Lighthouse Supports
Neurodevelopmental Family Support
Lighthouse Supports comes alongside families to offer bespoke parent coaching from a Speech Language and Communication perspective along with neuro-affirming support to young people.
Bringing 20 years of clinical experience and over a decade of empowering families to embrace neurodevelopmental differences.
I work with families to build understanding of different thinking styles: (Autism/ADHD/communication) and how to help a young person’s communication and broader needs be met.
A diagnosis is not required - often families are waiting for assessment but need support now. Other families may have a range of diagnostic labels but are unsure what this means for their young person.
Hello and welcome. I am Katy, a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) and Specialist Neurodevelopmental Practitioner. I am also a mum!
In my other role I work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the assessment and diagnosis of Autism and ADHD in children and young people. I feel very privileged to support families from across the UK from all backgrounds and cultures.
I have lived experience of neurodivergence and feel passionate about helping others understand how their unique brain works and develop a personal toolkit of strategies to thrive as a neurodivergent individual to embrace their full potential.
Shining a light on things
Share your story
It is so important for families to feel heard and understood. Lighthouse Supports comes alongside to hear your journey.
Understand priorities
There are often layers of complexity and sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start. You may have a goal in mind or we can figure that out together.
Create a plan
Working together we will build greater understanding of neurodiversity and what this means for your family.
Here to Empower You
You are the expert in your young person. Lighthouse Supports empowers you to move forward with greater understanding.
What families say
“Katy was a huge lifeline for us and the first professional to recognise and validate all we were experiencing and such a significant part of our young person’s recovery from burnout. Forever grateful to Katy for her support, compassion and expertise.”
“Following Katy’s support we now at long last have greater understanding but more importantly we have now have hope that alongside the expertise, skill & dedication of Katy we can as parents help our son manage his social, emotional & communication challenges & enable him to grow, flourish & be happy.”
“What was important for us was her commitment to listen to us, support us & help us identify & manage whatever could be potentially causing our sons issues.”
“Katy provides a safe space to share experiences and challenges and is very knowledgeable and empathetic. It was good to just offload and feel listened to and validated and then to look at tools that might help. What I really liked about the session was, unlike some of our medical appointments, we were able to talk about a whole family approach - I feel like this is really important for us moving forward and look forward to further sessions with Katy. Highly recommend. “
“I felt more heard, validated & seen that I had in all the 8 years I had been sharing my son’s story with health professionals. I knew right away I had found an experienced specialist who would at last hold a safe space for us & truly listen to our story, without judgement”