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ADHD therapist Harriet Headstuff ADHD Therapy

HARRIET

DIAGNOSED COMBINED ADHD

ADHD COUNSELLOR
TEENAGE THERAPIST 13+
REPRODUCTIVE TRAUMA THERAPIST
ADHD SIBLING SUPPORT

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PROFILE

Harriet is passionate about creating a place for people to be able to share and work through whatever is on their minds. As an accredited member of the BACP, she works closely with their guidance of ethics.



Harriet started her counselling journey in 2018 and is trained as a pluralistic counsellor working with an integrative model. She views every client and their needs as unique and changeable over time, so her practice aims to honour that through creative and contemporary approaches to counselling. This creates the flexibility to suit each person on their journey.

Above all, she works with authenticity. There is no such thing as being ‘too much’ or ‘not bad enough’ for counselling when you start therapy; all of you will be welcomed – humour, tangents, tears, uncertainty, pet photos – the lot!

Harriet had been interested working in a therapeutic role for most of her life. Her background was in working within childcare and early years education, where her undiagnosed ADHD traits blended in well with the energy of the children she worked with.

Most noticeably, Harriet grew up caring for and riding horses, which she later noticed had given her remarkable assistance in managing her ADHD symptoms as a child. She believes that the access to sensory input, improved impulse/energy control and emotional regulation as a result, played a big part in her ADHD remaining undetected for so long.

Harriet is passionate about education and awareness surrounding ADHD and its co-existing conditions. She has relational empathy and first-hand understanding based on her own experiences of staying undiagnosed until her early 20’s; it wasn’t until she had lost 7 different notebooks for 4 modules, constantly interrupted important silences or could never sit still (or on a chair!) that left her questioning if she was capable of doing her degree. Harriet addressed these issues with her course tutor who listened to her concerns, recognised her symptoms, and said something about it!

Her needs, were finally acknowledged and understood for what they were. Everything finally made sense – ADHD was the last piece of the puzzle! What followed was a lengthy and complex assessment journey, eventually arriving at a diagnosis of ADHD Combined type.

Since her diagnosis, she has supported hundreds of individuals, including parents, siblings and students. Harriet has delivered CPD training to student and qualified counsellors and supervisors about working with clients who have ADHD and was instrumental in shaping her University’s Academic and Disability teams to support their students with ADHD.


She has a clinical interest in working with reproductive trauma e.g. PMDD, endometriosis, infertility and PMOS and teenagers who are navigating the world with brains that see everything just a bit differently.

 

Qualifications

  • (Ongoing) Reproductive Mental Health Specialist Certificate – 2026
  • Accreditation Awarded – British Association of Counselling and Therapeutic Practice – 2026
  • Designated Safeguarding Lead Certificate – 2026
  • Certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice – 2024
  • BA (Hons) Counselling & Therapeutic Practice (Level 6) – First Class Honours – 2022
  • Childcare & Early Years Level 3 – 2019