| Hello and welcome to my website! My name is Caroline Seyedi, I’m a parent carer who’s enabled my daughter to become a very successful young lady from autism diagnosis in 1998 at age 2 to present day as an independent living adult two hours drive away from home. My purpose is to enable & empower parents, carers, autistic adults, children, siblings & their families to reach their full potential too; by sharing all I have experienced and learned to make a positive difference to parents and their children and to autistic adults in this world. I am an Autism Specialist Holistic Therapist & Neurodevelopmental Practitioner. I provide a wide variety of services to support parents & their children as well as autistic adults to inform, bring awareness and create solutions for their challenges and to support their social communication, understanding of behaviours, reduce sensory challenges and to advocate for themselves. If there is anything you need that is not specifically listed & you’re wondering if I can help, please contact me to see how I might be able to support you because I most likely can. I hold a Master of Arts research degree in Autism I am an internationally accredited Master Practitioner in: Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP); Practitioner in: EFT; Sound & Crystal Healing; Seichem Reiki L3; Bach Flower Remedies & Essences; Assemblage Point Alignment & Healing; Nutritional Therapist; Brain Gym® Facilitator; Rhythmic Movement Therapy (RMTi) Consultant; Meditation Teacher; Weleda Well-being Advisor. and I am trained & experienced in Life Coaching; Mentoring; Picture Exchange Communication (PECS); TEACCH ( Treatment & Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children) ; Portage; Makaton; Intensive Interaction; & much more to support you to positively transform yours & your loved one’s lives. I am fully qualified, experienced and insured for all the services I provide. |
‘Each day I live, I want to be, a day to give the best of me,
I’m only one but not alone, my finest day is yet unknown,
I broke my heart, fought every gain, to taste the sweet,
I faced the pain, I rise and fall, Yet through it all,
This much remains I want one moment in time
when I’m more than I thought I could be,
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
and the answers are all up to me!…
Give me one moment in time when I’m racing with destiny…
Then in that one moment in time, I will feel, I will feel eternity!…’ -Whitney Houston.
These words really resonate with me and express how I have felt over the years as well as now…racing to find answers to help my daughter become as independent as she can be before I am no longer here…
…Hello, my name is Caroline Seyedi and my daughter was diagnosed in 1998 with autism. After many years of research for interventions and therapies to enable and empower her to become the best she can be and due to her gradual progression over the years in becoming the wonderful young lady she is today, I started to search for ways to professionalise my experiences and knowledge with the intention of helping other parents do the same for their children…
I am now working with parents, carers their children and autistic adults providing a personalised service as well as with organisations and professionals.
I am an Autism Specialist Neurodevelopment Consultant, Practitioner & Therapist, providing a specialist autism holistic service. I am qualified with a Master of Arts research degree in Autism from the University of Wales. I am a Nutritional Therapist and a multi-modality Energy Healer & Practitioner (Reiki Seichem & Crystal Healing Practitioner; a Practitioner in Sound Healing, accredited by the College of Sound Healing; Bach Flower Remedies & essences Practitioner); Emotional Freedom Technique(EFTi) Practitioner; a licensed Brain Gym® facilitator; a Rhythmic Movement Therapy (RMTi) Consultant; a full member of the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA); a Meditation Teacher accredited by the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA); a Mentor registered with the Mentoring Institute of Enterprise & Entrepreneurs (MIOEE); and from my time prior to having my daughter, a State Registered Senior Hairdresser, registered with the United Kingdom (UK) Hairdressing Council. I am also a Weleda Well-being ‘In Harmony With You’ (IHWY) Advisor, trained in advising on Weleda skin care range, their homeopathy and anthroposophical medicines.
I continue my professional development each year enhancing my knowledge and experience and adding more strings to my bow to enable me to provide a professional, extensive, holistic and naturalistic service to the autism community, their families. carers and all professionals working with them and those wanting to connect with and support children, adults and their families at a nurturing and deeper level. I believe that there is always more to learn and never an end to learning…and that everyone has the ability to learn…
I provide a holistic and naturalistic, person & family centred package of services which includes Life Coaching, Hypnosis, Mentoring, Mindfulness, Advocacy, Energy Healing, Vibrational Medicines, Remedies and Essences, Emotional Freedom Technique including Picture Tapping and Nutritional Therapy and advice to parents & carers and autistic adults. This is important because research shows there is very little if any Coaching, Counselling, Support and/or Guidance for Parents/Carers to access during the assessment of and following the point at which their child receives a diagnosis on the autism spectrum. Additionally, research evidence states that parents of children with autism suffer more stress, anxiety and mental health issues than parents of children with any other disability and this subsequently affects the child’s developmental prognosis and future outcome for opportunities and positive developmental progress.
This means the whole family can benefit and become more integrated and successful as a unit which means that the issues preventing them from being that now can be transformed to enable and empower the whole family to be successful.
There is much research which shows that most individuals with Autism or Asperger syndrome, suffer high levels of anxiety, distress and relationship challenges and that they are often misdiagnosed or misunderstood because of this which can lead to unnecessary trauma and detention and sadly much too often, suicide. I have subsequently completed training in the prevention of suicide with ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) which is like a ‘First Aid’ for Suicide, which helps recognise possible suicidal thoughts and to support the person to ‘stay safe for now’ whilst connecting them back into the world with what is important to them and seek further help.
My services are available to everyone related to or affected by the challenges of living with autism can bring… siblings, cousins; grandparents; aunties; uncles – as well as professionals, schools, employers and organisations those who want to learn about autism and what can support developmental progress, neurodevelopment and positive behaviour. My services include supporting you with advocacy for yourself and your loved one; such as finding relevant legislation and using this to advocate and access the things you may be eligible for.
I offer unique tailor made experiential workshops for groups, professionals, businesses and organisations to support and promote understanding of some of the main challenges children and adults living with autism experience. This kind of workshop develops unique subjective understanding for the participants and encourages subjective innovative ideas of how they can adapt their new learnings into the environments they are working in, to support autistic children and adults.
I am available for Public Speaking; Learning Support; Small group talks; Autism Question and Answer sessions; Telephone, Skype and Face to Face/One2One consultations, NLP Interventions, Coaching and Hypnosis, Mentoring, Nutritional Therapy; Movement Therapies such as Brain Gym® and Rhythmic Movement Therapy; Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT); Advocacy Support, Reiki Seichem Healing, Crystal Healing, Sound Healing, Assemblage Point Alignment & Healing; Meditation classes; Hairdressing; Bach Flower Remedies & Essences; and as an ‘In Harmony with you’ Weleda Advisor, advising on Weleda Skincare and Natural Medicines.
I am trained and/or experienced in using many interventions which are used in specialist autism education such as TEACCH, PECS, Makaton, Intensive Interaction, Pivotal Response and others. I create an individual approach, addressing and prioritising the issues that are important to you, using all of my skills when providing individualised, person and family-centred services, such as the following:
* Autism Intervention, Interaction & Social Communication
* Behaviour Transformation & Management
* Anxiety & Stress Management
* Personal Development, Relationships & Family Life Coaching
* Modelling and Transferring Specialist Interests & Skills to Achieve Full Potential
* Self Discovery, Relationships & Identity
I have a daughter, Farrah, who was diagnosed with ASD at the age of two. She is now 27 years old and has amazed us and professionals with her progress because her prognosis looked very grim back in 1997 when no-one knew how to support us as her parents, leaving us to research and discover what we could and not giving us the support we requested when we did discover interventions, therapies and/or treatments we considered could be helpful outside the Medical Model and were safe and we wanted to try.
I have always supported and helped other parents whilst on my own journey of discovery with Farrah and I work with parents with children and adults who have or are awaiting an assessment or diagnosis by sharing my learning and experiences with them; and in 2009 decided to formalise my knowledge and experience by enrolling at the University of Wales to complete a Master of Arts research degree in Autism (MA Autism). My ambition is to help parents/carers, other family members and adults living with autism reach their full potential and live the best life possible. My vision is to transform, enable and empower the world of autism! My mission is to achieve both!
My research for my MA Autism dissertation, was focused on ‘Parents’ Experiences of Support and Advice at and following their child’s diagnosis of ASD’ and I will be publishing this in the near future on this website. As I mention above, I am a Master Practitioner in the Art & Science of NLP and I have experienced very positive outcomes using NLP with my daughter; helping her understand her ‘states,’ make decisions for herself, calm her anxieties; increase her sophistication of her continually developing language and much more…. resulting in positive changes and outcomes for her and our whole family.
I have completed training as a business Mentor registered with the Mentoring Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs and offer mentoring for setting up self-employment, business and attending interviews. I offer parent mentoring and caring for a child or adult with autism.
I am a member of the following organistions and accrediting bodies:
Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)
Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)
International Neuro-Linguistic Programming Training Association (INLPTA)
Mentoring Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs
Reiki & Seichem Association (RASA)
NHS Foundation Trust (North Bristol)
Rhythmic Movement Training International (RMTi)
Emotional Freedom Technique International (EFTi)
I am also registered with:
Information Commissioners Office (ICO) for Data Protection
UK Hairdressing Council as a State Registered Senior Hairdresser
I have a Master of Arts research degree in Autism (MA Autism)and during this course I researched and wrote about; Best Practice for the Diagnosis of Autism, Genetics and Vaccines for the Aetiology of Autism and Oxidative Stress, Methionine Methylation and Using Nutritional Supplements for the Management of Autism.
(All the therapies I have used with my daughter have been safe and supervised by two UK registered medical professional doctors).
I am internationally accredited as a Master Practitioner in the Art and Science of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) by INLPTA(International NLP Training Association). I offer a package of services to individuals and families which include all my experience, knowledge and skills and this is important because research shows that parents of children with autism suffer more stress, anxiety and mental health issues than parents of children with any other disabilities and this impacts on their children’s progress and positive outcomes. Additionally, autistic children and adults suffer high anxiety, distress and suicidal thoughts and are often misunderstood, misdiagnosed and are victims of bullying.
I specialise in using NLP Interventions, Coaching and Hypnosis as well as many different holistic healing medicines and modalities to improve the lives of autistic children and adults, anyone living with a loved one with or without a diagnosis of autism, ASD or Asperger syndrome; especially parents & carers. My work covers the following areas:
* Autism Intervention, Social Interaction, Communication & Behaviour
* Behaviour Transformation & Management
* Anxiety & Stress Management
* Living with Autism Life Coaching
* Modelling and Transferring Specialist Interests & Skills to Achieve Full Potential
* Self Discovery, Relationship & Identity
* Assemblage Point Aligment & Healing
* Integrative Energy Healing
* Resilience
I am an accredited Practitioner in all of the following modalites: Usui Reiki (Levels 1 & 2), Seichem Reiki L3/Master Teacher (Levels 1,2 & 3 & Teacher level); Assemblage Point Alignment & Healing; Crystal Healing; Bach Flower Remedies & Essences Healing; Meditation Teacher; Sound Healing Therapy Practitioner. I am currently studying a CMA accredited Diploma in Nutritional Therapy to add to my services. My intention is to be able to be as versatile and adaptable as possible to create truly holistic, person-centred therapies, interventions and treatments.
I am trained to train Multi-disciplinary agencies, Organisations and Businesses to Work in Partnership to Provide Family-Centred Services
(Supporting The Children & Families’ Act 2014). I have also completed Training to deliver the Early Support Keyworking in Practice and in Partnership model of working, as well as in use of the MAPIT (Multi-Agency Planning and Implementation Tool) which is intended to be delivered to multi-agencies, voluntary and independent organisations to enable them to work in partnership together to provide family/person-centred services; bring support to individuals and families as soon as a need is identified, not just in early years but for individuals from birth to age 25; to reduce duplication of service delivery and provide a more holistic Education, Health and Social Care Plan (EHCP) for children and young people up to age 25. I personally believe this practice should be across all age ranges and can envisage that if everyone adopts this model of working it could develop into becoming a way of working together where no age boundary will be set. The MAPIT is used for assessing current practice and finding areas for improvement within multi-agency network services as well as identifying outcomes and planning for how to achieve them.
This training is intended to be disseminated within Local Authorities across the UK by teams or couples of practitioners to support the new changes in UK GOVERNMENT’s legislation for individuals aged from birth to 25 living with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND); the SEN and Disability (SEND) Green paper and the Children and Families Act (2014).
Below is a list of all my training, qualifications and personal experience. I update this regularly…
Workshops and Training Courses attended include:
Hanen Program: ‘It Takes two to talk’ (1997)
Positive Parenting (1998)
Parent Participation Conference (2009)
Behaviour and Autism-what works 1&2 (Geoff Evans ; Options Group) (2009)
Safeguarding Disabled Children (2010)
TEACCH (Professional course)(2011) (by Gary Mesibov)
Makaton Signing Foundation (Professional Course) (2011)
PECS (Professional Course)(Sept 2011)
Autism Master Class (ACAMH CPD certified) (2012)
Makaton Enhancement (Professional Course)(2012)
Portage Basic Training (2012)
Mentoring (Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurs) (2012)
Intensive Interaction Workshop (Tandy Harrison) (2012)
Challenging Racist Behaviour (2012)
Preventing Injury to Children (2012)
Training Life Skills (2012)
Touch Therapy (The Touch Trust) (2012)
Autism Training Day: Recognising Mental Health issues and using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) (ACAMH CPD certified) (2012)
Narrative Attachment Therapy ACAMH ( CPD certified) workshop
Neuro-Linguist Programming (A Day of Discovery) (2013)
Early Support Key Working in Practice and Key Working in Partnership (Training for Trainers) (National Childrens Bureau (NCB), Bristol Parent Carers & Bristol City Council) (2013)
Multi-Agency Planning and Implementation Tool (MAPIT) (Training for Trainers) (National Childrens Bureau (NCB), Bristol Parent Carers & Bristol City Council) (2013)
Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner’s Course and Certification achieved (2013)
Trauma Focussed Therapy ACAMH (CPD certified) Workshop (Dr Art O’Malley) (2014)
Supporting Children aged 0-5 to eat well (Bristol Association of Neighbourhood Daycare) (March 2014)
Providing Intense support for families with multiple and complex needs (North Somerset CPD training) (April 2014)
Children and Young People who experience Loss, Death and Grief (ACAMH & Child Bereavement UK – (CPD Certified)) (May 2014)
Master Practitioner course in the Art & Science of NLP (2014) (INPLTA accredited Master Trainer – Ben Grassby)
NLP Master Class in Presenting and Training NLP (2014) (INLPTA accredited Master Trainer – Ben Grassby)
NLP Master Class in Coaching & Awakening using NLP (2014) (INLPTA accredited Master Trainer – Ben Grassby)
NLP master Class in Coaching Relationships using NLP (2014) (INLPTA accredited Master Trainer – Ben Grassby)
First Aid for Children and Adults (2014) North Somerset CPD Services
Hidden Sentence Training (2015) Barnardos (Awareness training of the needs, affects & outcomes of children & families who have a family member in Prison)
Hearing Voices: understanding, assessment and treatment (2015) (ACAMH)(CPD Certified) Bristol
ASD Workshop: DSM-5 Changes to Autism Spectrum Disorder, Farewell to Asperger Syndrome? Dr Liew (ACAMH) (CPD Certified) Birmingham
ASD: Meeting the needs of Children & Young People on the Autism Spectrum: issues, resources & preparing for Adulthood Dr Glenys Jones (ACAMH) (CPD Certified) Birmingham
Mindfulness for Children, Parents & Families (ACAMH) (CPD Certified) Oxford (2015)
Usui Reiki Healing 1st Degree (Reiki Master:Nadia Paul) (June 2015)
Meditation Teacher Diploma (Accredited by the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)) October 2015
Soundscape Training, Production & Sound Healing (College of Sound) October 2015
Introduction to Epilepsy Training (North Somerset Council) (CPD Certified) October 2015
Usui Reiki Healing 2nd Degree & Practitioner (Usui Lineage – 7th. Reiki Master: Nadia Paul- Lineage 6th) L October 2015
Crystal Healing Diploma (Accredited by the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)) December 2015
Sound Healing Practitioner Course (Module 1)(College of Sound Healing (Accredited by the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)) October 2015
Intensive Gong Healing Workshop – Shelia Whittaker Gong Master – February 2016
Sound Healing Practitioner Course (Module 2)(College of Sound Healing (Accredited by the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)) March 2016
Bach Flower Remedies Practitioner Diploma (Accredited by The Guild of Holistic Therapists) April 2016
Sound Healing Practitioner Course (Module 3)(College of Sound Healing (Accredited by the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)) May 2016
Sound Cells, Sound Brain – The Brain, Gut, Nutrition Connection (inc. tests to determine yeast in the gut; gut acidity; food intolerances and how to rectify)(College of Sound Healing Teacher: Keith Oddy) May 2016
Energise and Tune Up with BioSonic Tuning Forks (College of Sound Healing Teacher: Keith Oddy) June 2016
Assemblage Point Alignment workshop (College of Sound Healing Founder & Teacher: Simon Heather) July 2016
RASA accredited Seichem Reiki Energy Healing 1&2 and The Violet Flame Practitioner Diploma (Seichem Lineage 15th) (Seichem Reiki Master Jacqui Bailey – Seichem Lineage 14th)(July 2016)
RASA accredited Seichem Reiki Level 3 Masters/Teacher Level Diploma (Seichem Lineage 15th) (Seichem Reiki Master Jacqui Bailey – Seichem Lineage 14th) (September 2016)
Sound Healing Practitioner Course (Module 4)(College of Sound Healing (Accredited by the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)) September 2016
Weleda ‘In Harmony With You’ Advisor Training (September 2016)
Harness the Best of your Energy with Sound; Colour; Auras; Chakras (Keith Oddy, College of Sound Healing) (October 2016)
Resonance Collective Soundscape at Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny (Chrys Blanchard, College of Sound Healing) (October 2016)
College of Sound Healing Conference (November 2016)
Weleda: Medicines Training (November 2016)
Suicide Prevention (ASIST-Applied Suicide Interventions Skills) (January 2017)
Weleda: Homeopathy Training (February 2017)
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) (February, 2017)
Sound Healing Practitioner Accreditation Graduation (College of Sound Healing (Accredited by the Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)) (March 2017)
The Work of Virginia Satir; How to use the Intrapsychic Model (Monkey Puzzle Training & Consultancy Ltd.) (May 2017)
Cytoplan Practitioner Education Road Show (July 2017)
Nutrient Testing Master Class (Institute of Optimum Nutrition (ION)) (November 2017)
Small Intestine Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO): Institute of Optimum Nutrition (November 2017).
Nutritional Therapist – Diploma in Nutritional Therapy: (Gateway Workshops: Accredited by Federation of Holistic Therapies; The Guild of Holistic Therapists and International Healers Association) (December 2017)
Treating Generalised Anxiety and Panic Disorders (CPD 6 hours): (Wale Oladipo) (Accredited by National Counselling Society) (March 2019)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Training: Level 2 (accredited by EFT International previously AAMET) (April 2019)
Sleep and Self Care – Restoring Balance in Our Busy Lives(CPD 7 hours): (International Centre for Integrative Medicine) (October 2019)
Rhythmic Movement Therapy Level 1, Focus, Organisation and Comprehension: (Rhythmic Movement Training International (RMTi) (January 2020)
Rhythmic Movement Therapy Level 2, Emotions, Memory and Behaviour: (Rhythmic Movement Training International (RMTi) (January 2020)
Rhythmic Movement Therapy, Making Connections (Rhythmic Movement Training International (RMTi) (March 2020)
The Metamorpic Technique Workshop (Zoom on- line): (Metamorpic Assocation) (May 2020)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): Practitioner International Certified Accreditation (EFTi previously AAMET) (1st June 2020)
COVID-19 Training Certification (for Professional Beauty Industry)
Picture Tapping Technique: Phoenix EFT (July 2020)
Rhythmic Movement Therapy, Face the Fear: Rhythmic Movement Training International (RMTi) August 2020
Rhythmic Movement Therapy, Reading & Writing: Rhythmic Movement Training International (RMTi) November 2020
Personal involvement and experiences in using Therapies and Interventions
I always took an active part in all my daughter’s therapies & interventions and continued the strategies and techniques at home and I still do…
Portage – participation with service received (1998)
Music therapy – participation with child for two years (started 1997)
Sensory Integration Therapy – observation and participation for one year with a private therapist (1998)
Horse Riding (1998)
Nutritional Supplementation (since 1997 and still ongoing)
Homeopathy (since 1997 and still ongoing)
Conferences attended include:
Paul Shattock (Gluten and Casein free diet 1998)
Donna Williams (Many since 1998)
Wendy Lawson (3 since 1998)
Tony Attwood ‘ A complete Guide to Asperger Syndrome’ (2009)
Lorna Wing ‘Women & Girls’ (2010)
Lorna Wing ‘The Autisms’ (2011)
Neuroscience Conference (Simon Baron-Cohen, 2010)
Ethics of Researching Autism (University College of London, 2010)
Wales Autism Research Centre meetings (since 2009 and on a regular basis)
Bristol Autism Research Group meetings (regularly since 2009)
Westminster Social Policy Forum ‘Early Intervention’ (2011)
James Adams (ARI) (2011)
Autism Education: Assessing progress against meaningful Targets (2011)
Treating Autism (2012)
Rethinking Autism: Institute of Education, London (Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) (October 2012)
Westminster Education Forum ‘ Special Educational Needs and Disabilities reform – the impact of the Children’s and Families Bill.‘ (November 2012)
Public Speaking:
Blackberry Hill Hospital ‘Using the Hanen Program with my daughter with Autism’ (1998)
General Practitioner (GP) Autism Training (2009)
Westminster Health Forum ‘ The Autism Strategy: Scope, Diagnosis & Implementation’ (2010) (CPD certified)
Westminster Education Forum ‘SEN, Academies & Schools’ (2010) (CPD certified)
Westminster Education Forum ‘SEN and Disability Green Paper, Support & Aspiration: A new approach to SEN and Disability (2011) (2012) (CPD certified)
BBC Radio Bristol (2012)
Voluntary work accomplished and ongoing:
Cutting hair for children with autism at school to fund raise (numerous times)
Assisting teachers & supporting primary school aged children with autism at a residential camp for four days (twice)
Voluntary work using Makaton, PECS, TEACCH and Intensive Interaction with Primary school aged children with autism (and loving it!)
Additional Qualifications & Training…
Diploma in Finance & Insurance Management (1993)
Train the Trainer (c 1988 – 1994)
Interpersonal skills (c1988 – 1994)
Assertiveness training (c1988 – 1994)
Quality ISO9000 (c1992 – 1994)
NVQ3 Advance Level hairdressing (2006)
I am a member of the following organisations:
- International NLP Training Association (INLPTA)
- Association of NLP (ANLP)
- NAS (National Autistic Society)
- Complimentary Medical Association (CMA)
- EFT International (EFTi)
- The College of Sound Healing
- Reiki & Seichem Association (RASA)
- The Mentoring Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (MIoEE)
- The Hairdressing Council UK (as a State Registered Senior Hairdresser)
- Developmental Practitioners Association
- NHS Foundation Trust (North Bristol)
I have spent two years volunteering once a week at a Primary School Autism Resource Base in Bristol where Farrah attended as her primary school after our local mainstream school failed to cope with her autism behaviours and support us both. She left Primary school after sitting her SATs, achieving levels 2 and 3; something the mainstream infant school would not consider completing a baseline assessment for when she first started school. I insisted they did so that we would be able to see what progress, if any, she may make in her future years and I am so pleased that I did.
Now my daughter is a happy, sociable loving adult who loves and competes in freestyle disco and street dance and British Gymnastics Trampolining (National Level). She is now a university graduate with a BA (Hons) in Textile Practices!
She was a member of the British Gymnastics Team GB disability Trampoline Squad between 2011-2014 … Something I could never have even dreamed she would achieve when she was little, non-verbal and displaying all the signs and behaviours of classic autism!
What was once a dark place for me is no longer because I know there is so much you can do to make a difference for the progress and development of children and adults, in the early years and in later life. My passion and mission is to help parents/carers of children, families and individuals living with autism of all ages, helping them to live happy and fulfilling lives because I know they can when they are given the opportunities and support they need to achieve this…
Everyone is different with various abilities, interests and potential and this is the same for people communicating through ‘autism’ behaviours, experiencing challenges with social communication and interaction and struggling with sensory processing. I believe that the ASD diagnosis is only there to bring awareness to these challenges and enable others (professionals and everyone caring for and teaching them) to have a guideline of how to support their learning development further in a way they can understand; can interact and engage with and move forward and towards their dreams and full potential…without this nurturing where would any of us be? Autistic children and adults need the same nurturing and love albeit at different and atypical times in their life…
I believe in God – I am a Baha’i and you can read more about my Faith here, if you wish http://www.bahai.org/
My Faith has guided me all the way through my family’s journey with autism and my work is as a result of this.
Here is part of one of my favourite texts from the Baha’i Faith:
‘Behold a beautiful garden full of flowers, shrubs, and trees. Each flower has a different charm, a peculiar beauty, its own delicious perfume and beautiful colour. The trees too, how varied are they in size, in growth, in foliage—and what different fruits they bear! Yet all these flowers, shrubs and trees spring from the self-same earth, the same sun shines upon them and the same clouds give them rain….
….Thus should it be among the children of men! The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord. If you meet those of different race and colour from yourself, do not mistrust them and withdraw yourself into your shell of conventionality, but rather be glad and show them kindness. Think of them as different coloured roses growing in the beautiful garden of humanity, and rejoice to be among them…’ – Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks
Click HERE to read this beautiful text in full.
…’Once you have seen one [person] with autism, you have seen one [person] with autism.’ 1.
…I have had nearly every experience imaginable parenting my daughter and I know I will continue learning as she develops further as an adult. I feel much more confident and assured now that she will become more independent than I could have ever wished for back in 1997 and know she will strive to achieve the goals she now sets for herself because she already does… On Monday 13th October 2014, we traveled to London to St. James Palace for her to be presented with her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award by the Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward…how amazing is this!…Needless to say, I am a very proud mum!
I am currently writing my memoirs in poetry to share on this website and will include these in my book I working on… you can read these poetical memoirs on my blog…
…We have climbed over that rainbow we thought we would never climb; our dreams have become a reality and now I am passionate to empower, enable and support others to climb the autism rainbow too and meet us at the point of discovering and exploring full potential and move towards achieving our personal best! …see my ‘Over the Rainbow’ services …I will feel privileged to hear from you, honoured to become your Personal Coach, Mentor, Therapist, Practitioner and part of your life experience to guide and support you in your personal journey of living with autism….
…‘My daughter still has autism BUT autism no longer has her!’
‘Somewhere over the rainbow dreams come true’…We’ve climbed over the rainbow…
I believe you can too…
References:
1. PAYNE, M. 2010. Supplement Therapy:Rescue, Repair, and Reconnect. In:SIRI, K. & LYONS, T. ed. Cutting-Edge Therapies for Autism. New York:Skyhorse Publishing, pp374.
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Assemblage Point Alignment & Healing Testimonial
Hi Caroline, after the treatment you gave to me I just want to come back to you with my feedback. Excuse me for any mistakes due to my English. Before your treatment I wasn’t feeling my self. Every morning I was panic attacked that the day time wasn’t enough for me. I had all my things to do in head blocking me and having the sense that I will not manage to do all of them. I had fire on me. I was so stressed. I was getting upset and angry easily. I was so sensitive and cry very often. I believed that my self changed a lot. I never believed that any of these methods can help me. I am very religion person. I am Christian Orthodox. When You talked to me about this method I just trusted you . I knew you are my friend and you will do anything to help me and not to harm me. So I accepted to have your treatment.
You know from the next morning. When I woke up I felt I got back to my self again. I felt I was standing in my feet again. I was so relaxed, happy. My head was so light and not heavy like before. I felt that I can manage with my life. Even now after days of the treatment I still feel good. You did the same to my son and he feels good. And the other excited is that you did that to my husband IN DISTANCE. He changed a lot to the better. He is more calm and facing his heavy daily programme in calmness. I really like to thank you for that. I wish we knew about it before and we should do it immediately. I recommend it to my friends as well. Keep going Caroline, you are our PROFESSOR. I will call you from now on PROFESSOR. You are absolutely PERFECT. I admire you. Warm regards, V.
Assemblage Point & Sound Healing Testimonial from a mum of a 12 year old son with ASD & ADHD:
This 12 year old boy ‘O,’ took part in six- eight sessions of Sound Healing and he always left his sessions happy and wanting to know when he could come again. Below are some photos of ‘O’ after his more formal session on the treatment couch, playing the digeridoo during one of his sessions. After each session he would excitedly interact with me and mum with the many other sound healing instruments such as the Hapi Omni Drum, the American Indian Flute, Bells and singing bowls and many more… He was excited to hear that he was learning another language – ‘sound language!’
‘O’ also shared some Sound Healing sessions with mum where he learned how to sound on mum’s body and sing her name to her for healing. When parents join in with they child’s session it can be a very profound and positive experience for both the child and the parent and can support a ‘magical’ reconnection between them in a safe space away from the stress and strains of everyday life and its challenges. The calming effects can have an underlying lasting effect emotionally, physically and spiritually.
Mum and ‘O’ also received Assemblage Point Alignment & Healing and this enhances all other healing treatments because it realigns all your body’s energy system, including the chakras which means that any other types of healing, even, ‘conventional’ healing has a strong and balanced physical, emotional and spiritual foundation from which to work.
Here is some feedback from mum about her son’s session and her joint sound healing experience:
‘Hi Caroline, here are some photos of ‘O’s’ session, which he really enjoyed. The session had a really positive effect on him in the form that he slept through the night, seemed calmer around food/dinner table, engaged in playing with toys (doll figures). We also noticed he engaged in current conversations which didn’t last long but is a definite plus! ‘O’ said “It makes me less fuzzy, like when I’m under water.” Which is his favourite place because it makes him really calm.’
‘Our joint sound healing was really nice as it was something we could do together and ‘O’ said it made him feel safe. I enjoyed sharing with him and him sounding and singing my name over me was very calming and it felt like we reconnected on some level!’
‘Sound Healing has been really amazing and the changes it has created have been very noticeable. I personally, have bitten my nails all my life but after two sessions of sound healin, I stopped and several months later they are still growing! Day to day stresses don’t seem so stressful any longer, I sleep better and for this reason, I took my non-sleeping ASD son to Caroline for this reason, who really benefitted after every sound healing session session. He slept through the night. Several months later, his sleeping is much improved as is his general mood, he is much calmer. Thank you Caroline.’
NLP, Coaching & Mentoring Testimonial from parents of an adult with ASD, Learning Disability & Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Our son has Learning Disability/Generalised Anxiety Disorder.
He has been seeing a Consultant Psychiatrist over many years who has been treating him with medication. Recently as parents we felt there should be another way to help our son who had become quite reclusive and depressed. Medication seemed to be keeping him in a zombie state. We decided to approach a qualified Life Coach/Mentor. We found Caroline Seyedi in 2015 and arranged for her to start seeing our son on weekly sessions one to one. He lives in a supported living house run by a charity. His carers were informed of this arrangement and are included in these sessions.
We have seen such a remarkable improvement in our son over these last six months, he looks forward to Caroline’s weekly visits. She has been able to unlock some of his fears which now enables him to feel more confident with everyday life. This different approach as an alternative to medication is helping our son learn who he is and more about himself.
We as a family are finding Caroline’s work with our son so beneficial as we are exploring our feelings which is making our lives better.
Thank you Caroline.
NLP testimonial from ‘Moon’ (An amazing woman diagnosed with autism and ‘selective’ mutism) UK
‘Caroline’s deep understanding of autism and the NLP techniques she uses to coach me make a massive difference to the way I cope with my condition’
‘…I was depressed having to move house, have not much work and other things that I couldn’t understand and fighting to communicate with my few words just pushed-down on me and I was picturing this as being a rubbish year (again)….but somehow you have flipped it upside down… in the short time I have trained with you I have a completely different way of seeing myself and how from being a baby-to-now follows a path which I have (some) control over…..now I look a bit happier, people have been approaching me to ask what its like to be mute… I have even been asked by some of the gymnast’s mums and dads to show them how to juggle…..but the talking usually ends up on autism….and how “I” sense and see things…..I’m surprised just how many people it effects…..and how little people understand about it…….Anyway im just trying to say thank you in a different way for helping me understand things in a way I never believed possible… you help me put Moon-world into a pattern and order “I” can understand…..of course I will never be non-autistic but perhaps thats ok after all…’
Moon is a wonderful lady with an amazing life story to write; she has a great sense of humour and is calming to be around. When she writes her life story, she will truly inspire parents and adults with autism to know you really can achieve your dreams!
The word ‘selective’ in the title of this testimonial is there because Moon wants others to know that she does not ‘select’ when to be mute and when to talk, it is a mental and physical challenge she faces constantly…
After spending only a few hours with me, Moon was able to verbally communicate a couple of words, ‘Thank You; Train; Family’ and she started to refer to herself as ‘I’ when previously she was referring to herself by her name, in the third person. After her 3 hour NLP Life Coaching, Hypnosis and Intervention session with me, she managed three sentences before leaving Bristol to return home…It was an amazing 2 days for us both and we are both looking forward to spending more time together to enable and empower her to positively move forward in her life and ofcourse to write and publish her book!…ü
Workshop: ‘Understanding & Supporting People with ASD using NLP – Feedback from MINDLINE volunteers and staff (a phone support service for the charity MIND):
‘I am writing to you to express my heartfelt thanks for giving your talk on March 30th. We have had so many positive comments about the talk and your engaging presentation style. I know our volunteers all found the session extremely useful in enriching their own work with callers and maybe also in their own relationships and dealings with other people who are on the autistic spectrum.’
‘An excellent and very informative presentation of understanding autism using the Neuro-Linguistic Programming model.’
Sandra from Bristol, UK
‘I have known Caroline since my son started at a specialist autistic unit where her lovely daughter also attended.
From the moment we met she started supporting us with wonderful advice on achieving the best for our son throughout his secondary education.
It was friendly straightforward advice that we took on board & have benefitted from ever since.
Caroline made me realise one main thing that I had neglected to remember since my son had been diagnosed! Be willing to try anything to support your child but always know that you as parents know best.
It wasn’t until Caroline showed me that that I knew that I would have to be my sons driving force to show him that he had a place in society.
Caroline has achieved so much whilst supporting her daughter but at the base of her foundation she is a mother wanting only the best for both her children.
I am sure she will go on to help many more like us as she is totally committed to show children & adults with autism do have a place in our society & I wish her well.’
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Hairdressing for a highly hypersensitive autistic little boy
Caroline first came to us over 4 years ago when our son J had refused haircuts for two years. His hair had gone beyond shoulder length and was down to his upper back. The combination of the sensory experience of itchy loose hair, a stranger touching the personal space of your head as well as self consciousness and anxiety around his appearance had built a solid haircut wall in our son’s mind.
Caroline has been calm, understanding, positive and patient at all times. She sent us a photo so we could prepare our son for her coming. Initially she just cut my hair and J’s siblings. J would have a look and see Caroline and hear her voice, but no hair cut. The next visit J agreed to have a haircut. J is always asked how much he wants taking off, and Caroline always follows J’s instruction and has gained his trust. At first J would stand and Caroline could only take half a centimetre off! Over the first year of her cutting our son’s hair, less hair was cut off than had grown since the last haircut so his hair kept getting longer! J gradually built up a relationship with Caroline, sits in the chair and little by little over more than two years he has a smart medium short boy’s haircut.
Caroline does great haircuts and has taught us how our autistic child can overcome challenges.
Thank you!
W family Bristol
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Catherine from Leeds UK
‘Caroline has been such a great help to us, we had become very despondent with the help we were getting from our local authorities and had been told by a rather abrupt mental heath councillor that our 6 year old daughter was angry and attention seeking (which she is not any of these) and her repetitive speech and movements were what every child does !! Sitting and rocking for twenty minutes is not normal behaviour. With Caroline’s encouragement I was determined to carry on with trying to get help for my daughter who now has been referred by a new GP to a child psychologist as she thinks it is also very obvious she has High Functioning Autism -Aspergers.
Thank you Caroline, we are very grateful.’
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A Mum from Bristol, UK
‘The Stay and Play sessions are a fantastic idea. There are brilliant sensory resources to play with and recommended books/resources for adults to browse through. The informal atmosphere makes it easy to gather information and it is reassuring to meet other carers who understand what you are going through. Caroline is very friendly, welcoming and easy to talk to. Her combination of knowledge and experience mean that she has loads of great ideas to help with any difficulties we are experiencing. Her ideas are easy to follow and practical so I can go home and put them into practise without disrupting the whole family. As a result, our ASD child is coping far better with transitions and following instructions and is therefore calmer and happier.’
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Harriet Piercy North London,UK
‘I would like to take this opportunity to Thank Caroline and her Website for helping us and our Son.
I found Caroline on Linkedin, when we were in desperate need of support regarding our Son whom is awaiting a diagnosis of ASD. The advice and support we received was unmeasurable. She made us aware, via her website of useful information we were otherwise unaware of, and it has made a huge difference to our lives.
We are truly grateful and would recommend Caroline to anyone in need of support.’
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Home-Start, Bristol
‘Caroline combined her personal experiences and extensive training to deliver an excellent workshop. We all came away with a greater understanding of how a child with autism sees the world and with practical advice on how to support them and their parents. We intend booking a follow up session as our volunteers would like to know more!’ Beverley Symonds Senior Co-ordinator Home-Start Bristol…
‘All of the session was good especially at first putting us in the autistic child’s place’
‘An amazing training and I would happily have stayed all day to learn more!’
‘More time required’
‘Worked well, lots of good information’
‘Good presentation’
‘Caroline was extremely knowledgable’
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Paula from Bristol (NLP)
‘I had 2 NLP sessions with Caroline Seyedi in Bristol and found them very helpful in terms of time management and self-regulation. As a parent-carer who also works part-time, these two skills are absolutely essential if you want to continue caring for your loved one and still achieve your own personal goals without getting a burnout. We all know how easy it is to lose balance. With only two sessions I was back on track! So, if you’re thinking about giving NLP a try, I’d definitely say “go for it!”‘
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Clementine from Bristol
‘Caroline has been a great support to me. My daughter is now 19 yrs old and didn’t get her ASD diagnosis until she was 16. Caroline has helped me with practical advice in dealing with school and college, ideas for inclusion out of school with clubs etc. and also how to look after me during the stressful times.’