Viv Dawes Autistic Advocate

AuDHD author, trainer & consultant

Viv Dawes is an autistic (PDA) and ADHD lived experience advocate, trainer, consultant and author. She has over 30 year’s experience of working with vulnerable people, who were mostly neurodivergent, including as a Snr Practitioner in the NHS, managing teams of forensic drug workers. She also started and ran a community based addiction recovery programme.

Viv trained in CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focussed Therapy and Relapse Prevention Therapy. She has many years’ experience of running training courses, workshops and webinars.

Viv has provided training for numerous organisations including within the NHS, has been a keynote speaker and will be speaking at the Autism Show in London this June 2024. Viv has also been nominated for the National Diversity Awards for her work around helping people understand autistic burnout.

Website: www.autisticadvocate.co.uk

Email: dawesautismadvocate121@gmail.com