Understanding Your Diagnosis:
Psychoeducation for Young People
Receiving a diagnosis such as ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, or Dyspraxia can bring both clarity and confusion. For many young people, it takes time to understand what these words truly mean — how they experience the world, and how this shapes the challenges and strengths they carry into daily life.
Alongside my therapeutic practice, I offer short-term psychoeducational sessions for young people who wish to explore and make sense of their diagnosis. This is not therapy, but it is informed by a therapeutic lens — drawing on my background in education and mental health to create a reflective and supportive space for self-understanding. Sessions are usually offered face to face and are tailored to each individual, typically from around age eleven upwards.
Where appropriate, we may review diagnostic or cognitive assessments together, explore what they reveal about a young person’s profile, and connect these insights to everyday experience. We will consider what a diagnosis actually means — how it might influence focus, emotion, relationships, or self-esteem — and begin to put words to the feelings that often accompany these experiences, such as frustration, anxiety, or worry.
A diagnosis is only one part of who someone is. Understanding neurodivergence is about seeing the whole person — their individuality, creativity, and potential.
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These sessions help young people develop language and insight, fostering self-compassion, clearer communication with parents and teachers, and a deeper sense of agency. When they can articulate what they need, why certain things feel difficult, and where their strengths lie, they begin to build genuine confidence and self-advocacy.