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Esther

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🇦🇺 Psychologist
🧠 @theneuronurturecollective
✨ Supporting autistic/ADHDers to live well by compassionately caring for their brain, not by ‘fixing it’

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Hello! Updating a photo for the feed 😊

I’m a neurodiversity affirming psychologist in Adelaide. I see adults Australia-wide for autism assessments, and am the director of an online clinic @theneuronurturecollective. Thanks so much for being here with me along the way ✨ by @estherfidock

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Our autism assessments are kind, gentle, and warm - we are so passionate about providing a neurodiversity affirming experience to helping you understand your neurotype. We see adults across Australia via Telehealth, and have immediate availability with our psychologist, Phoebe!

If you’d like to learn more, please feel free to check out our website: www.theneuronurturecollective.com, or get in touch with our lovely admin if you have any questions: admin@theneuronurturecollective.com 😊 If you want to book in, you can do that as soon as you’d like through our online portal 👩🏻‍💻 by @estherfidock

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I’m so passionate about people knowing whether they are autistic or not because it means that you approach care for your brain in a different way.

It happens so often during an assessment - I’ll hear ‘ I’ve never thought about it that way’ or ‘ that makes so much sense’!

It is such a privilege to be one of the clinicians who can help conceptualise this for the clients we see @theneuronurturecollective.

While I don’t have current availability, I have just brought on a new Assessor, Phoebe, who does! If you’d like to learn more about how we work please feel free to check out our website, www.theneuronurturecollective.com. And if you’d like to book in, you can also do this directly through the portal on our website 👩🏻‍💻😌 by @estherfidock

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‘Highly sensitive child’ is something I hear often described by my clients as their childhood experience.

The problem with simply chalking everything up to this is that often it comes with others telling you to just ‘suck it up’ - like it’s a problem with you (it isnt).

This never allows a person to think about how they could potentially change their environment to make life easier for them.

This is why I think it’s so important that people go through an autism assessment if they think it might be applicable to them. You are able to learn so much more about your brain - not just about your sensory sensitivities, but many other aspects too.

If you’ve been seeing autism content particularly related to highly masking presentations and want to explore it for yourself, we have immediate availability in our online clinic to see adult clients across Australia.

Please feel free to check out our website to find out more about how we work: www.theneurocollective.com 😊 by @estherfidock

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My name is Esther and I run an online clinic called the Neuro Nurture Collective that is designed specifically to support autistic, ADHDers or AUDHDer adults across Australia 😊

We have immediate availability for autism assessments. If you’re interested in learning more, please check out our website, or feel free to get in touch with our lovely admin through our contact form! by @estherfidock

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Exploring the specifics around what helps you regulate is (I think) one of the most helpful parts of knowing your neurotype.

If you don’t know whether you’re autistic or not, you may not realise that these are potentially at your fingertips and can be helpful during difficult times.

If you’ve been wondering if you might be autistic, our online clinic offers neuro diversity affirming assessments for adults across Australia and we have current availability.

We see daily how knowing your neuro type can lead to more care and compassion for yourself, and a deeper understanding of how to navigate the world in a way that works for you and your brain.

Please feel free to check out our website for more information and to book: www.theneuronurturecollective.com, or feel free to get in touch with our lovely admin if you have any questions: admin@theneuronurturecollective.com 👩🏻‍💻 by @estherfidock

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I talk so much about autistic experiences, particularly for people who are highly masking, because I truly believe that once someone knows whether they are autistic or not, they can make changes in their life that lead to better well-being and care for themselves.💭

This happens so often during assessments - I’ll hear things like ‘ I had never thought about it that way’ or ‘ that makes so much sense’!

It’s such a privilege to be one of the clinicians who can help conceptualise this for the clients we see @theneuronurturecollective.

While I don’t have current availability, I have just brought on board a new Assessor, Phoebe, who does! If you’d like to learn more about how we work please feel free to check out our website www.theneuronurturecollective.com. And if you’d like to book in, you can also do this directly through the online portal 😊 by @estherfidock

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I’m a psychologist who sees adults for autism assessments via telehealth across Australia - and these are some of the experiences that I often hear about from people going through the process.

The process of an autism assessment is thorough and we explore the entirety of someone’s life experience so far through the lens of seven key criteria. The listed experiences here are only some - we need to have evidence in at least five of the seven criteria to say that someone is autistic.

If you’ve been wondering if you might be autistic, we have immediate availability with our lovely psychologist, Phoebe for assessments.

Please feel free to check out our website www.theneuronurturecollective. com to find out more about how we work, or book in through our online portal 👩🏻‍💻

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with our wonderful admin team, admin@theneuronurturecollective.com 💻 by @estherfidock

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One of my favourite things about autism assessments as a psychologist is that moment when the person I’m speaking with realises that I’m not testing them, I’m not trying to catch them out, and I’m not trying to see if they are ‘doing life wrong’. I’m just gathering lots of information to determine if they are autistic - and of course for an adult a large portion of this will be through conversation.

In terms of logistics, our assessment sessions go for three hours but have breaks throughout. I always say to people that it’s not a job interview - if they need to answer the door, go to the bathroom, or grab a snack at any time outside of the breaks, of course that’s totally fine.

After the three hours, we organise a follow-up session where you receive feedback and can see how we made our decision.

If the thought of ‘am I autistic?’ has been playing on your mind - we have immediate availability for assessments with our wonderful psychologist, Phoebe.

For more information and to book, please check out our website which is www.theneuronurturecollective.com 😊 by @estherfidock

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I’m a psychologist in Australia and I own an online clinic specifically designed to support autistic/ADHDers in a way that cares for their brains with gentleness and compassion. We use an approach called ‘neuro diversity affirming practice’ which means we see autism and ADHD for what they are which is simply a neuro type, not a problem that needs to be fixed.

A lot of the people I speak with have either been told explicitly to stop stimming by adult when they were a child, or have learnt that it was ‘ weird’ from peers reactions. This means that into adulthood, there are a lot of autistic/ADHDers out there who aren’t able to utilise this very important behaviour for their brains as they have forced themselves to stop doing it.

Here a few reasons why it is important along with a picture of my favourite fidget which is a tiny needoh cube 😌

Have you been wondering if you might be autistic? We have immediate availability for assessments via telehealth through our online clinic, @theneuronurturecollective 👩🏻‍💻

Please feel free to check out our website for more information or get in touch with our lovely admin if you have any questions at all: admin@theneuronurturecollective.com ✨ by @estherfidock

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