NATALIE CLARKE
MA Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy, Advanced Diploma Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy, Certificate in Psychosexual Therapy, Certificate in Working Therapeutically with Autistic Adults. Full Clinical Member of UKCP, BACP Registered Member.
Natalie is a Psychotherapist, Lecturer and Trainer with 9 years of experience, specialising in providing inclusive, affirming therapy for individuals from diverse and often marginalised backgrounds.
Natalie works with a wide range of clients, including LGBTQIA+ individuals, neurodivergent people, those living with chronic illness, people in non-monogamous relationships, and sex workers.
Creating a safe, non-judgemental and welcoming therapeutic space is central to Natalies approach.
Her integrative practice draws on queer theory, intersectional feminism, and decolonial perspectives, alongside influences from fat liberation and disability justice. These frameworks inform her commitment to supporting clients in navigating the social, relational and systemic forces that shape their wellbeing.
Natalie is actively engaged in advocacy and social justice work, particularly around banning conversion therapy, and is a member of Therapists Against Conversion Therapy and Transphobia.
In addition to her clinical work, she lectures and provides training in areas relating to identity, inclusivity, and neurodiversity-affirming practice.
EOIN STEPHENS
BA Psychology, Dip Counselling, MA Cognitive-Behavioural Counselling, MIACP, MACI.
Eoin is a Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Trainer who has worked in the areas of Disability, Addiction Treatment.
Eoin also has a background in Lecturing/Training. He worked at a senior level in Counselling/Psychotherapy education, and served as vice-chair of both the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy and Addiction Counsellors of Ireland.
He has been in Counselling/Psychotherapy private practice for over 30 years.
Eoin uses a Humanistic, Pragmatic approach to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (integrating aspects of Person-Centred Therapy, Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, & Compassion-Focused Therapy).
Eoin specialised in the area of Sexual Addiction for a number of years (serving as chair of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity).
His work is currently focused on understanding the problems faced by autistic adults, and their specific therapeutic needs.
He is autistic himself, having made the discovery in 2012.
Eoin enjoys Hiking and playing music.
VAUNA BEAUVAIS
MSc Psychotherapy, Post Gragraduate Certificate Autism, Certified Transactional Analyst, Certified Cybertherapist, PGCDip Counselling. UKCP registered Psychotherapist.
Vauna is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist specialising in working with neurodivergent adults. She has been seeing clients for around 30 years in private practice. She is also a clinical supervisor for counsellors and psychotherapists who are seeing neurodivergent clients and for therapists who are autistic themselves.
Discovering at over 40 years old, that she is Autistic with ADHD herself, she turned her interest toward understanding the autistic experience and what that means for therapists, trainers, supervisors and for autistic clients.
Her deepest inspiration, though, comes from the clients who discovered as adults that they have always been autistic. Being invited in with them to re-examine the real meanings of their lived events and life-shaped beliefs involves a shared trust of understanding real autism in real people, in the real systemic context. Mutually creating a space for working out what it really means to be autistic and what it really means for them, as unique people, in their lives is wht matters to late-identifying autistic adults. Contributing to significant realignments of positioning and perspectives, as well as self-concept in the context of a now-complete set of explanations is something Vauna feels is the deepest and most meaningful work.
Areas of interest, in addition to mental health, have included quality of life, meaning-making, and self-actualisation. Areas of development include executive functioning in times of strain, and a neuroaffirming approach to coaching for people with ADHD.
Vauna studied Autism at Sheffield Hallam University with Dr Luke Beardon. She is a qualified Coach and Trainer, a Certified Transactional Analyst, and a Certified Cybertherapist. She gained the CIPD accredited ‘Certificate in Training Practice’ in 2008.