Check out who will be speaking at conference this year!
APDO SIGs (Julie, Julia, Stephanie, Karen, Kat, Kate, Sheena)
Rebecca Batstone
Emma Gray
Cassandra Jay
Maria Spetalnik
Julie Stevens
Jonathan Tilley
Heather Tingle
Check out who will be speaking at conference this year!
Rebecca is an ADHD and Business coach establishing her business in 2018 and works with clients to help them to better understand neurodivergence and how this presents offering 1:1 and group coaching and training and consultancy services to businesses to better support neurodivergent employees.
She works collaboratively with a decluttering business to support clients not just to clear their homes but also to understand patterns of behaviour underlying the problem. She runs a local peer support group for neurodivergent adults and contributes to BBC Radio Cumbria & Lancashire on all things ADHD. She is accredited by the International Coaching Federation.
How to Support Clients with Neurodivergent Traits throughout the Client Journey Friday @ 10:15 AM
How to Support Clients with Neurodivergent Traits throughout the Client Journey Friday @ 12:00 PM
Focus Group with Rebecca Batstone Friday @ 3:45 PM
Emma Gray is the founder of Rainbow Hunting, a grief and life coaching business based in Somerset.
A former award-winning Wills and Probate solicitor turned qualified integrative therapeutic counsellor, Emma became a young widow and solo parent in 2016. She uniquely combines legal expertise, therapeutic education, and lived grief experience to help people navigate end-of-life planning and bereavement.
Emma volunteers with Cruse Bereavement Support, serves as a WAY (Widowed and Young) ambassador, and is a charity trustee for the RMA Charity.
Winner of the 2024 Clean & Tidy Content Campaign of the Year, Emma specialises in trauma-informed approaches to life's most challenging organising tasks.
Beyond the Grief Paperwork: Understanding When Traditional Organising Methods Aren't Enough for Sorting the Sadmin Session Friday @ 12:00 PM
Implementing Beyond the Grief Paperwork Friday @ 2:15 PM
assandra Jay is the Founder and Clinical Director of The Caesura Centre and an award-winning Psychosexual, Relationship and Forensic Psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clinical experience.
With a background in Psychology and Masters-level and doctorate postgraduate training, Cassandra specialises in the psychological drivers behind compulsive behaviours, anxiety, attachment, identity and emotional regulation. For this conference she focuses on how these factors shape buying habits, overconsumption and the difficulty many people experience when trying to let go of physical items.
Cassandra has extensive experience working with OCD, hoarding tendencies, behavioural addictions and anxiety-driven decision-making, and is qualified to assess and diagnose OCD. She works systemically and compassionately, helping individuals understand why they buy, keep and accumulate whilst moving away from shame and towards sustainable change.
A Clinical Supervisor, international Certified Psycho-sexologist and regular speaker both in the UK and abroad, Cassandra translates complex psychology into practical insights for professionals working with clutter, consumption and behaviour change.
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https://www.thecaesuracentre.co.uk/home/
More Than Just Stuff: The Psychology Behind Overconsumption and the Pull of Temu & Shein Thursday @ 12:00 PM
Maria Spetalnik is a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) and author with 30+ years of experience helping those that hoard establish control of their lives by helping them control their clutter. Her goal is to teach her clients to be able to maintain this in the future.
Maria has taught classes on hoarding at conferences such as APDO, CIT International, NAPSA, NAMI and organizing professional associations NAPO and ICD. She prides herself on being able to communicate these complex issues with clarity and humor. Past attendees have told her that they use many of these techniques on a regular basis.
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www.conquertheclutter.org
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Networking Session Friday @ 12:00 PM
Julie Stevens is an Executive CoCreative Coach, and professional speaker, who believes every person is “Youniquely” designed with purpose. She equips leaders in business and life to cut through overwhelm, clarify what matters, and turn insight into action.
Julie’s down-to-earth, practical style blends challenge with care to spark lasting behavioural change. She coaches one-to-one (Executive and Christian Coaching) and in workplaces through her Vision, Focus & Flow program, and speaks on dreams and possibilities, identity, purpose, action taking, and humanfirst soul driven AI for productivity and marketing.
Audiences leave with clarity, confidence, and simple systems to facilitate growth. She serves businesses, churches, and organisations across the world and has been a member of APDO for 9 years.
From Invisible to in-demand: Business (sales and marketing) made easy with AI tools Thursday @ 3:45 PM
I’m a Personal Brand Strategist & Squarespace Web Designer who helps creative professionals go from unnoticed to unforgettable through authenticity, clarity, and connection.
With 10+ years in the online space, I’ve built 100+ Squarespace websites and taught 1000+ students to improve their online presence. Most people say, “I have an outdated website, no clue what to post, and nothing’s working.” That’s the symptom. Not the problem. The real issue? A lack of personally branded content. My 3-part process: Align, Curate, Elevate—turns creative chaos into a polished brand with high-vibe content and deep human connection.
Let’s build your personal brand and online presence to work as hard as you do.
Declutter Your Website: Make Space for Dream Clients Thursday @ 10:15 AM
Be a Marmite Magnet: How to attract and nurture clients who stick around! Thursday @ 2:15 PM