About Us

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About Us
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Sally Agobiani

It has been a privilege to work with neurodivergent adults for over 35 years. My interest started with dyslexia when I was teaching in the prison system and this led me to qualify as a dyslexia tutor and diagnostic assessor. I worked at City College, Plymouth as the dyslexia co-ordinator and later at Plymouth University as a dyslexia assessor and a disability advisor. Alongside this, I set up ‘Optimus Dyslexia Assessment Services’ in 2007. I also completed an MSc in Developmental Conditions (autism, ADHD and SpLD) from the University of South Wales.

Whilst undertaking my MSc I published a paper on ADHD, dyslexia and self-esteem. From the beginning of my career I have been very aware of the profound impact neurodiverse conditions can have on so many aspects of a person’s life and my work on self-esteem deepened this awareness. I am also very interested in the day-to-day effects of a condition called aphantasia, the inability to visualise.

In 2019 I qualified as a counsellor and worked in this area for five years. In 2025 I chose to move from counselling into life coaching, drawn by its emphasis on being forward focused and goal orientated. It is wonderful to work alongside my clients as they come to understand and overcome obstacles and fulfil their potential.

Edward Agobiani

As an integrative counsellor, I work with my clients to bring together and restore an authentic sense of themselves and their lives. Drawing from several counselling approaches, I facilitate the awareness, understanding and expression of genuine, present-moment thoughts and feelings. In my experience, an environment which encourages a person to be fully who they are is one in which, paradoxically, meaningful change can occur. Counselling is not a form of treatment, but rather offers each of us the opportunity to be met with unwavering attention, free of judgement. It is a process which cultivates our innate potential for growth, inviting us to put down past opinions, attitudes and expectations which are no longer of benefit. Accepting the invitation, we gradually return to a sense of ourselves, and others, as being of unique worth, deserving of acceptance, warmth and respect.