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Services
Counselling for Autistic, ADHD and Dyslexic Individuals

My Approach

Person-Centred,
Neuro-affirming Counselling 

Cerrie Lantrua, New Horizons, offering Person-centred Counselling and Emotional Freedom Techniques, online and face to face.

I offer person-centred counselling as the foundation of our work together.
My approach is grounded in empathy, unconditional acceptance, and genuineness. Being met exactly as you are creates the safety needed to explore your thoughts, feelings, and lived experiences at your own pace. For many neurodivergent people, the world can feel full of confusing expectations, unspoken rules, and the sense that everyone else received a guidebook you were never given. You might have spent years adapting, masking, or feeling “different” without language for why. I understand how exhausting and isolating that can be, and I aim to offer a space where none of that needs to be hidden or explained away.

In our sessions, you are welcome to show up however feels most authentic to you, with your rhythms, needs, sensory preferences, communication style, and ways of processing. My role is not to interpret or “fix,” but to walk alongside you as you reconnect with your own inner wisdom. I genuinely believe you are the expert on yourself, even if that sense feels distant right now.

My practice is rooted in the person-centred approach developed by Carl Rogers, and I work within the experiential tradition. This means I pay close attention to my felt sense, my embodied, empathic understanding of your experience in the here-and-now, to support you in making meaning and discovering what feels right for you.

Together, we create a space where your differences are understood as valid parts of who you are, not barriers to overcome, a space where you can breathe, explore, and gently find the shape of your own needs.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques

I am a certified Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) practitioner, also known as tapping.
EFT involves gently tapping on specific acupressure points on the body to support emotional regulation, release tension, and create a sense of grounding. Many people find tapping helpful when navigating overwhelming feelings, sensory overload, or experiences from the past that still feel “alive” in the body.

One of the strengths of EFT is that you don’t need to retell or relive the full story of what you’re working through. We can focus on your present emotional experience, working at a pace that feels safe and manageable for you.

There are different ways we can use tapping in sessions. I can guide you to tap on yourself, offering clear, supportive instructions that fit your processing style. If you prefer, I can tap for you in a pre-agreed, consent-led way that prioritises comfort, autonomy, and sensory safety. You will always choose the method that feels right for your body.

I can also teach you how to use tapping outside of our sessions, so you have tools to support yourself in moments of anxiety, overwhelm, shutdown, or panic. Many neurodivergent clients find it especially helpful for grounding and reconnecting with their body in a gentle, non-demanding way.

I integrate EFT within a fully person-centred approach. This means you guide the process, your boundaries are always respected, and we move in a way that honours your pace, your needs, and your lived experience.

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