Esther Fidock

Forget to drink until you’re dehydrated? Don’t eat until you’re hangry? You might want to learn about interoception 👩🏻‍💻

If you realise that your internal body cues aren’t being noticed until they’re level 100, it could be related to your sensory experience. There are ways to make sure your needs are still being met despite this - often I hear of people making sure they always their drink bottle visible - or for me, always having a sip when I walk through the kitchen 😌 🍹

Usually when people come to a psychologist for an autism assessment, it’s because they’re struggling. It’s easy to therefore focus only on the areas of the person‘s life that are the most difficult.

While I do think it’s very important to get a picture of where someone’s key struggles are, I also think it’s important to talk to autistic people about what I consider to be the ‘flipside of the coin’.

The flipside of the coin means that for parts of the B domain, An autistic person may be very calmed and soothed by a particular criteria while also distressed and overwhelmed in that same area. An example might be a sound that is loud unexpected or constant feeling overstimulating, whileon the other side of the coin, There may be particular sounds like ASMR, nature sounds, or songs that are very calming and soothing for an autistic person and help them to regulate.

Same sensory area. Two sides of the same coin.

When someone first receives their formal identification that they are autistic, I think a good place to start exploring is what the calming and soothing side of the coin looks like for you - and try to embed this as much as you possibly can in your day-to-day life. ✨

My mission when I started my online clinic The Neuro Nurture Collective was that I wanted a place where autistic, ADHDer adults could get neuro diversity affirming support across Australia no matter where they lived.

It was also really important to me that the clinic was Neurodiversity affirming for the team members too.

I have an absolutely incredible team of warm, authentic, and compassionate psychologists who are helping me with my mission. My goal is to continue to build this team to reach as many autistic, ADHDers as possible with neuro diversity affirming therapy, and if you think our team might be a good fit for you as well, I’d love to hear from you.

Please feel free to email me [email protected] 👩🏻‍💻

If you’re thinking about going back to work next week and it’s kind of filling you with a sense of dread - maybe it could be worthwhile checking out our website to see what a job with us could look like 😌

We’re a neuro diversity affirming clinic who truly believe in offering not only an affirming experience for our clients but also for our team.

A maximum of five clients a day, you get to choose what times you see them, and when your admin and lunch breaks are. Regular well-being chats with me the Director. Regular team meeting meetings with the rest of our crew. Seeing solely autistic ADHD or AuDHDer adult clients. Helping people work through mental health difficulties or understand how their brain works so they can live or more fulfilling and enjoyable life.

if this sounds like it could be a good match for you, I’d love you to get in touch with me. My email is [email protected]. 👩🏻‍💻

Australia-wide, neurodiversity affirming, with a team of warm, authentic, and passionate clinicians 😊

Please feel free to get in touch! 👩🏻‍💻

Hello 👋 I’m Esther, director of The Neuro Nurture Collective.

Before I started this clinic, I spent years working with late-identified and high-masking autistic and ADHD adults (and training clinicians in neurodiversity affirming practice). I wanted a space that was affirming for clients and also affirming for the team - hence creation of TNNC 😌

We solely see autistic, ADHDer, or AUDHDer adults via Telehealth across Australia. A maximum of 5 clients per day, regular wellbeing chats and team catch-ups, and comprehensive admin support.

If you’re interested in learning more about our clinic to see if we might be a good fit, I’d love to hear from you 🌱

It was a little nerve wracking bringing on my first team member early last year to TNNC - but it was time and it has been such a good decision. Clients who saw me for assessment were looking for ongoing therapy and it made sense to start building out a team to provide this! I adore my team and they all do such incredible work supporting autistic/ADHDer adults across Australia in a warm, authentic, and neurodiversity affirming way. If you’re a neurodiversity affirming psychologist looking for a Telehealth role, I’d love to hear from you as we are currently hiring 👩🏻‍💻

My thoughts on feeling like you’re not autistic even after you’ve gone through a comprehensive assessment and received a diagnosis 💭

I 💗 being a Telehealth psychologist 😌

Neurodiversity affirming practice for clients and neurodiversity affirming workplace for our team 👩🏻‍💻

Here’s some of the ways that shows up in our online clinic!

If you’re a neurodiversity affirming psychologist in Australia looking for a Telehealth role, I’d love to hear from you. You can check out our website for more info ✨