Unmask. Heal. Rise.

Hi, I'm DeAnna Avis

I’m a neurodiversity-affirming coach and root cause therapist, supporting late-diagnosed or self-identified autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD adults.

I work with neurodivergent folks who want to unmask, heal, and build a life or business that actually works for their brain.

Is this for you?

You might be:

  • Late-diagnosed or exploring whether you're neurodivergent

  • Burnt out from years of masking, people-pleasing, or overperforming

  • Healing from complex trauma, chronic stress, or a lifetime of being misunderstood

  • Questioning old stories, beliefs, or identities that no longer fit

  • Rebuilding relationships - and figuring out who you are in them

  • Longing to reconnect with your creativity, purpose, and power

  • Dreaming of building a business or career that works with your brain, not against it

How I Work

What you can expect

Neuroaffirmative Coaching is a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach designed to support your unique brain and help you build a life that fits you - not the other way around. With expertise in executive, life and recovery coaching, we’ll work together to build something honest, spacious, and sustainable - on your terms.

Root Cause Therapy combines inner child healing, somatic release, and regression to shift unconscious patterns at the source.

Education & Training

  • Diploma in Counselling Skills

  • Recovery Coach Professional (RCP)

  • Root Cause Therapy Level 1 and 2

  • Trauma-Informed Coaching

  • Life & Executive Coaching (ICF)

  • Certificate of Higher Education in Psychology

  • Trauma-Informed Practice - nurturing our children in everyday life or during a crisis

  • Certificate in Understanding Autism

My approach is integrative, drawing from somatic therapy, internal family systems, person-centred, psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, schema therapy, life coaching, recovery coaching, peer support and liberatory mental health. Everything is adapted to suit your unique needs, not squeezed into a formula.

As a registered member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Association of Counsellors, Coaches Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists (ACCPH), I adhere to their Codes of Ethics and uphold the highest standards of professional, ethical, and client-centred coaching and counselling.

I work in a person-centred way, which means our sessions are led by you - your pace, your truth, your goals. I’m not here to fix you, but to walk alongside you as you reconnect with who you really are beneath the coping, the conditioning, and the shoulds.

Specialisms

  • Autism, ADHD, AuDHD and late identification, self-diagnosis, and questioning

  • Trauma (including complex, developmental, and relational)

  • Mood disorders including bipolar and cyclothymia

  • Navigating personality disorder diagnoses and recovery from EUPD/BPD

  • Masking, burnout, and emotional exhaustion

  • Identity exploration and post-diagnosis integration

  • Support for LGBTQ+ clients and those exploring gender, sexuality, or identity

  • Immigration, diaspora and the complexity of navigating multiple cultural identities

  • Culturally responsive and anti-racist therapy for clients from racialised and marginalised communities

  • Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and faith transitions

  • Relationship challenges - including family, parenting, and workplace dynamics

  • People-pleasing, perfectionism, and fawn responses

  • Inner child wounds, shame, and self-worth

  • Life transitions and reconnecting with meaning and purpose

Sessions & Pricing

I offer face-to-face sessions from my therapy room in Chelmsford city centre.

Remote sessions are available online via Zoom.

Please get in touch to discuss packages and availability.

Concessions available for students and those on low incomes - please ask.

Reaching out for support takes courage - and finding the right fit matters.

I offer a free 20-minute connection call so you can get a feel for how I work, share what’s bringing you here, and ask any questions before deciding to book.

You can book a call, or feel free to get in touch via email (deanna@deannaavis.com) or WhatsApp (+44 7360 052715) if you have any questions.

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Email: deanna@deannaavis.com

Telephone / WhatsApp: +44 7360 052715