Applying the understanding of human differences using the theories and principles of predictive processing, Free Energy Principle, Active Inference, the Theory of Constructed Emotion, Embodied Cognition, George Bonanno’s resilience and flexibility research, and the Science of Learning.
Consultation
Sometimes a chat plants the seed of enlightenment. Collaborative work with parents, carers, teachers, advocates, and professionals in other domains, such as social care and human resources, to interpret children and young people’s core differences and challenges.
Consultations can take many forms, from a WhatsApp exchange to a 3-hour session.
Assessment
The bread and butter of an educational psychologist. Comprehensive educational psychologist assessments and formulations for children, young people, and adults in organisations.
Assessments can range from 0.5 to 2 days, depending on preference and need.
Vocational Orientation
Don’t fall for the trap of low expectations, and don’t waste your life doing something you don’t want to do. Support for adolescents and their parents in exploring future pathways and educational and vocational environments that match their core strengths, respect their differences, and support their potential.
Group Development Sessions
Because sometimes getting together really helps. Small groups for adolescents focusing on greater and more sophisticated self-awareness, emotional understanding and development, and skill development.
Supervision
It can get lonely, it can get boring, it can get way too comfortable. The knowledgeable and dynamic dialogue about complex presentations can make for a more sophisticated or alternative understanding of children and young people’s differences and challenges.