Marguerite Farmer
MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology
About Marguerite
Marguerite is an experienced coach who enjoys helping people uncover and make best use of their strengths and talents to build effective strategies and increase self-confidence. Previously in school senior leadership, she now coaches leaders across a variety of industries.
Marguerite has a flexible approach to her coaching, adapting how she works to her clients’ preferred ways of thinking. If they think best whilst moving around, drawing on large sheets of paper or jotting ideas on post-its; then that can happen.
Marguerite’s clients say that she is calm, friendly and creates an environment where thinking time and reflection come naturally.
Martina Foreman
About Martina
Martina finds coaching incredibly rewarding. Seeing her clients unlock their potential and find new ways of doing things to reduce stress and improve productivity is her goal. With the use of targeted exercises and coaching techniques she guides and facilitates change. Her knowledge and experience as well as her sense of humour make her easy to work with. As a freelance associate coach for neurodiverse adults in the workplace, as well as working with young offenders in prison, the role Martina plays in the transformation and well-being of her clients is her passion.
In her years of coaching Martina has delivered over 2000 hours of 1-2-1 coaching to those who are neurodivergent. She came to Genius Within with a broad range of skills from a background in customer services, conferencing, and also some time as a wellness therapist.
Michelle Doll
BA in Social Psychology
About Michelle
Michelle has experience of working with neurodivergent individuals, including those with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, autism and mental health. Michelle uses a person centred approach to coaching, bringing in elements of NLP, Cognitive Behavioural approaches and Emotional Freedom Technique. Michelle is able to weave these methods and using a structured coaching and the use of metaphors to create a safe environment to open up the clients thinking.
Miranda Pretorius
M.A. in Clinical Psychology
About Miranda
Miranda has been a Clinical Psychologist for the last 30 years. She can deal with all mental health issues as part of her qualification. This includes Major Depression, Bipolar Mood Disorder and Anxiety Disorder. She is particularly interested in helping people with addictions (alcohol and other substances). She also enjoys doing marital therapy as well as family therapy. Her approach is solution-focused, eclectic, and grounded in psychological science.
Miranda also started working for Genius Within as a Life Coach in January this year, dealing with clients who experience workplace difficulties due to ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, and other disorders under the Neurodiverse umbrella. She previously worked in the EAP field and is au fait with dealing with clients and managers in the workplace. She aims to assist clients to function optimally in the workplace and in general, everyday life.
Morwenna Stewart
About Morwenna
Whether you’re self-diagnosed or formally diagnosed neurodivergent, you can feel intense emotions or burnout. You might not know your strengths or how to manage your energy. Or you might be proud of your neurodivergence and ready for the next career step. Morwenna’s with you all the way – as an AuDHDer herself, parent to an ND adult, and her experience with hundreds of clients.
Morwenna loves to help you explore identity, strengths, struggles and even any painful bits. Tears and laughter are normal in coaching, but Morwenna prevents sessions from becoming counselling or unfocused chat, and instead keeps you moving towards your goals. Morwenna maintains ethics, boundaries and concrete outcomes, while allowing real emotions and even fun!
Nancy Procter
About Nancy
Nancy Proctor is a professionally qualified workplace coaching with a Diplomas in Coaching Psychology, Core Transformation and NLP and training with the Association for Coaching. Nancy has been coaching for many years across a variety of disciplines not just the workplace but also in health and fitness, where the motivational and habit forming practices are a significant cross over.
Nancy is inspired to work with neurodivergent clients through the lived experiences in her family of neurodivergence. In particular, she is inspired by her children, who are young neurodivergent adults emerging into the world of work, experiencing the hopes and opportunity of an emerging career path, but also the barriers and challenges. Nancy seeks to contribute to a more inclusive society where neurodivergent people can thrive and have work which is a pleasure, rewarding and inclusive.
Nicola Hickinbotham
About Nicola
Nicola is passionate about helping, developing and supporting people to be the best they can be. Nicola thrives on helping people with Neurodiversity learn to develop strategies for their challenges but also enhancing their strengths. Hearing people say ‘I acknowledge my brain is wired differently and not wrong’ is an absolute pleasure for Nicola to hear.
Nicola works with people to develop strategies for time management, focus (control and or implementation), organisation, self-belief, confidence, identifying their strengths and many more for them to release how they can work at their best and what they need to achieve this.
Peter Urey
About Peter
Peter has an impressive 30 years of extensive experience in IT Sales, Marketing, and Management, which has allowed him to cultivate a robust skill set in the technology industry. His expertise extends to leadership and development, as he underwent training under the prestigious Hewlett Packard LEAD program, achieving UK Director level proficiency. Additionally, Peter holds a degree in Law from Christ Church, Oxford University, further augmenting his versatile background.
Since 2006, he has found great success as an independent business coach, catering to esteemed clients at the Board level, including prominent companies like Symantec, Epson, and Canon. Peter’s coaching approach is refined, as he received training from Marian Way, the author of Clean Approaches for Coaches, in Clean Language, Symbolic Modelling, and Clean Space techniques.
Peter Waggott
About Peter
Peter has over 25 years global sales and management experience, working for a range of organisations. He is also an accredited Executive Coach with the Academy of Executive Coaching.
Peter believes that we can all work at our best, and we can strive to be the best that we can be on each given day. This requires a shift in perspective and mindset. Peter helps clients to develop strategies which help support them in their daily life. Peter is a coach, facilitator and trainer, with over 20 years experience managing teams and supporting individuals.
Peter has over 5 years experience supporting individuals to better understand their neurodiversity and managing their stress and anxiety levels.
Rachael Ward
ILM Level 5 in Coaching and Mentoring
About Rachael
Rachael is an experienced Executive Coach who has been a Genius Within associate since 2016. Rachael’s coaching practise focuses on effective communication, well -being and personal effectiveness. There is often crossover in these areas when clients are feeling overwhelmed and are seeking a way of improving focus and productivity and rediscovering what they enjoy about their working life.
With a background in senior leadership in the voluntary sector and lived experience of neuro diversity, Rachael is passionate about supporting Genius Within clients to identify and use their strengths and develop a range of strategies and tools to take them forward in their future careers.
Rachel Birchmore
MBA
About Rachel
Rachel works with leaders, managers and their teams to become confident leaders, competent managers and be more effective communicators. She has a calm, friendly style and helps her clients to identify and build on their unique strengths and so thrive in the workplace.
She works extensively with architects, engineers and others in the property, design and construction sectors which is where she has spent her 30-year career leading teams prior to training as a coach in 2016.
She is a qualified business and workplace coach and PCC accredited with the International Coaching Federation.
Rebecca Daniel
MA in Education
About Rebecca
Rebecca Daniel is an experienced coach, coach supervisor and trainer with over 12 years of experience in the education sector and extensive experience supporting neurodivergent individuals in the workplace.
She specialises in empowering clients through tailored coaching that enhances wellbeing, confidence, resilience and communication. Rebecca works with leaders, executives, and individuals within a range of sectors helping them navigate challenges and achieve their goals. As an accredited coach (ICF PCC, EMCC Senior Practitioner) and a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, she uses a blend of positive psychology, NLP, and neuroscience to evoke awareness and facilitate meaningful change. Rebecca also holds an associate board member position for the ICF UK chapter.
Robin Macdonald
B.Sc. (Hons) in Science and Management
About Robin
With a background in management in fast paced international businesses, Robin is a Performance and Leadership Coach with global accreditation from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
He has a warm, versatile, yet focussed coaching style, where he adapts his approach to suit you and your circumstances.
Robin has a passion for getting the best out of people, helping them succeed and will naturally facilitate your thoughts.
No matter your situation, job or career, you will feel appreciated and supported as you create an environment to move forward, achieve your goals and embrace your future.
Rukshana Horwood
BA (Hons) in Psychology
About Rukshana
With a background in Psychology (B.A Hons), Rukshana has a passion for supporting individuals, teams and organisations to understand and build awareness around their own or colleagues neurodiversity.
Rukshana is fortunate enough to work with neurodivergent individuals to support them, help managers and individuals to understand each other better through co-coaching as well as raise awareness across organisations and diverse industries spanning both the private and public sectors. Rukshana is extremely fortunate to work on some projects for CJS, our Criminal Justice System, supporting ex-custodial clients who are neurodivergent.
Sally Chapman
About Sally
The work Sally does with clients is around building confidence, boundaries, managing burnout, prioritising, well-being and self-care. Many of the people that Sally works with often struggle with feelings of Imposter Syndrome, or not belonging/fitting in so she works with you on your unique strengths, where you add value and how you can shift mindset to support yourself, not hinder you. She founded our own business, Shine Coaching, in 2021 with the aim of making coaching accessible to everyone.
Sarah Louise Walsh
MSc in Organisational Behaviour
About Sarah
Sarah is an experienced coach specialising in supporting individuals with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and those seeking career development.
With a background in change, coaching, and transformation, they have a lot of expertise in guiding clients to meet their goals and identify strategies that work for them.
Sarah’s coaching style is reflective, relaxed, and purposeful, drawing on an extensive toolkit of resources and approaches to meet each client’s unique needs. They are both professional and approachable, creating a safe, reflective space where clients can explore their next steps with confidence.
Sarah Walsh
MSc in Psychology
About Sarah
Sarah thrives on helping others to overcome problems so they can succeed, particularly neurodivergent individuals and those with chronic health issues, as she has personal experience in both these areas. She decided to train as a coach after having coaching herself, which helped her to achieve things she’d thought were impossible. Her coaching style is firmly embedded in an evidence-based approach (she gives a serious side-eye to “positive vibes only” messages) as well as a lot of humour.
Sarah has a rich and varied career history, including work across the Tech, Healthcare, and Education sectors. Having had a “later in life” diagnosis of ADHD herself, she is
particularly keen to support recently diagnosed adults and those exploring the possibility of being neurodivergent.
Sarah Wissing
MSc in Career Management and Coaching
About Sarah
Sarah is an experienced coach with an MSc in Career Management and Coaching, and two Post Graduate Certificates in Neurodiversity Coaching and Coaching Supervisions. Sarah has worked in a variety of sectors including health care, business, education, primarily in Human Resources roles and coaching roles.
Sarah Young
About Sarah
Sarah is passionate about developing people to be the best they can be. She is a highly experienced and enthusiastic mentor, coach, facilitator and workplace needs assessor. With extensive experience of working with neurominorities, and in the fields of mental health and social isolation. Sarah has a particular interest in supporting and enabling those most vulnerable to make the most of their abilities by understanding their unique qualities and strengths. She is highly adaptable and experienced in working in a variety of environments and applying various styles to best meet the needs of my clients. There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach for Sarah.
Simon Harris
About Simon
Simon, who is dyspraxic himself, coaches in order to help people get on in life. He enjoys helping people view their situations from different perspectives, breaking things down and finding strategies that will work for them. Coaching is often situational and Simon makes good use of reflective techniques that can be deployed in the future.
Having started out in career coaching, which Simon still loves, he is always keen to help people navigate the barriers that stop them progressing in the way they would like. Taking a person-centred approach he also enjoys helping people rediscover joy in what they do and moving away from problems or barriers that have confront them.