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.
