New Horizons Counselling
Cerrie Lantrua. Person-centred counsellor
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Embracing Neurodiversity in Person-Centred Counselling Practices
As a person-centred counsellor, I believe we all have an inner capacity for growth, healing and self-understanding when we’re met with empathy, acceptance, and authenticity. For neurodivergent people, whose experiences and ways of thinking can differ from the norm, this approach can feel especially supportive. It offers a space where you’re not being analysed or told what to do, but gently understood as you are. What Person-Centred Counselling Means to Me In this approach, developed by Carl Rogers, you are seen as the expert on your own life. My role isn’t to give advice or interpret what you share, […]
Neurodivergent Support
October 29, 2025
Understanding the Effects of Reduced Synaptic Pruning on Neurodivergent Minds
Recent research has found that reduced synaptic pruning - the natural process by which the brain trims unused neural connections - may play a key role in how neurodivergent people experience and process the world. During infancy, there is a period of increased synaptic development. From birth through adolescence, synaptic pruning occurs following the initial […]
Neurodiversity Insights
October 31, 2025
Transform Your Well-Being with EFT Tapping
When life feels overwhelming, and emotions swirl in ways that are hard to manage, finding a gentle, effective way to soothe your mind and body can feel like a lifeline. I’ve discovered that emotional healing through tapping offers just that - a compassionate, accessible tool that invites you to reconnect with yourself and find calm […]
Eft Tapping
November 1, 2025
Counselling Supervision Explained
You might have come across the term ‘supervision’ and wondered what it actually means in counselling. It can sound quite formal, but supervision is a deeply supportive part of the therapeutic process. It exists to protect the quality of the counselling relationship and to ensure you are being met with care, integrity and attention. Counselling […]
Counselling Best Practices
November 9, 2025
Neurodivergence, sex and intimacy: Making Space for Sensory Needs, Emotional Depth, and Authentic Choice
Sex and intimacy are so often spoken about as if they’re universal experiences. Something everyone understands in the same way, feels similarly about, and moves toward with similar expectations. But for many neurodivergent people, intimacy can look and feel very different. This isn’t a problem to be fixed or something that needs to be changed. […]
Neurodivergent Support
November 13, 2025
When Your Body Says ‘Not Yet’: A Gentle Look at Demand Avoidance – Reframe: The drive for autonomy.
The drive for autonomy, when the brain says NO! A Gentle Look at Your Demand Avoidance - The Pursuit of Autonomy as the Underlying Truth I want to talk with you about something that can feel really confusing and sometimes heavy. It’s those moments when you find yourself pulling away from a request or struggling […]
Neurodivergent Support
November 23, 2025
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