Neuroaffirmative Supervisors
Certified by ADHD Works
Welcome to the world’s first Neuroaffirmative Supervisors
The supervisors featured here have completed our specialist supervisor training and meet rigorous assessment standards.
Neuroaffirmative Supervision supports practitioners to think differently about those who think differently, reflecting a transdisciplinary and inclusive approach grounded in ethical, safe, and evidence-informed practice.
Developed by ADHD Works Founder Leanne Maskell - who has trained over 750 ADHD & AuDHD coaches globally - this work exists to set a clear standard for safe, ethical, and genuinely neuroaffirmative supervision.
ADHD Neuroaffirmative Supervisor Directory
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Hiba Bayyat
Hiba is an ADHD/AuDHD coach and Neuroaffirmative Supervisor who offers reflective, psychologically safe supervision for coaches, linguists, and other professionals.
Her approach is relational and curious. She creates spaces free from judgement and perfectionism, where practitioners can slow down, explore their work through multiple perspectives, and develop practice that is both authentic and ethically grounded.
Drawing on her background as a Chartered Linguist, alongside her coaching training and lived experience of ADHD, Hiba brings warmth, clarity, and thoughtful challenge to support growth and flourishing.
Supervision is also available in Arabic.
Areas of focus:
Burnout | Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria | AuDHD | Workplace | Identity | Creative | Marketing | Charity | Leadership | Education | Law -
Khalie Bache
Khalie is a Neuroaffirmative Supervisor, Advanced AuDHD Coach, ADHD Coach, and Clinical Hypnotherapist who works in a deeply relational and person-centred way.
She specialises in supporting neurodivergent practitioners, creatives, and thoughtful professionals - particularly those navigating ADHD and AuDHD - to shape work that genuinely supports both themselves and the people they help.
Her work focuses on developing practices that feel authentic, while remaining safe, ethical, and sustainable.
Khalie often works with reflective individuals who question whether they are “doing it right,” especially when their ways of thinking or working don’t fit traditional models. Her supervision spaces are calm, collaborative, and grounded in honesty, allowing space to slow down, think openly, and reflect.
Areas of focus:
Burnout | Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria | AuDHD | Parenting | Education | Therapist | Hormones / Menopause | Creative | Health | Entrepreneurship | Identity -
Sarah Castor-Perry
Sarah is an experienced ADHD/AuDHD Coach and Neuroaffirmative Supervisor, and a late-diagnosed ADHDer.
She creates a warm, non-judgemental supervision space where practitioners - including coaches, managers, and leaders - can bring challenges, concerns, and questions to explore through a neuroaffirmative lens.
Sarah supports those working with neurodivergent clients or colleagues, as well as neurodivergent practitioners seeking to develop their practice in a way that feels aligned, effective, and sustainable.
She is an EMCC-accredited coach and has trained with ADHD Works, the Coaches Training Institute, and the Academy of Executive Coaching. Prior to coaching, she spent over a decade in professional services, bringing insight into workplace dynamics and leadership.
Areas of focus:
Workplace | Leadership | Entrepreneurship | Burnout | Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria | AuDHD | Therapist | HR | Medical
Neuroaffirmative Supervision: FAQs
What is Neuroaffirmative Supervision?
Neuroaffirmative Supervision is a structured, reflective space for practitioners to develop their work in a way that actively affirms neurodivergence.
At ADHD Works, this is grounded in the ADHD Works Neuroaffirmative Framework™ - a proprietary model designed to ensure supervision is ethical, strengths-based, and aligned with real-world neurodivergent experiences.
What is the ADHD Works Neuroaffirmative Framework™?
The structured approach we train supervisors to use ensures a safe, consistent and adaptable container for supervision.
It includes practical, proprietary models including:
Explain, Not Excuse -supporting understanding of behaviour and needs without removing accountability
The 4 Neuroaffirmative Lenses™️ - exploring experiences through multiple perspectives (client, practitioner, relational and systemic), recognising that one size doesn’t fit all.
How is this different from traditional supervision?
Traditional supervision is often shaped by systems with limited grounding in neurodivergence, leading to support that can be inconsistent, overly medicalised, or reliant on labels.
Neuroaffirmative Supervision, guided by the ADHD Works Neuroaffirmative Framework™, takes a different approach. It is multidisciplinary, strengths-based, and designed to be applied across contexts - without relying on diagnosis or deficit models.
Who is Neuroaffirmative Supervision for?
This supervision is for any professional who is working with neurodivergent people - or who may be neurodivergent themselves.
This includes (but is not limited to) therapists, psychologists, coaches, managers & HR.
It is relevant across industries and roles, and does not require prior specialist training - only a willingness to reflect, learn, and evolve practice.
How do I work with a Neuroaffirmative Supervisor?
You can explore our directory to find a supervisor who aligns with your needs and approach.
Each supervisor listed operates independently, so you can contact them directly to enquire about availability, pricing, and fit.
What happens in a supervision session?
Sessions are guided by the ADHD Works Neuroaffirmative Framework™,providing a collaborative (not hierarchical) space to reflect on client work, explore successes and challenges, validate experiences, develop strategies, and strengthen ethical, professional, and safeguarding practice - while also supporting practitioner wellbeing and sustainability.
Is supervision compulsory?
Supervision is not currently mandatory in all professions, including coaching.
However, it' is widely recognised as best practice, helping to ensure ethical, reflective, and high-quality support.
How do I become a Neuroaffirmative Supervisor?
We run training periodically, with new cohorts published here.
The ADHD Works Neuroaffirmative Supervision Framework™️:
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'Explain, Not Excuse'
Neurodivergence can explain behaviour - but it doesn’t remove accountability.
This principle underpins our approach to supervision: creating understanding, clarity, and responsibility, without shame or blame.
It enables practitioners to support clients in a way that is both compassionate and boundaried.
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The 4 Neuroaffirmative Lenses
Our supervision is guided by the ADHD Works 4 Lenses Model - a structured way of understanding complexity in practice.
We explore experiences through the perspectives of the client, practitioner, relational, and system.
This ensures awareness of wider contextual and environmental factors, whilst still empowering action.
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Ethical, Legal & Applied Practice
Our supervision supports practitioners to navigate real-world complexity with confidence.
This includes ethical decision-making, safeguarding, reasonable adjustments, and understanding legal and systemic responsibilities - alongside developing discernment, boundaries, and sustainable practice.