Natalie Asamoah-Ryan
Accredited Counsellor AccMBACP
Accredited Counselling Therapist
Understanding Your Unique Way of Being
A safe space to explore who you are
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My service provides one-to-one support for adult clients, online via Zoom.
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Some of the issues people come and talk to me about include: Anxiety, ADHD, Bereavement, Relationships, Stress, Loss, Health Challenges, Confidence, and Trauma.
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I have a particular focus on helping clients with inattention ADHD explore their true selves and navigate their experiences of loss, grief and bereavement. This could be losses relating to relationships, status, role, self or a way of being.
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Do you feel you've been holding it together - being the capable one, the strong one, the one people usually rely on? But those ways of holding it together are not working anymore and you're struggling.
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Maybe you're the person others normally look to, but now you' re not sure where to go yourself.​
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When you're out and about everyone thinks you're happy. Everyone tells you that you're lucky but it's the moments you’re truly alone, when you let your mask down that you’re battling with that inner critical voice.​​
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You have been considering your rich internal world or your unique perspectives. They do not align with what is happening for you externally and you have reached a point where you feel one is going to overspill into the other.
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You've been struggling to deal with what has happened...what is happening. At the moment, this struggle feels like that is all there is.
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You are not alone! What is happening for you is not all there is. Let's look at how it could be different together.
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Who I work with:
For neurodivergent clients, especially those with inattention ADHD:
You may have spent years masking, compensating, and being told you’re “too much” or “not enough.” Perhaps you’ve only recently discovered your neurodivergence and are recalibrating your entire self-understanding.
In our space together: We’ll help you separate your authentic self from the coping mechanisms you’ve built. There’s space to grieve the neurotypical person you thought you should be, while embracing who you actually are. Your brain isn’t broken - it’s wired differently. We’ll identify which “ways of holding it together” were actually suppressing your true nature, versus which are genuinely helpful strategies.
When the mask becomes too heavy:
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You come to me exhausted from performing - from being the capable one while collapsing on the inside. You’ve mastered the art of holding it together externally while hoping someone else could share the burden.Inside, you’re imagining different ways to run and hide, screaming in overwhelm because it’s too much. Part of the pressure is keeping this in…because you’re unsure of how others would handle this element of you.
In our space together: You don’t need to perform. You can come as you are - messy, uncertain, overwhelmed. That inner critical voice isn’t the truth of who you are. Together, we’ll explore what it would be like to speak to yourself the way you’d speak to someone you care about.
Navigating loss and grief
Whether it’s the loss of a person, a relationship, a role, a job, or even a version of yourself you thought you’d be - you’re sitting in that disorienting space where familiar ground has shifted beneath you.
In our space together: Grief is not about death alone - it’s about any significant ending. It’s not linear; it’s that merry-go-round where feelings circle back unexpectedly. You have permission to feel the messiness of it - the pain, the numbness, the anger, the relief, the guilt about the relief - all of it. Grieving well doesn’t mean moving through it quickly or getting “over it.” It means making space for what needs to come next while honouring what was.
Not fitting in
You might feel like something doesn't line up. You may often feel like you’re speaking a different language from others around you. As though your rich inner world, unique perspectives are more complex than is possible to express outwardly. Maybe situations feel harder than they should. You’re approaching that point where something has to give.
In our space together: There's no pressure to explain or label your experience. Let's start where you are. Then move to gently exploring what helps you feel more aligned, understood and able to express yourself in ways that feel authentic to you.
My Approach​​
I believe that understanding yourself isn't about fitting into the boxes of other's expectations - it's about discovering and embracing your authentic self. My way of working combines established person centred, humanistic approaches, a deep respect for neurodivergence and the many different ways of experiencing the world.
The thread connecting it all: You’ve been working hard to survive, often at great cost to your authentic self. My gift is creating that safe space where you can stop surviving and start exploring who you truly are - where the exhausting performance can end and the real work of self-discovery can begin.
You don’t need me to have all the answers. You need someone to sit with you in the uncertainty, to reflect back what I’m seeing and hearing, and to believe in your capacity for change even when you can’t yet see it yourself.
Allow any stirrings,‘it could be different from this’ and let’s listen to them together.
It may have felt like this up to now...but some journeys are not meant to be walked alone.
Contact me to see what that could look like for you.​
