Arts Mentoring, Art Psychotherapy, and other Services
My practice is better served to neurodivergent individuals but you do not need to identify as neurodivergent to access my services.
To read more about my autistic/ADHD led practice click here.
About Me
I have experience working with:
ADHD and Autism in Adults and Children
Women’s issues
Gender Dysphoria and GRS/HRT letters
LGBTQIA+ Lived Experience and Internalised homo- and transphobia
Neurodivergence in Women and GNC (gender non conforming) folks
Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Phobias
Depression
Burnout
Relationship and Attachment Difficulties
Trauma, PTSD and CPTSD
Polyamory and Non-monogamous Relationships
Life Transitions
Grief and Loss
Academic Stress
Chronic illness and Pain
Stress Management Techniques
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As a ND arts mentor I can support you with your arts practice.
✓ Reviewing your creative career to date and where you’d like to go.
✓ Time management and organisation strategies.
✓ Going through a funding application and support filling it in. (Please note, I only support with the writing section and simpler budget sections.)
✓ Clarifying your strengths, values, skills and identifying your access barriers.
✓ Identifying opportunities for growth and strategic development around your access requirements, identifying what tools you need to reduce your barriers.
✓ Overcoming creative blocks or personnel challenges
✓ Turbo-charging your artist CV and identifying which elements to add to your Artist Statement.
✓ Support with writing your artist statement, or sections of an application form.
✓ Application feedback. I can signpost you to more qualified access support for more complicated budgets.
✓ Interview practice and how to ask for interview questions in advance to meet your access needs.
✓ Project and budget management
✓ Marketing and networking the neurodivergent way! I support with templates and writing emails.
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As a Specialist Mentor, I provide assistance with any pastoral matters which are causing you anxiety or stress including:
✓ Support for motivation and morale
✓Emotional support with the focus on enabling the development of emotional awareness and wellbeing strategies
✓Help with organisation and planning, solving problems, developing and tailoring life and study skills and strategies to individual needs
✓Help you adjust to university life, including access to reasonable adjustments and examination arrangements
✓Advocacy for you
✓Liaising with tutors and various departments in the institution
✓Liaising with other services including medical, psychological and social services teams
✓Highlighting any early signs of difficulties and suggest strategies to manage this and also how you could self-monitor these strategies in the future
✓Create Action plans and objectives using tailored strategies
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If you are looking for a tutor to support you with:
study skills
reading
writing
referencing
looking for information (researching) and study support
Then you have come to the right place.
Study skills tutoring includes skills in acquiring, recalling, and retaining information in written and spoken language, and strategies to develop memory, organisation, attention and numeracy skills.
I am available to support pupils from primary school right through to university level (PhD)
I’m a qualified primary and specialist reading/writing school teacher (QTS) and a Study Skills tutor.
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Psychotherapy and Art Psychotherapy is Neurodivergent (ND) led, I want to ensure my services are as accessible as possible so you can experience therapy with me over text, chat, verbally or through painting and mark making. I am an anti-ableist psychotherapist, mentor and practitioner.
I offer a relaxed space where you can attend and “be”.
You might be seeking out sessions because you are experiencing issues surrounding or with:
Anxiety (including social anxiety, health anxiety, performance anxiety, chronic and generalised anxiety and anxiety disorders)
ADHD diagnosis or seeking diagnosis
ASD and ASC and neurodivergence - including 'late' or adult diagnosis
Depression
Shame and Perfectionism
Cultural Difference and Adjustment
Gender
Sexuality, and Identity
'Women’s Issues' (including sex, self-image, health, and cultural expectations)
How pregnancy and autism interact, feelings and PTSD
Living childfree, adapting to childlessness, maternal ambivalence
PTSD and trauma
Early Childhood Issues
Grief and Loss
Recurring nightmares or dreams that you’d like to explore.
Fees
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£120 per hour (If an organisation, charity or Access to Work is paying)
£80 per hour (individual fee)
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£125 per hour (If an organisation or charity is paying)
£80 per hour (individual fee)
60 minutes of mentoring 1:1 for university students or further education students.
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£90 per 50 minute session
I offer reduced fee (between £65-75) to those on no/low income or who are psychotherapy student trainees please enquire.
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£90 for a 1 hour session or £130 for a 90mins session.
Reduced fee (£65-75) is offered to low income individuals or art psychotherapist trainees please enquire.
Contracts are sent to you before the session and outline the cancellation policy.
Testimonial from a neurodivergent artist
“I was struggling with my first funding application and arranged for access support with Elinor. She was instantly able to understand which areas of the application I needed help with. Elinor was able to break down the steps I needed to take into bite-sized chunks; this helped me immensely as I was struggling with overwhelm and had been about to give up.
Elinor’s experience and knowledge of funding applications means that she was able to show me which areas of the application were the most important, so that I could focus my attention there. She was able to provide the scaffolding I needed in order to not only complete my funding application, but to edit and to refine it until I was satisfied. This massively boosted my confidence; I went from struggling to find anything to say about myself as an artist, to maxing out the word count for this section.
Elinor also really helped me to understand the financial aspects of funding on a deeper level, which allowed me to strengthen my application. This knowledge also gave me the courage to apply for the full amount as it became clear that it was reasonable to do so.
I was successful in my funding application and was awarded the full grant. But even if I had not been successful, being able to complete the application was a massive boost for me - increasing my confidence not only in the sustainability of my artist practice but also in my ability to navigate one more aspect of the world as a neurodivergent woman.”
