Get to know me
Get to know me
About Blanche(she/her)
I am passionate about shaping the world to be more inclusive of all peoples so that we can all be safe, welcomed, valued & celebrated.
About Blanche(she/her)
I am passionate about shaping the world to be more inclusive of all peoples so that we can all be safe, welcomed, valued & celebrated.
My Approach
My approach can be described as warm, compassionate, and collaborative. Support is tailored to accommodate your sensory, communication, cognitive, and social needs, ensuring a low-demand environment. Drawing from both lived experience and evidence-based practices, I strive to normalize differences and challenges while offering practical and usable guidance. I deeply value the therapeutic relationship, prioritising safety and responsiveness to feedback. You are the expert on your own life—my role is to walk alongside you, helping navigate difficulties and reclaim life on your terms.
My Approach
My approach can be described as warm, compassionate, and collaborative. Support is tailored to accommodate your sensory, communication, cognitive, and social needs, ensuring a low-demand environment. Drawing from both lived experience and evidence-based practices, I strive to normalize differences and challenges while offering practical and usable guidance. I deeply value the therapeutic relationship, prioritising safety and responsiveness to feedback. You are the expert on your own life—my role is to walk alongside you, helping navigate difficulties and reclaim life on your terms.
Special Interests
My SpIns are psychology, neurodiversity and cats (I am a mother to an autistic cat named Katie-Belle 🐱 I also have an adult human son). I love yoga, reading and collecting books, the rainforest, indie music and eating good food. Some of my latest hyper focuses have been: Native American culture, creating therapy resources and crochet!
Special Interests
My SpIns are psychology, neurodiversity and cats (I am a mother to an autistic cat named Katie-Belle 🐱 I also have an adult human son). I love yoga, reading and collecting books, the rainforest, indie music and eating good food. Some of my latest hyperfocuses have been: Native American culture, creating therapy resources and crochet!
Therapeutic Tools
I integrate tools during our discussions from the following approaches where appropriate.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Attachment theory
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CPT)
- Internal Family Systems-informed (IFS)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
All approaches are adjusted to be neurodiversity affirming, gender affirming, LGBTQI+ inclusive, intersectional, trauma-responsive, and individualised.
Therapeutic Tools
I integrate tools during our discussions from the following approaches where appropriate.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - adapted for ND peoples
- Attachment theory
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CPT)
- Internal Family Systems-informed (IFS)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
All approaches are adjusted to be neurodiversity affirming, gender affirming, LGBTQIA+ inclusive, intersectional, trauma-responsive, and individualised.
My Important Values
My Important Values
Qualifications
Master of Clinical Psychology, USQ
Bachelor of Science (Psychology Honours), USQ
Bachelor of Science (Psychology), USQ
Certificate IV in Disabilities
Affiliations
Australian Psychological Society (Member)
Professional Development & Training
- Neuroaffirming Assessment of Autism and ADHD with Amanda Moses
- Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy with Autism & ADHD Clients with Monique Mitchelson
- ACT for Depression and Anxiety with Russ Harris
- Autistic Burnout with Amanda Moses
- AuDHD profile with Monique Mitchelson
- Neuroaffirming Support with Amanda Moses
- CBTinsomnia
- Currently supervised by Lydia Meem, Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor.
It is my great honour
to support you to embrace your unique differences, navigate your challenges and work with your brain... not against it.
Why NeuroAffirm Psychology was formed...
For many years, I myself sought therapy to alleviate mental health “symptoms”, with varying effectiveness (and lots of expense!). Nevertheless, a sense of ‘defectiveness’ persisted for me, and ‘treatment’ only helped so far if not at all. Somehow, the message was always that I needed to change: change my thoughts, change my interpretations, be more social, change my language, use the strategies more…sigh. (Little wonder that I had internalised a sense of inadequacy!)
It was not until I identified my own neurodiversity did I really begin to understand and genuinely accept myself; I don’t need ‘treatment’ or to change myself. Sadly, this was not picked up by any of the professionals I consulted over the years and I even began to doubt whether psychology even helped people! Now I know there are a bunch of other adults like me, seeking support for their challenges and perhaps not having answers that will bring all the pieces together or that accurately targets their needs.
It is for these reasons that I formed NeuroAffirm Psychology: I get it. I have a special interest in identifying high-masking or internalised presentations of Autism and ADHD that have been missed before or are ‘hiding in plain sight’. I offer a safe space for neurodivergent people, their supports, and those exploring possible Autism or ADHD, where you can be accepted as you are. It is my great honour to support people to embrace their unique differences and preferences, understand why living in a world set up for neurotypicals is so challenging at times, recognise and advocate for accommodations, and work with your brain, not against it.
Why NeuroAffirm Psychology was formed...
For many years, I myself sought therapy to alleviate mental health “symptoms”, with varying effectiveness (and lots of expense!). Nevertheless, a sense of ‘defectiveness’ persisted for me, and ‘treatment’ only helped so far if not at all. Somehow, the message was always that I needed to change: change my thoughts, change my interpretations, be more social, change my language, use the strategies more…sigh. (Little wonder that I had internalised a sense of inadequacy!)
It was not until I identified my own neurodiversity did I really begin to understand and genuinely accept myself; I don’t need ‘treatment’ or to change myself. Sadly, this was not picked up by any of the professionals I consulted over the years and I even began to doubt whether psychology even helped people! Now I know there are a bunch of other adults like me, seeking support for their challenges and perhaps not having answers that will bring all the pieces together or that accurately targets their needs.
It is for these reasons that I formed NeuroAffirm Psychology: “I get it”. I have a special interest in identifying high-masking or internalised presentations of Autism and ADHD that have been missed before or are ‘hiding in plain sight’. I offer a safe space for neurodivergent people, their supports, and those exploring possible Autism or ADHD, where you can be accepted as you are. It is my great honour to support people to embrace their unique differences and preferences, understand why living in a world set up for neurotypicals is so challenging at times, recognise and advocate for accommodations, and work with your brain, not against it.
