Cerrie Lantrua

Clients often tell me how much they value having a space where they feel understood, where they don’t have to explain their neurodivergence or justify their experiences.

I am neurodivergent myself, and I’m open about that. It’s not something I see as a limitation, but as something that shapes how I understand, relate, and connect. Alongside my training and experience, this gives me a way of seeing things that often helps clients feel recognised in ways they may not have experienced before.

I’m naturally creative and tend to think outside the box, which allows me to consider different perspectives and gently step into what it might be like to be you, not from a place of judgement, but from a genuine willingness to understand.

At the same time, I don’t assume your experience is the same as anyone else’s. No two people are the same. A big part of what I offer is taking the time to learn what you need, how you experience things, and what support feels right for you.

You are the expert on yourself. My role isn’t to tell you what to do or who to be, but to walk alongside you as you begin to understand yourself more fully.

I aim to create a space where you feel safe enough to be real. Where you don’t have to mask, filter, or find the “right” way to say things. A space where you can feel seen, heard, and genuinely understood.

• BSc (Hons) Person-Centred Counselling

• Foundation Degree in Person-Centred Counselling

• Registered Member of the BACP (working to their Ethical Framework)

• Regular clinical supervision

Additional training and background in psychotherapeutic counselling, hypnotherapy and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).

Recent CPD includes neurodivergence, ADHD, autism and relationships, emotional regulation, chemsex awareness, HIV-informed therapy, and safeguarding.

Experience working with adults in private practice and organisational settings, supporting anxiety, burnout, relationships and identity, particularly in the context of neurodivergence.

Clients often tell me, “I’ve never said that out loud before,” or “I didn’t realise that’s how I felt.”

For many of my clients, this is the first time they’ve had a space where they can be fully heard, without needing to filter, adapt, or shape themselves to be understood.

That’s what I want to offer you.

A space where you can begin to really know yourself. Not who you’ve had to be for others, or who you’ve learned to present as, but who you actually are underneath that.This isn’t about fixing you or telling you what to do. It’s about listening, understanding, and making sense of things together in a way that feels real and meaningful to you. You don’t need the right words. You don’t need to explain yourself perfectly. You don’t need to be anything other than where you are right now.

What matters is that you feel seen, heard, and genuinely met. For who you are, maybe for the first time.

Because you deserve a space where you don’t have to change who you are to be understood, and where, maybe for the first time, you can start to understand yourself too.