Our Team

Jacob is a psychological therapist with a PG Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Jacob has 8+ years working within applied psychology and 6+ years of related academia, including a BSc Psychology (Hons), MSc Health Psychology. Jacob has worked within residential care (developmental trauma), domestic abuse and eating disorder services, general psychiatric hospital, and, most recently, an NHS Talking Therapies services.

Jacob works specifically within areas of anxiety and depression, including PTSD, Complex-PTSD, panic and agoraphobia, generalised anxiety, social anxiety, health anxiety, specific phobias, OCD, body dysmorphic disorder and low self-esteem. Jacob works with those experiencing poor mental health due to physical health conditions, including chronic pain and stress, and difficulties associated with neurodiversity.

Here at Enlightened Minds, Jacob is one of our Specialist Neurodevelopmental Support Practitioners and delivers our modular Managing ADHD group programme.

Patience is a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) and has 21 years’ experience working with children, young adults and families in the UK. She holds a BSc in Nursing, a PgDip in Systemic Practice and a Diploma in Mental Health.

Patience has a specialist interest in the mental and emotional well being of children/young people. She has worked as a therapist and manager for a number of services. Patience has worked in clinics, schools and the criminal justice system. Here at Enlightened Psychology & Counselling, Patience provides a specialist post diagnosis support service for clients with ADHD and/or Autism. Patience provides 1:1 and group support.

Please enquire for more information or to register an interest in our post-diagnostic support service.

Melanie is a qualified and experienced, BACP Registered Counsellor and Coach. Melanie has been working, studying, researching and teaching in the field of mental health since 1998. She has a degree in Psychology and originally trained at Regents School of Existential Psychotherapy in London, before going on to complete her Masters in Counselling.

For the last 8 years, alongside her therapeutic practice, Melanie has mentored university students with ADHD and Autism: assisting them to recognise their barriers to learning and providing strategies to develop their skills in the management of the impact of their condition. Melanie  has extensive experince in working with young people as well as adults.

Melanie can be seen remotely by video call.

Hannah is a qualified CBT Therapist with over 6 years experience of working in mental health. Hannah was diagnosed with ADHD herself in 2021. This gives her an understanding of the day-to-day challenges and nuances of neurodiversity.

Since her own diagnosis, Hannah has taken an interest in learning about and working with ADHD and has completed additional CPD on ADHD and executive functioning to learn how to support and adapt her practice to work in an ADHD friendly way. Hannah works with clients who are diagnosed or have suspected ADHD. Clients have found her understanding and passion about ADHD to be a benefit to them in therapy. Hannah is qualified and has experience working with a number of other mental health conditions including depression, anxiety disorders (generalised, health and social anxiety), OCD, phobias and general mental health such as self-esteem. She has undertaken additional CPD alongside original training in trauma and PTSD to be a trauma-informed therapist.

Hannah offers appointments via video-call.

Scott is an Autistic Trainer, Mentor and Consultant based in Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are dedicated to educating people on the Autistic experience and supporting their community. Scott has over 7 years of professional experience supporting Autistic people, their families and delivering training within various settings and organisations. Over the past year and a half, Scott has continued this work independently under the trade name of Autistically Scott.

Through this, Scott has delivered training sessions to hundreds of professionals, including teachers, social workers and early years practitioners. They also collaborate with other Autistic professionals and organisations, such as AUsome Training and Autistic Revolution. They recently co-published the book ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People’ with Laura Hellfeld, which underpins the core principles, values and ethos required for organisations and groups to design events that are accessible for Autistic people. Connecting to fellow neurokin has been transformative for Scott and they believe finding a sense of belonging from the community is one of the greatest supports for Autistic people.

Outside of their main passion for learning and educating others on Autistic experience, Scott enjoys hiking, attending comic cons, reading books and collecting rocks and seashells.

Jane is a specialist teacher who supports both Primary and Secondary pupils who are at significant risk of disengagement from mainstream education. Jane has in-depth experience of supporting pupils with a wide range of barriers to learning including ASD, ADHD, FASD, Trauma, Attachment and ACES.

Jane has successfully reintegrated many pupils into mainstream education after lengthy periods of disengagement. Jane supports pupils in achieving national qualifications to improve their future outcomes and has helped young people obtain positive post-school destinations such as college, apprenticeships and work experience. Jane works collaboratively with parents and partner agencies to ensure the best support is in place for every young person.

Jane works hard to establish and maintain positive relationships with every child she works with and embraces trust, honesty, respect and integrity. These are vital elements in ensuring that healthy working relationships are formed, leading to shared success.

I’m Andreia, a nutritional therapist specialising in supporting people with ADHD. My personal journey with ADHD-related symptoms has given me a deep understanding of the unique challenges my clients face, which shapes my empathetic and practical approach to nutritional support. I focus on holistic, personalised strategies that consider both physical and mental wellbeing.

Originally from Portugal, I speak English and Italian fluently and have a love for connecting with people from all backgrounds. I’m committed to offering a supportive, client-centred approach that goes beyond one-size-fits-all solutions. My goal is to empower clients with practical tools for managing ADHD and improving their quality of life.