Liz Smith
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(She/her)
Free2BMe Director, Integrative Psychotherapist, Trainer, Clinical Supervisor
Qualifications/Registrations
PGDip, MA Psychotherapy and Counselling (University of Leeds), MBACP (Accred), Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Supervision of Individuals and Groups
Services offered:
Adult and 16+ short to medium term and post-diagnosis psychotherapy, training and consultancy, clinical supervision, public speaking.
Lived experience:
AuDHD, dyspraxia
Expertise:
ADHD, Autism, Specific Learning Difficulties, Trauma and abuse, PTSD/CPTSD, Anxiety, Stress/Burnout, Depression, Substance Misuse, Executive functioning/coping strategies for education and work, support to access diagnostic referrals.
Location:
Currently online only. I offer training and speaking in person by arrangement.
Working days/hours
Tuesdays 9am-7pm
I do not currently have any availability for psychotherapy.
I currently have some limited availability for qualified supervisees on Tuesday afternoons and can offer one off ad-hoc/consultancy supervision sessions.
About Me:
I’m the founder and director of Free2BMe and neurodiversity is my professional passion. I am multiply neurodivergent, late diagnosed and have a particular interest in the experiences of adult diagnosed neurodivergent humans, as well as the role of nature, animals and the outdoors in neurodivergent wellbeing. Alongside Free2BMe, I work as a clinical lead in a mental health service and have previously worked as a lecturer, as a therapist in trauma, EAP and SARC settings, with emergency service workers and in crisis services.
Neurodivergence is always welcomed and accepted in all aspects of my practice. I offer a safe space to explore what being neurodivergent means and what a good neurodivergent life looks like for my clients. I integrate trauma-informed approaches into my practice, including trauma-focused CBT. I am happy to adapt the environment and the therapy as much as possible to make it accessible and comfortable.
I design and facilitate most of Free2BMe’s training courses, including the Free2BMe CPD Certificate in Neurodiversity Affirming Practice and offer bespoke training and consultancy services to a wide variety of organisations across the UK, including counselling and psychotherapy services, mental health charities, universities and therapy training institutions.
I am also a clinical supervisor, specialising in supporting practitioners working with neurodivergent clients in mental health settings. Neurodivergent therapists are of course particularly welcome! I work on either an ongoing basis or I can offer my expertise and support for particular clients or groups you may be working with on an ad hoc/consultancy basis. I also offer supervision group facilitation.
In my life outside the therapy room, exercise and nature are essential for my wellbeing. I am a volunteer animal carer at Pigs in the Wood in West Yorkshire, I enjoy going to the gym, cycling and walking my dog.
Cost of sessions
Therapy and supervision - £60/hr
Trainee supervision - £50/hr
Supervision group facilitation - £75/hr
Training, consultancy and speaking - £100/hr
