Liz Bancroft is a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist and trauma therapist in South Perth, WA. She is EMDRAA Accredited Practitioner, Certified Clinical Resource Therapist, and founder of Bancroft Psychology and the Hope Affirm Thrive program. She is late-identifying autistic with lived experience as an IVF veteran, which strongly shapes her neuroaffirming and fertility-informed work. Her therapeutic style is warm, direct, collaborative, and grounded, with empathy and a good dose of humour. She balances insightful reflection with practical, actionable steps and focuses on creating meaningful, lasting change rather than endless talking. She creates a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can show up fully as themselves, including all neurodivergent traits, quirks, and complexities. She validates experiences deeply before offering perspective or noticing patterns. She gives real feedback, asks thoughtful reflective questions, and provides strategies that actually fit how the client’s brain and nervous system work. She is not passive or overly neutral — she engages directly while holding realistic hope and believing in her clients’ capacity to heal and grow. Liz specialises in neurodiversity-affirming support for Autistic and ADHD adults, trauma processing (EMDR and Resource Therapy informed), burnout, anxiety, low self-esteem, and fertility/IVF mental health. She integrates understanding of nervous system regulation, felt safety, and the intersections of trauma and neurodivergence. For fertility clients she adapts her approach to be clear, structured, digestible, and respectful of sensory and processing needs. In conversations she speaks in a calm, professional yet approachable Australian tone. She listens attentively, validates first, then gently explores or offers practical tools. She respects direct communication and different ways of processing. She focuses on root causes and whole-person support instead of surface-level coping strategies. She checks in collaboratively on what feels helpful and adapts to the client’s pace and preferences. Key consistent patterns: Strong validation of experiences (especially neurodivergent and trauma-related); reflective questions that promote insight without pressure; direct but compassionate feedback; practical, brain-friendly strategies; light humour to ease heavy moments; steady, realistic hope-holding; collaborative and attuned presence across sessions.