Aleigh Sydenham
IAPC&M Accredited Practitioner Coach
About Aleigh
Aleigh offers a professional background in Human Resource Management, specialising in workplace coaching, neurodiversity and mental well-being. She is a Chartered Member of the CIPD and an IAPC&M Accredited Practitioner Coach, with over 2500 hours of coaching practice. She completed her Ph.D. at Plymouth University exploring the impact of workplace coaching on mental wellbeing.
She has been an Associate of Genius Within since 2015 and during this time has enjoyed working with a variety of people to develop a greater awareness and appreciation of neurodiversity, enabling them to recognise and play to their strengths so that they flourish and thrive in their working lives. Alongside her coaching practice, she is a Programme Director and Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter where she manages the delivery of the MSc Human Resource Management Online and Apprenticeship Programmes.
Angie Alderman
Level 7 Executive Coach, Supervisor, Workplace Needs Assessor, and Trainer
About Angie
Angie is a Level 7 Executive Coach, Supervisor, Workplace Needs Assessor, and Trainer supporting high achievers and executives, including those navigating ADHD, Autism, and mental health challenges across all ages. Bringing 20 plus years of expertise across corporate, creative, and third sectors, her integrative approach combines evidence-based coaching with psychotherapeutic techniques tailored to each client’s unique needs.
With an MSc Distinction in Integrative Coaching and Counselling, Angie is fully accredited across executive coaching, BPS supervision, BACP psychotherapeutic counselling, BDA workplace needs assessment, and TalentPredix™ strengths profiling. An experienced speaker across the media and health sectors, she has sat on corporate panels, delivered NHS regional events for 150+ attendees, and leads train-the-trainer initiatives.
Corinne Cariad
ILM L7 Executive Coach and Mentor
About Corinne
Corinne is an ILM Level 7 Executive Coach with a focus on creative and neuro-inclusive practices.
Her clients say she creates a calm, non-judgmental space in coaching sessions. Many of the people Corinne works with are experiencing challenges, often following changes at work or in personal circumstances, and are feeling overwhelmed. Through coaching, they are able to reflect and develop strategies which work best for them.
Corinne loves learning and regularly engages in CPD to develop her skills, such as outdoor and somatic coaching. She wants to contribute to coaching as a professional practice which supports people to blossom and realise their own unique beauty.
Dr Ronie Walters, CPsychol
About Dr Ronie
I’m a Chartered Coaching Psychologist (BPS), ICF accredited coach, and EMCC Senior Practitioner with a PhD in health-related behaviour change and an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology. I’ve been coaching for nine years, and I specialise in supporting neurodivergent people — including those with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and OCD — to stop fighting their brain and start working with it.
Much of my work centres on navigating systems that weren’t designed for you, building strategies that actually fit how your mind works, and finding ways to perform and feel well on your own terms. My academic grounding in health psychology and positive psychology means the practical tools I offer are rooted in real evidence.
I bring lived experience to everything I do and have personal experience of disability and neurodiversity, as well as supporting loved ones with a range of neurodiversity and mental health conditions. I am sex positive and also work with clients navigating LGBTQ+ identity, menopause, and female health, recognising these aren’t separate from how someone shows up at work — they’re woven into the whole picture.
You don’t need to fit the mould. You need a coach who understands why the mould never fit in the first place.
Jasmine Navarro
About Jasmine
Jasmine is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with six years of coaching experience, supporting teenagers and adults to develop confidence, resilience, emotional wellbeing, and self-belief. With over 20 years’ experience as a qualified teacher and having lived and worked in 11 countries across three continents, Jasmine brings a global perspective and a deep understanding of diverse individuals and environments.
Jasmine takes a strengths-based, client-centred approach, using powerful questioning, coaching methodologies, and visualisation to help clients gain clarity, overcome limiting beliefs, and create meaningful change. She has particular experience supporting neurodiverse individuals and has developed and delivered wellbeing, resilience, confidence, and neurodiversity programmes for schools, organisations, and employees.
Miranda Pretorius
M.A. in Clinical Psychology
About Miranda
Miranda is a seasoned clinical psychologist with more than 33 years of experience, dedicated to supporting individuals across a wide spectrum of psychological needs. Since the end of 2022, she has been part of Genius Within, working as an Executive Coach with a particular focus on professionals navigating neurodiverse challenges.
In her private practice, she provides therapeutic support for clients with Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, and those with neurodivergent profiles. Her coaching and clinical work are deeply informed by her keen interest in Pharmacology and Neurology, ensuring that her strategies are both evidence-based and attuned to the latest developments in brain science. She stays abreast if research.
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.
Theresa Quinn
Coaching Psychologist
About Theresa
Theresa is a qualified coaching psychologist with a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. Theresa has been coaching for many years, nearly 8 of those with Genius Within. She specifically coaches in neurodiversity and the crossover with stress & anxiety, overwhelm, wellbeing (including hormonal), PTSD and flourishing at work.
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.