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
Charlie Eckton, MA (SocSci) PGCE MSc MBPsS
Psychology Lead
About me:
As a Business Psychologist and senior consultant, Charlie helps organisations develop neurodiversity awareness, create systemic inclusion and manage the work environment through the process of universal design so that neurominority individuals can excel.
Charlie is a member of the BPS Division of Occupational Psychology, Special Group in Coaching, and holds Level A and B certificates of competence in Occupational Testing. She has extensive experience of using psychometric tools for neurodiversity profiling and empowering individuals to truly understand their strengths and have a better understanding of their needs.
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.
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.
Gizem Gokcimen (BSc, MSc, MBPsS)
WaHP Team Leader
About me:
Gizem is a highly motivated associate psychologist/coach who has been working in this field for 9 years. She has vast experience working in different settings with clients and teams from different backgrounds. Working in a variety of environments has enabled her to communicate with range of different clients.
Gizem is a pragmatic and practical psychologist who also has great time management and organisation skills. She likes to use her creative side and think outside the box when coaching clients to make a difference in individuals lives’ by assisting them to realise their full potential.
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
Head of Employability
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. She then became a Team Leader in the Employability Team and has since then gone on to become Head of Employability. She is currently studying her ILM Level 7 in Leadership and Management.
Kay Cleary (BA Hons, MSc, MBPsS)
Employability Team Leader, Course Facilitator & Coach
About me:
Kay is a highly experienced and committed associate psychologist and coach who has worked extensively across a range of different sectors and is accustomed to working with both adults and teenagers, with particular emphasis on the NEET and unemployed groups.
Post-graduation, she started her career as an assistant psychologist in the management consultancy sector and has also worked broadly across the education/training fields as a careers guidance practitioner, consultant, mentor and coach. Her greatest motivation is to encourage and facilitate people to develop, grow and reach their potential and she gains tremendous satisfaction from doing so.
