Azaria O’Dame
Master's Degree in Psychology
About Azaria
Azaria has a Master’s Degree in Psychology and has been coaching for several years. Azaria has always been drawn to working with neurodivergent people. She started her career in Education where she found that the neurodivergent children really needed allyship. She has moved into coaching adults and has a lot of experience working in communities marginalised by poverty. Azaria has also worked single parents and those who have been isolated through displacement.
When Azaria is coaching at her best she is listening intently, and facilitating solutions to pop up that apply to work, but also into their personal lives. Azaria really enjoys it when a client comes to a solution that is impactful across many areas – a pattern that creates lasting change for the whole person. Azaria enjoys connecting to her clients and having fun. Coaching can be something we look forward to, a very rapportful experience.
Bansri Dodhia
About Bansri
Bansri is passionate about helping people to bring their unique selves forward in all their interactions. She works in partnership with clients to discover their hidden strengths and talents and maximise these to achieve their full potential. Bansri helps clients to dig deeper to work on breaking down barriers that are often stopping them from taking action.
Her background is in Learning and Development, as well as being an ICF Coach. She helps individuals develop or improve their communication and have increased self-awareness and self-confidence with (or without) their neurodivergent traits. Bansri has worked across Professional Services, the NHS, and the Public Sector.
Belinda Fernandes
About Belinda
What Belinda really enjoys when coaching is supporting adults in the workplace to understand more about their Neurodivergent challenges and explore their strengths to develop strategies which help manage the impact that those challenges bring. Belinda has supported clients who work in banks, teaching, hospitals and other public services as well as clients who are aiming to re-establish themselves in a working role after taking some time out.
Belinda brings a flexible, person-centered approach to her coaching. She offers a safe space to allow clients to explore their situation, how they want things to be and discover how they can use their strengths to create solutions that allow them to work at their best.
When Belinda is coaching at her best, she is calm, curious and feels a warm glow to see clients have a “lightbulb moment”; this may be seeing a strength they already have but not noticed or why a certain challenge has felt too overwhelming or recognising a step they can take to move a step closer to achieving their potential.
Claudine Charles
MSc in Human Resources Development
About Claudine
Claudine is an accredited executive coach, who is passionate about supporting people to operate at their best, and enjoys partnering with her clients to stimulate those “eureka moments,” where they reflect, generate insight, and are mobilised into action with enthusiasm.
Claudine thrives on creating a safe space for clients to be comfortable and transparent, where they can work through any challenges, grasp their attention, or capitalise on a change or opportunity. She strongly believes that people are “response-able”, whole, and creative, so she regularly partners with clients to support them in leveraging their strengths, unraveling any limiting beliefs, as well as “holding up” and simplifying their options, resources, and possibilities. Claudine uses a range of coaching styles and methodologies with clients based on their needs, goals, and preferences.
As a result, clients find her warm, authentic, supportive, encouraging, open, frank, and highly skilled in her area of expertise.
Ermine Benjamin
About Ermine
Ermine is also a teacher and she has been teaching dyslexic children for many years. When she is working with them, she uses her active listening skills to really hear what they are saying and adjust her teaching style according to their learning styles. Ermine also worked with individuals from the health and finance sector as well as education.
What Ermine likes about coaching is supporting people to move towards their goals, seeing those special moments when people get an insight that helps them to move forward in their journey and giving people the opportunity to set their own agendas. But most importantly, it’s the forward focus where clients are not dwelling on the past where things have gone wrong, they focus on their strengths to move forward.
When Ermine is coaching at her best she gives her clients her undivided attention, she is an active listener, asks questions that will encourage them to look more deeply at the issues they are discussing, feedbacks on what she has heard so she is sure of her understanding and they are reassured that they are being heard.
Gizem Gokcimen
BSc, MSc, MBPsS
About Gizem
Gizem joined Genius Within in 2019 as a coach in our employability team. She has a Master’s in Clinical Psychology and is completing her ILM Level 7 in Professional Workplace Coaching, as well as training to be a Chartered Coaching Psychologist. Gizem has worked with a wide range of clients from those looking for work right up to senior Exec Directors and Clinical Leads. She has experience of various industries including healthcare, finance, sales, consulting, pharma, technology, manufacturing, academia, marketing and more.
As an ADHDer herself with a late diagnosis, Gizem has really found coaching beneficial personally for understanding herself, for learning about when she works at her best and understanding herself more.
When Gizem is coaching at her best she is an active listener, she loves thinking on the spot and responding to her clients in the moment. She really enjoys watching her clients thrive, progress and taking action on their goals.
Jacqui Manning
About Jacqui
Jacqui is a Work Psychologist and Coach who specialises in neurodiversity, executive coaching, career development and soft skills coaching.
Jacqui has a background in senior leadership in the higher education and not-for-profit sectors where she led and developed teams and drove organisational development initiatives.
She has a fluid approach to her coaching, working in partnership with her clients to help them to achieve their goals. Jacqui loves helping people to uncover and make the best use of their strengths, talents and potential, whatever stage of life they may be at.
Jacqui’s clients say that she creates an environment of trust where they are able to look at things differently and to reflect.
Joshua Okunlola
About Joshua
Joshua Okunlola is an accomplished Coach, with a wealth of expertise spanning over 15 years. Joshua is deeply committed to fostering the growth and empowerment of individuals across the neurodivergent spectrum. His extensive experience encompasses collaborative work with young people, community members, and school leaders.
As a passionate advocate for neurodiversity, Joshua leverages his background in psychology to create a supportive and inclusive coaching environment. Joshua Okunlola is dedicated to helping professionals unlock their full potential. His coaching approach emphasizes building confidence, resilience, and essential life skills, equipping neurodivergent individuals to thrive in today’s dynamic world.
Joshua Okunlola is a Qualified Coach (ILM) with a strong foundation in Transactional Analysis, a field of study he has immersed himself in for the past 8 years. This deep understanding significantly informs his coaching practice, allowing him to tailor his approach to the unique needs of his clients. Additionally, as a proud member of the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA), Joshua upholds the highest standards of professionalism and ethics in his coaching journey, ensuring a supportive and transformative experience for each individual he works with.
Nicole Etienne
MSc Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology
About Nicole
Nicole, an EMCC-accredited Senior Practitioner with over a decade of expertise, empowers professionals to thrive. Nicole specialises in supporting busy professionals who seek to maximize their potential and overcome obstacles. Her coaching extends to both neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals, working effectively in both 1:1 and group settings.
Trauma-informed and holistic in approach, her focus lies on fostering well-being, managing stress, navigating transitions, and building confidence. Drawing upon a diverse background encompassing teaching, care, administration, accounts, HR, sales, and marketing, Nicole brings a well-rounded perspective. For those already engaged in therapy, Nicole offers coaching that aligns with existing therapeutic goals.
Nicole guides individuals toward flourishing with a holistic, solutions-focused approach. Her calm, warm, and supportive presence, weaving evidence-based positive psychology and coaching practices into personalized sessions, helps clients tap into their strengths and navigate challenges with confidence. Nicole offers supervision to coaches.
Priya Hunt
About Priya
Priya is an accredited executive coach (Associate Certified Coach, International Coach Federation) with 30 plus years of global corporate leadership experience which spans 4 different industries (Airlines, Telecommunications, Utilities and Healthcare) and 84 countries. Priya is passionate about people development, customer experience and transformation and has worked at director and board level and sponsored organisational culture change, particularly around inclusion and diversity.
Priya’s coaching approach is eclectic, creative, and humanistic, focused on the individual in front of her. She believes in continuous development and am continuing her academic journey with a Masters in Coaching and Behavioural change, followed by doctoral research.
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.
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.
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.
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.