My mission is to help neurodivergent individuals unlock their full potential; academically, emotionally, socially, professionally, and in everyday life.
About me
- Extensive Expertise: I hold a Master’s and Doctorate in Neurodiversity and have spent decades working as a lecturer, university mentor, and practitioner.
- Global Reach: I’ve collaborated with professionals worldwide as a neurodiverse consultant and trainer, offering innovative solutions and tailored support for individuals and organisations.
- Personal Connection: As someone with lived experience in the neurodivergent community, I understand the challenges and strengths that come with thinking differently.
- Holistic Focus: I work with individuals, families, educators, and businesses to create inclusive environments that foster growth, belonging, and success.
My Ethos
My ethos is to not solely focus on the challenges facing neuro-diverse individuals but to also consider some of the amazing and unique qualities they have too.
To never view neurodiverse individuals as less than, lacking or inferior, when compared with neurotypical individuals.
To never use terms such as ‘deficit’, ‘disability’, ‘impairment’, and to replace these with ‘difference’ and/or ‘difficulty’ whenever possible to do so.
To never judge neurodiverse individuals’ actions, behaviours, characteristics, differences, experiences, or thoughts, as being inferior or superior to neurotypical individuals.
My approach as a Neuro-Diverse Wellness Practitioner
As a Neuro-Diverse Wellness Practitioner I have two different client groups that I work with.
1: The Neuro-Diverse Individual
I work as a Neuro-Diverse Wellness Practitioner to enable and support Neuro-Diverse Individuals in celebrating and understanding what being neuro-diverse really means, encouraging them to be proud of their differences and to learn strategies so that they are able to unlock their full potential in life.
My aim is to work with you to meet your neuro-diverse needs, whether academic, emotional, sensory, social, and or day-to-day.
I will enable you to understand your unique differences and difficulties.
I will listen to you actively and empathetically reflect (back to you) any feelings, emotions, thoughts, and actions you may be experiencing, enabling you to have clear insight into these.
We will look at strategies together to manage any differences and difficulties you might have, enabling you to manage these and any anxiety or stress that results from them.
We will set short- and long-term goals and or targets as we progress through our sessions together.
Any information shared by you will be held in the strictest confidence and will not be disclosed to any other persons unless risk has been identified.
2: The Neuro-Diverse Individual's family
I work with Neuro-Diverse individuals families to enable and support them in;
- improving their understanding of neuro-diversity
- gathering evidence to support diagnostic assessments
- creating learning plans that encompass their child's, unique educational needs, ensuring reasonable adjustments are put in place
- learning strategies to manage, and communicate with third parties, their child's, academic, behavioural, emotional, social, and daily living needs
- gathering evidence and filling out DLA, PIP applications (UK only)
My Approach as a Neuro-Diverse Professional Consultant & Trainer
As a Neuro-Diverse Professional Consultant & Trainer I work closely with the clients providing a bespoke service to meet their specific requirements.
I have designed 35+ training courses which I deliver throughout the UK.
I provide clients with the information needed to truly understand the complexities facing neuro-diverse individuals on a daily basis.
My ethos is to not solely focus on the challenges facing neuro-diverse individuals but to also consider some of the amazing and unique qualities they have too.