Psychology & Advisory Team

About Irina

Irina is a Business Psychologist, Neurodiversity Assessor, and Coach. She uses principles of Occupational and Clinical Psychology in her practice aiming to provide an approach that is evidence-based, ethical, solution-focussed, and inclusive to all.

Irina brings extensive experience in the delivery of diagnostic and workplace needs assessments across a variety of sectors and industries. She works with individuals with complex health needs and neurodiversity in employment and adult education.

Irina shares a commitment to raising awareness about neurominorities and facilitating change. She provides informed support and guidance to senior management, HR, and education specialists in order to enable neurodiverse potential and provide a positive and inclusive environment.

About Jacqui

Jacqui is a specialist neurodiversity coach and a member of the assessment team at Genius Within. She 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.

Jacqui has a fluid approach to her coaching, working in partnership with her clients to help them to achieve their goals. She 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.

About Jess

Jess has completed a BSc (Hons) is Psychology and Child development and an MSc in Applied Research (Psychology). She has an ILM Level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management and is currently studying towards a MSc in Occupational Psychology.

In additional to her Team Leader role, Jess works as an Assistant Psychologist with long term unemployed Neurodivergent individuals to identify their barriers to work and provide intensive support with the aim of moving them closer to employment. With focus on building their confidence, managing disability and health concerns and improving their overall wellbeing and mental health.

Jess also volunteers as an Independent Parental Support Worker providing support for parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

About Karen

With over 20 years experience of preparing return to work plans and completing cognitive based assessments, Karen is equipped to provide coaching, vocational guidance and vocational case management. Typical client groups include neurominorities and individuals with complex injuries (with a specialism in vocational rehabilitation for acquired brain injury). Karen also regularly trains line managers and presents these topics at conferences.

Karen is, Chartered by the British Psychological Society, HCPC registered, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Co-convenor of the Division of Occupational Psychology Health and Wellbeing Group and committee member for the BPS North-West Branch.

About Marjorie

Marjorie is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and an associate assessor and coach. Her interest in people attracted her to change management and project management during her early career. She found people often found organisational change inhibited creativity and collaboration. This led her to study for her MSc. Occupational Psychology and she now uses her expertise with clients in the private, public and charity sectors.

Marjorie works with Genius Within to support the diversity and inclusion agenda. Her commitment to others, her psychological know-how and her caring approach, are the hallmarks of Marjorie’s ability to help people to flourish.

About Natalie

Natalie is a Registered and Chartered Organisational Psychologist, an associate assessor and coach. Her work is focused on enhancing individual growth, promoting effective communications and boosting resilience. She uses reliable psychological assessment methods and psychometric-based interviews to highlight talent, and conducts cognitive testing to identify neurodiverse/divergent conditions including Dyslexia.

She offers leadership coaching at all levels, especially for staff who are stepping into uncharted areas of managing other people and strategic planning; a situation very much prevalent within the information technology and engineering sectors.

About Terry

Terry is an assessor and coach, specialising in neurodiversity and employability. He has experience in administering diagnostic and needs assessments, with both adults and children. Since completing his MSc in Occupational Psychology in 2016, he has worked with a range of clients, including employed, unemployed, inmates, and students in higher education and in school.

He also facilitates awareness training, group workshops, and career, wellbeing and workplace strategy coaching. He has a demonstrated background working with neurominority clients, with a particular interest in Autism.

About Victoria

Victoria has 19 years’ experience applying psychological principles within the vocational rehabilitation, workplace wellbeing, and disability and employment arena.

She is highly experienced in supporting neurominority employees and students through both cognitive and workplace needs assessments. She also has specialist experience in the assessment and case management of return to work and job retention support for those with acquired neurodiversity arising from injury or illness, including acquired brain injury and cancer.

Victoria has several years’ experience working as an expert witness on matters relating to disability, health, and employment and has supported hundreds of individuals to identify careers that match their strengths, return to work, and work at their best.