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KC Davis’ Who Deserves Your Love is a thoughtful and practical guide to relationships, boundaries, and self-care. Davis writes with compassion and clarity, making tough topics feel approachable and real. The book is full of useful tools and gentle wisdom—especially for anyone who’s neurodivergent or looking for trauma-informed support. If you’ve ever struggled with setting boundaries or understanding your own needs, this book offers real help and hope.

Today, May 15th, is International Conscientious Objectors’ Day, a day to honour the people, throughout history and today, who have refused to take part in war, often facing personal cost for their choice. I only recently discovered this day (and the Peace Pledge Union) while researching the psychological and social impacts of WW1 and WW2. That it falls on today felt significant; a quiet alignment between my own inquiry and a longer tradition of peace work, remembrance, and re

Affirming, Autonomy-Centered Support from Neurodivergent Insights Navigating moments of acute distress can be uniquely challenging for neurodivergent people. Mainstream crisis resources don’t always honour neurodivergent experience or autonomy, and many of us have encountered barriers to accessing affirming support. That’s why I’m sharing a powerful, free resource created by Dr. Megan Anna Neff and the team at Neurodivergent Insights: The Safety Plan Workbook & Crisis Resourc

I’ve recently published an article on Counselling Directory exploring how our environment shapes our well-being. This includes the impact of identity, relationships, and wider social contexts on our mental and physical health. The Importance of Environment on Well-Being In this piece, I reflect on how our experiences in the world can manifest as anxiety, depression, exhaustion, and other forms of distress. It’s essential to understand that these feelings are valid and can be

Living with AUDHD can feel like trying to manage too many things at once. You may be navigating sensory overload, fast thoughts, executive dysfunction, emotional overwhelm, or the pressure to keep up with a world that was not designed with your needs in mind. I offer neurodiversity-affirming therapy in London and online for adults who want support that understands both autism and ADHD traits, without asking you to mask, shrink, or fit a narrow idea of what therapy should look

If you are both neurodivergent and queer, you may be used to adapting yourself to fit into spaces that weren’t built for you. Neuroqueer therapy offers something different: a space where you don’t have to mask, explain, or split parts of who you are. It recognises that your brain and your identity are both meaningful. Distress is not seen as something “wrong” with you, but often as a response to exclusion, misunderstanding, or pressure to conform. This is an anti-oppressive a

In my practice, I often notice that clients come in with concerns about people pleasing. This can show up in many ways, like always saying yes, struggling to set boundaries, or feeling anxious about upsetting others. You might have heard it called fawning, approval seeking, over-accommodation, or codependent behaviour. No matter what words we use, the impact is real and can be exhausting. Reframing People Pleasing as Fawning I approach people pleasing as a survival response,

Are you looking for support that truly understands you as a neurodivergent adult? At Open Fields, I offer affirming therapy for adults who are autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, or identify as neurodivergent in other ways. My aim is to make therapy a safe and welcoming space: no masking, no judgment, just understanding. What is Affirming Therapy? Affirming therapy means: You are respected and accepted as you are Your strengths and experiences are valued Therapy is shaped around your need