Neurodiversity is our passion – delivered by experts
We are a psychology-led practice delivering evidence-based solutions for individuals, employers, and professionals.
Our experienced team includes accredited, highly skilled psychologists specialising in the field of neurodiversity and occupational psychology, and ILM level 5 qualified employment coaches. All of whom bring expertise and experience in engaging with neurodiverse individuals at work, with many of them having lived experience of being a neurominority or supporting neurominority relatives.
At Genius Within, we take guidance from the core standards set by the British Psychological Society (BPS), and our team members are registered with professional bodies including The Health & Care Professions Council, International Coaching Federation, and the International Society for Coaching Psychology.
Aathira Joy
IPES Team Leader
About me:
Aathira is the Team Leader and an Assistant Psychologist for the IPES programme. An experienced Case Manager, she works with neurodiverse clients to provide pre and post employment support. Aathira has a passion for diversity and inclusion, and believes work should be an equal opportunity for all.
Aathira developed skills in employability while working as an HR professional during her Psychology degree work placement year and after graduation. She has a broad range of skills from various positions in customer services. The experiences and expertise allow her to provide a well rounded service to her clients in employability
Clare Cherry
Coaching Manager
About me:
Clare has over 30 years’ management experience in local, regional, and national roles including HR, line management, supervision and staff development. Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in the design and delivery of adult education and has extensive experience in delivering coaching, mentoring and facilitating group support.
Clare has particular expertise in working with socially excluded groups to prepare them for moving back into society through education, volunteering, work experience and employment. In 2007 she founded a multi award winning social enterprise ‘Work This Way’ to provide work experience and employment for ex-offenders.
Dominique Nally
HR Manager
About me:
With 25 years of experience working in Human Resources within corporate organisations, as well as SMEs, in the UK and Republic of Ireland, Dom brings her expertise in UK employment legislation, Data Protection, Employee Relations, Recruitment and Training to support the operational needs of Genius Within.
A qualified Person-Centred Counsellor and a trained community and inter-generational Mediator with conflict management experience, Dom’s passion lies within the Third Sector and empowering people to acquire new skills to change their lives.
Dr Nancy Doyle
CEO
About me:
Dr Nancy Doyle, C. Psychol. leads Genius Within as our CEO. As a proud neurominority herself, she is passionate about improving the way neurodiversity is treated in the workplace. She is also the founding member of a British Psychological Society Working Group, providing guidance to other Psychologists in the field. Nancy wrote a definitive guide to neurodiversity at work for the BPS and has contributed to many other publications and expert reference groups with organisations such as ACAS, ERSA and the DWP.
Nancy’s research work in evaluating coaching and demonstrating a tangible impact from managers’ perspectives was commended by the BPS. In 2019, Nancy was also recognised for her contribution to Policy Impact in Occupational Psychology.
Fern Fuller
Executive Assistant
About me:
Fern is an experienced Executive Assistant who loves keeping people on track, enabling them to meet their potential. The customer experience comes first and she enjoys the high of over-delivering on expectations.
Fern has over 15 years of Executive and Personal Assistant experience gained in a variety of roles across a broad range of levels. This enables her to deliver consistently, manage multiple tasks and situations, as well as people across the business where and when needed. Fern has worked at Owner/Board level and in the C-suite, ensuring those she supports have the time to excel in their roles.
Fiona Barrett
Director of Operations
About me:
Fiona is the Director of Operations at Genius Within CIC with overall responsibility for our Social Justice Projects. She is responsible for leading, developing and supporting the Senior Leadership Team to drive performance and develop customer relationships. Fiona is an experienced frontline senior manager, specialising in implementation and leading high performing teams in the Employability Sector.
Combining her public sector knowledge, she can bring together an in-depth understanding of employability alongside diversity and inclusion. She recognises the barriers that people with disabilities face, and has a working knowledge of how to support individuals and businesses to overcome them.
Jacqui Wallis
Commercial Director
About me:
Jacqui was diagnosed with dyslexia in her third year at university, when she was 23 years old. She then went on to spend the next 25 years hiding her dyslexia at work, developing complex masking techniques to avoid having to share her struggles as she believed that being open would damage her chances of promotion and success.
As Genius Within’s Commercial Director, Jacqui serves on the Board and her role is to help businesses and organisations understand how they can remove the stigma of having a cognitive difference at work by sharing the amazing strengths that neurominorities bring to the companies they work for.
Jacqui has over 26 years’ experience in senior leadership roles ranging from starts-ups to large companies. She is experienced in delivering strategy and leadership across the teams that she works with.
Kate Stenlake
WaHP Team Leader
About me:
Kate is one of our Employability Team leaders and has worked for Genius Within for 4 years. She was a runner up for ERSA’s Employment Advisor of the Year in 2019.
Prior to joining Genius Within, Kate spent 9 years delivering and managing Offending Behaviour Programmes. She also studied a Criminal Justice and Criminology Degree during that time.
During her first 3 years at Genius Within, Kate worked for the Criminal Justice team with neurodiverse offenders in custody and the community to develop employability skills and support them into work. Since then, Kate was promoted to a Team Leader position in the Employability Team. She is aspiring to be a senior leader and currently studying her ILM Level 7 in Leadership and Management.
