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About

Tristan Brooks

Tris is an NCPS senior accredited psychotherapist and a Pink Therapy advanced accredited GSRD Therapist as well as a Pink Therapy endorsed GSRD aware trainer. They have lived experience as a queer, disabled, AuDHD, non-binary person whose pronouns are they/them. Tris works both in private practice and in a university student counselling service with a special interest in working with clients at the intersection of GSRD and Neurodivergence. Within the university, they are one of 2 Trans specialist counsellors who co-run therapeutic groups for Trans, Non-Binary, Gender non-conforming and questioning students. They are also the neurodivergent specialist counsellor and have been working with the service to make it more accessible for neurodivergent students. Before being employed by the university, they worked in social care completing care assessments and mental capacity assessments for a learning disability and autism team. It was in this role that Tris first started to understand themselves as autistic, seeing themselves reflected in the service users they were working with. They also realised there was a lack of understanding by many staff members both in social care and within the care agencies when it came to issues of sexuality and gender. At this time Tris was already in private practice and decided to focus on the cross-over of GSRD and Neurodivergence as well as provide training and consulting to people, businesses and organisations who wanted to develop knowledge. Outside of work, they are currently the head of inclusion access for the national charity Bi Pride UK, having previously been the Vice-chair for almost 4 years before needing to take a break from activism work. They are a long-standing volunteer for the Human Library, founded Colchester Pride and held the position of Chair for 2 years. When not volunteering, they can be found playing board and video games, parlour larping, at the theatre, or snuggled up on the sofa with loved ones and their cat Tia (who often makes appearances whilst working online).

Welcome to the Living & Working with Neurodivergence: Mental Health & Wellbeing 2024 conference! We…