Specialist expertise/experience
As an Open University qualified Project Manager, former Director level PA, former Cub Scout Leader and experienced Marketer, I’ve been leading, managing and coaching people of all ages about change and diversity in a broad range of environments and industries for many years.
The trick to motivating people to succeed is to engage with all the stakeholders right from the beginning of a project, empower them to be a part of the planning and implementation process, be prepared to be flexible, have the right interpersonal skills (and plenty of patience) to give support and encouragement, and make it fun!
The experiences I’ve had as the daughter of someone who had hoarding behaviours and Dementia plus my own lived experiences of having ADHD and (a few years ago) a stress related illness mean I can relate personally to many of the dilemmas that my clients find themselves in.
I’m a Trustee of the Fastminds Adult ADHD Support Group in Kingston-upon-Thames, a Dementia Friend, and a member of the National Fire Chief Council’s Hoarding Working Group; I helped organise the very first Hoarding Awareness Week in 2014, which is also when I co-delivered the UK’s first Hoarding Awareness Training for Professional Organisers.
I’m proud to be delivering training which develops the next generation of Professional Hoarding Practitioners, in association with specialist friends and colleagues from Hoarding Disorders UK CIC and Clouds End CIC.
My passion for topics such as health and safety (especially ADHD, Autism, Executive Dysfunction, mental illness – including Dementia) and hoarding behaviours has lead me to study them at length, as well as subjects like self neglect, safeguarding, trauma and Motivational Interviewing.
It’s why I created the Hoarding Ice-Breaker Form, which has been recognised by the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD), and translated into various languages, for use around the World.
www.hoardingicebreakerform.org