Sophie Doel
About Sophie
Sophie has been working at a coaching for genius within since 2014, working with the client to explore their neuro-diverse traits and support the client in understanding their strengths in the work place.
Sophie takes a whole person approach and blends from her experience in Coaching as well as Counselling to ensure the client is supported and the approach fits for the individual. In a post-pandemic workplace she will assist in helping the client to improve their self-awareness, personal confidence to reach their full potential.
Stephanie Benfield
About Stephanie
Stephanie is an ICF-accredited Master Certified Coach, specialising in autism and ADHD. As a trained trauma-responsive, neurodiversity-strategy coach, Stephanie supports clients in increasing self-awareness, understanding and confidence while also creating practical strategies to move forward.
Being autistic and dyspraxic, Stephanie draws on both personal experience and expertise to create a safe, supportive, conversational coaching space. She employs evidence-based coaching frameworks and neuroscience insights to tailor her approach to each client’s unique needs.
Steve Gardner
MA in Education
About Steve
Steve’s approach to coaching is client-focused i.e., start where the client is; identify needs and offer suitable strategies. It gives him a buzz when he sees people making strides to tackle their issues. He encourages a positive approach, recognising you can’t control others, but you can control your own responses to situations.
Steve has over 6 years coaching experience with Genius Within, and over 20 years senior management experience at 3 different colleges, so he brings extensive experience of working with people at all levels of an organisation. He also has significant teaching experience so enjoys working with groups.
Stuart Hasell
About Stuart
Stuart’s passion is to help and support neurodivergent people and overcome barriers, challenges and sometimes stigma, both personally and professionally. It’s a question of unlocking the potential, find the right application, focus on what the person is good at and support them to excel.
His full-time job is in the Railway sector, where he advocates for the neurodivergent community, champions diversity and inclusion, and advocates for mental health.
He undertakes coaching support with clients from multiple sectors, helping them to achieve higher performance in the workplace.
His previous career spanned 30 years in management consultancy and supply chain where he developed broad and deep expertise in many sector-specific, corporate, operational and performance management disciplines.
Terri Donohue
About Terri
Terri is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with over 3,000 hours of coaching experience and a credential in Neuro-Inclusive Systems Design from the University of British Columbia. She specializes in supporting adults with ADHD, Autism, AuDHD, executive functioning challenges, and learning differences, as well as neurodivergent executives and senior leaders navigating team building.
Her trauma-informed, inclusive approach centres on mental well-being — emotional regulation, stress and anxiety management, and navigating transitions and challenges through mind, body, and purpose-driven strategies. Before transitioning to coaching, Terri spent 23 years as an Emmy-nominated makeup artist in the entertainment industry, where she developed strengths in creative innovation and collaborative partnership. Her neuroscience-based philosophy is simple: no two brains are alike. She empowers clients to embrace their authenticity and build lives and workplaces where their minds can truly thrive.
Theresa Quinn
MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology
About Theresa
Theresa is a passionate coach who partners with coaching clients so they can use their strengths to establish a flourishing work and home life.
Theresa has had a varied background in education and in running her own business and has experienced many of the highs and lows that life can bring. Being able to draw on her strengths and reframe her thinking has enabled her to thrive during difficult circumstances. Now, being able to bring that experience to coach others to do the same, is what she loves to do.
Theresa particularly enjoys bringing the fun into coaching, especially using nature and Lego. After all, it’s easier to thrive and flourish when we enjoy what we do and are having fun.
Thomas Imfeld
About Thomas
Thomas has a curious and humble mindset and approach to coaching. He supports neurominority clients in clarification processes and supporting client’s problem solving. His focus areas include managing change in the workplace and beyond, navigating office politics and work cultures, career transitions and career progression.
Thomas draws upon international work experience as a leader working with diverse industries and with teams. Made by dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia, Thomas has lived experience with neurodivergent strengths and challenges. Emphasising positive psychology and a strength’s-based approach, Thomas’ clients enjoy the feelings that come from evolving their thinking, making decisions and obtaining beneficial results for themselves.
Vic Brookes
Wes Wade: USA Only
PhD in Candidate, ELPHD, Counseling & Counselor Education, MA in Career Counseling and MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
About Wes
Wesley has a background in business, higher education, mental health, and substance use work. While working as a career coach at a land grant university in the U.S., Wesley co-created and led a career-focused program for autistic students, led 3 statewide career summits for autistic students, and served on planning committees for state-government programs offering paid internships for autistic college students. Wesley is a trained coach, a licensed clinical mental health counselor, a licensed clinical addictions specialist, and a Ph.D. candidate at NC State University in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development with a concentration in Counseling and Counselor Education.
Zoe Farmer
About Zoe
Zoe is an occupational coach who specialises in ADHD and workplace strategies, and she has recently begun exploring coaching methods to support individuals going through menopause.
As a proud Neurodivergent individual ( ADHD, Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia), Zoe has first hand experience with unemployment, masking, and living with a chronic illness and menopause. As a single mother in a mixed-race neurodivergent family, she has come to appreciate the importance of advocacy and approaching life with curiosity instead of judgment.
Through coaching, Zoe supports her clients in developing new workplace strategies to help them navigate the workplace. She finds great joy in witnessing them have those “light-bulb” moments, discover their talents, and gain confidence. Through this growth, her clients learn to carry that self-empowerment and advocacy into their roles.
Zoe joined Genius Within as a career coach and case manager in our employability team in 2018. In 2023, she transitioned to specialise in occupational coaching. Before joining Genius Within, Zoe spent many years working in administrative management within corporate settings.