Hi, I'm Silvia.

Psychologist, psychotherapist, trainer and speaker on neurodiversity, gender and sexuality.

I don't believe in training that just ticks a box. I believe in sessions people remember, that change how they listen, how they work and how they treat each other long after the room empties.

I'm a multiply neurodivergent, queer psychologist and psychotherapist, and I speak from two places at once: years of clinical practice, and my own lived experience of late diagnosis, masking and finding my true identity.

Why I do this

I realised I was queer and neurodivergent late in life. Finding out who I was came with relief, but also with a long, painful search for support from people who actually understood. I know what it feels like to look for help and not find it, or to find it and still not be understood.

I do this work because I don't want anyone else to go through that alone. Everything I teach and speak about is what I needed and couldn't find.

What I speak about

Neurodiversity is where I started, but I don't believe in talking about it in isolation. Neurodivergence, queerness, gender, race, class and migration shape each other, and so do the systems that exclude us. My work sits at that intersection:

• Workshops and neurodiversity-affirming team training for workplaces, schools, universities and community organisations.

• Neurodiversity-affirming practice: autism, ADHD, AuDHD, masking, burnout and late diagnosis

• LGBTQIA+ and gender-affirming practice: gender, sexuality and neurodivergence, GSRD-affirming therapy

• Intersectionality: how neurodivergence, gender, sexuality, culture, migration and trauma shape each other

• Neurodivergent couples and relationships

• Inclusive workplaces, schools and universities: moving from "awareness" to real change

Why bring me in

• I bring clinical depth and lived experience. You get evidence, tools and real stories, not recycled slides.

• I don't do tick-box diversity. I challenge, I invite reflection and I keep the room safe while doing it.

• I adapt to your audience, whether that's therapists, students, school staff or a corporate team.

• My sessions are accessible by design, in how I teach and in what I give you afterwards.

Where I've spoken and trained

Professional training for therapists and clinicians

• RainbowMinds: Neurodiversity module for the GSRD Diploma

• The Institute of Couples Therapy: Modules on neurodiversity and LGBTQ+

• Dr. Amy Marshall: Online course on neurodiversity and LGBTQIA+, delivered for a US-based psychologist

• Violet Psychology: My own CPD training for clinicians

Universities

• ICHAS: Workshops for students and staff

Community and non-profit organisations

• BelongTo: Talks and workshops on neurodiversity and LGBTQIA+ identities

Schools

• Kildare Place School: Neurodiversity training for school staff

Healthcare and academic institutions

• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (EDI Unit): Panel discussion on invisible disabilities and neurodiversity

Corporate

• Riot Games: Talk on neurodiversity and inclusion

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