SERVICES

Living with neurodiversity and chronic health challenges can be a complex and overwhelming personal struggle filled with frustration, hopelessness and worry that things might never get better and that you might have already exhausted all options that could help you live a full life. 


Making adjustments to what we can control, like modifications to our environment, how we perform a task and coping strategies, has the capacity to change our experience.


Doing things we enjoy and that truly matter to us can help us through the vulnerabilities of our challenges, expand our world again and promote our health and wellbeing.

At Space For Change I offer Health and Wellbeing Coaching for children and adults throughout New Zealand.

Our work focuses on helping you better manage your neurodiversity or health condition and create sustainable positive change in your life.


While counselling primarily supports your psychological and emotional wellbeing, Occupational Therapy also addresses the practical aspects of daily life. We work collaboratively with your doctor and specialist and the treatments you may already receive.


We take a comprehensive look at the impact your challenges are having on your daily activities, routines, productivity, social participation and wellbeing.


Together we explore, learn and implement evidence-based health information, coping and self-management strategies, focused on your strengths, interests, needs and goals.

Click on the links below to learn more about how I can help you live well:

  • Neurodiversity

    I offer individualised, strength-focused life management support for people with ADHD/ ADD, Autism, Dyspraxia and Dyslexia, with and without formal diagnosis. We work together to identify practical adjustments and strategies step-by-step to help you navigate everyday life, independence, education, employment and mental wellbeing. 

     

    I can help you with:

    • Goals and how to work towards them
    • Focusing and staying on task
    • Prioritising, structuring and planning tasks and managing time
    • Finding your most effective ways to manage your medication and side effects
    • Managing mental and emotional fatigue
    • Building distress tolerance and resilience 
    • Accessing support networks and advocating for yourself
    • Communication skills,  navigating relationships and social participation
    • Sensory sensitivities, managing feelings and behaviour
    • Stress and anxiety, and using relaxation techniques
    • Exercise choices and set-up
    • Routine and healthy habit building around eating and sleep 
    • Reading and writing supports

  • Children's Services

    I support children & young people from birth to 18 years and their families around the following types of challenges:

    • Issues around eating, sleeping or toileting
    • Trouble with focusing and learning new skills
    • Trouble getting organised and becoming more independent with daily tasks
    • Participating in play, school and leisure activities
    • Socialising and making friends 
    • Getting overwhelmed by sensory experiences
    • Managing big feelings like worry, anxiety, fear and anger
    • Dealing with change, loss, transition, separation or trauma
    • Managing their behaviour
    • Feeling bad about themselves
    • Building positive relationships with others
    • Having fun and enjoying life 

    I offer:

    • Developmental, sensory processing and retained reflex assessments that highlight your child’s unique strengths and areas for growth
    • Tailored coaching sessions for your child, parents, caregivers, siblings and educators
    • Flexible delivery options at home, school, at my peaceful clinic room or by video call
    • Individual and small group interventions
    • Parenting support and advice
    • Advocacy for accessing medical supports and community support agencies post-discharge monitoring and follow-ups

  • Chronic Health Conditions

    I offer individualised, strength-focused life management support for people living with a wide range of chronic health conditions. We focus on what’s most important to you and work together to identify practical adjustments and strategies at your pace to help you expand your world again and live a fulfilling life. 


    I can help you:

    • Examine how you use your energy and where you need it the most in your day
    • Implement pacing and energy conservation techniques that help you get the most out of your day
    • Learn strategies to manage brain fog, pain, digestive and other symptoms 
    • Track your symptoms and identify triggers
    • Come up with creative ways to modify how you do things to minimise your symptoms
    • Create daily regulating routines for healthy eating, restorative sleep and physical activity
    • Find your most effective ways to manage your medication and side effects
    • Recognise stress, anxiety and depression and explore healthy management strategies 
    • Explore different stress reduction and relaxation techniques
    • Modify your environment to meet your sensory needs
    • Practice assertive communication to help you advocate for yourself
    • Increase fun, enjoyment and social participation in your life
    • Make a plan to manage symptom flare-ups

  • Supervision Services

    Are you an Occupational Therapist or other professional in the Health and Disability sector looking for high quality professional supervision?


    I offer clinical supervision and professional mentoring to practitioners throughout New Zealand, and provide OTBNZ Continuing Competence ePortfolio supervision and Third Party Attestation for Occupational Therapists. 


    I am passionate about continued learning in my own practice and about empowering and supporting other practitioners to drive their own professional development and growth. 


    Together we create a supervision environment where you feel heard and understood, have a safe thinking space and can engage in rich reflective dialogue for constructive problem-solving. I help you harness your strengths and individual learning style to come up with your own pathway and practical solutions and optimise your self-care and resilience. 

Schedule your free discovery consultation today

WHAT MY CLIENTS ARE SAYING

"I felt uncomfortable in my own skin, humiliated to be me, to even be seen and thought of by friends, family or strangers. Grit provided me a place to express that. She gave me compassion and empathy without judgement and showed that what I was feeling was natural but not right, that self-worth is not something that can be defined by anyone other than yourself."

S; client with ADHD, Anxiety & Depression; Napier