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Person Centered Counsellor. Currently accepting new clients. Manchester, UK. LGBTQIA+ Ally 🏳️‍🌈

02/11/2026

Finding a counsellor is a bit like choosing someone to sit in the passenger seat for a long stretch of your life, so you're completely allowed to audition us. Ask how we work, what a session actually looks like, whether we understand how ADHD brains operate, and whether you'll be expected to sit still and talk about your childhood in a calm voice.

Notice how you feel around them too. Do you feel rushed, judged or like you have to perform being fine, or can you let your shoulders drop a bit? If you'd like to see whether I'm the right fit, you can send me your questions through the link in my bio.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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30/10/2026

Here's what's in my bag at the moment: meds, antibac, wipes, Liquid IV and a stack of business cards. It's a gloriously unglamorous mix, but every item is there because past me learned the hard way, and the Liquid IV is doing a lot of heavy lifting hydration wise.

Most of it is about making the day run a little smoother rather than being organised, which I'm still working on. Tell me what always lives in your bag, I'm nosy and I'd love to know.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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27/10/2026

Being a zebra in a field of horses is exhausting. You spend years wondering why you can't just blend in. Then someone tells you you're a zebra, and it finally makes sense that you were never a badly behaved horse. Being a zebra in a field of zebras is a whole different kind of easy.

That's what a diagnosis can do. It gives you a name for it and a community who get it, and it lets you stop trying to be something you were never built to be. It can bring up a few feelings along the way too, and you don't have to untangle those alone. Whether you're formally diagnosed or still on your way there, 1:1 sessions are open if you'd like help making sense of what your stripes mean for you.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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24/10/2026

ADHD tax is real, and it's equal parts funny and painful. The late fees, the second umbrella, the fourth water bottle, the hobby kit bought with the very best intentions, and the "just buy the new thing" because finding the old thing would take longer than it's worth. If you've ever paid for a replacement rather than go hunting for the original, hello, you're among friends.

Sometimes paying the tax really is the kindest option, and you can decide that without a lecture from yourself. It's worth noticing when it starts to feel heavy, whether that's the money, the shame or the pile of unopened post. If that sounds familiar, you're not bad with money, your brain just handles it differently, and you can get more ADHD support like this by joining my email list through the link in my bio.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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21/10/2026

Remember those 2010s Tumblr posts that were all just girly things? I've gone and reinvented them as just ADHD things, and honestly they've never been more accurate. Walking into a room and forgetting why, being fine for hours and then suddenly starving at 4pm, owning three of the same charger because you can never find any of them. You know the ones.

Now I want yours. Drop your own just ADHD things in the comments, the weirder and more specific the better, and send this to the friend who'll see herself in it straight away. I'll be reading every single one, and I have a feeling we'll all feel a little less alone by the end of it.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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18/10/2026

Putting your keys in the same bowl every time, setting nine alarms, working with the telly on, eating the same lunch for a month. None of it is lazy or childish. It's you building the support that nobody built for you.

Accommodations get a bad reputation, as if they're cheating or proof you can't cope, when really they're how you stop spending all your energy on the things your brain finds harder than they look from the outside.

Giving yourself what you need ahead of time usually saves far more energy than white-knuckling it and crashing later. You're allowed to work with your brain, not against it. If you'd like help working out which accommodations might actually suit you, that's something we can do together in 1:1 sessions.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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15/10/2026

This feels like the saddest ADHD Awareness Month on record. A UK coroner has now formally raised long ADHD assessment waits as a concern after someone died while waiting, and many NHS services are quoting two years minimum wait or more for an ADHD or autism assessment.

That's a long time to wait for answers while life carries on around you, and it matters that we say so out loud.

If you're on a waiting list right now, how long you've been waiting says nothing about how much you matter, and you deserve support in the meantime. You don't need a diagnosis to start counselling, so if you'd like someone alongside you while you wait, I'm here.

If things are feeling heavy, please tell someone you trust, or call Samaritans free on 116 123 any time, day or night.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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12/10/2026

A lot of therapy language quietly assumes everyone has a cinema screen in their head. Where do you "see" yourself in five years? Picture a place where you feel safe. Can you see their face? If you have aphantasia, which means you can't voluntarily make pictures in your mind, questions like these can leave you feeling like you're doing it wrong, when really the question just wasn't built for your brain.

In my sessions I swap those prompts for ones about how something feels, what you notice in your body, what you'd say or do, or what it sounds like in your head. Same depth, no picture required. If you have aphantasia and the visual side of therapy has put you off before, you're very welcome to book a discovery call and tell me what works for you, and I'll happily adapt.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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09/10/2026

For a lot of people, getting an ADHD diagnosis feels a bit like being handed the instruction manual you never knew existed. The forgotten appointments, the half-finished projects, the sheer tiredness of holding it together all day, all the things you've quietly beaten yourself up about for years suddenly have an explanation that isn't "you're not trying hard enough".

Validation doesn't mean everything gets easier overnight, and you're allowed to feel relieved, sad and a bit annoyed all in the same afternoon. What it does give you is permission to be kinder to yourself and to get curious about what actually works for your brain. If you're newly diagnosed and wondering where to go from here, my email list is a gentle place to start, and you can join through the link in my bio.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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06/10/2026

You don't need a crisis, a diagnosis or a really ‘’good’’ reason to start therapy. Wanting to is enough. Maybe there's a big life thing going on, maybe you just feel a bit stuck, or maybe you're curious what it would be like to have an hour that's entirely about you, where nobody needs anything from you. All of those count.

Have a look through the slides for a few of the reasons people come to counselling, and if yours isn't on there, that's completely fine too. You don't have to be at rock bottom to deserve support, and you don't have to justify it to anyone. If you'd like to talk about whether 1:1 sessions might suit you, the link in my bio is there whenever you're ready.

The content in this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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