As an education expert and a specialist in thinking and learning differences, I untangle the trickiest issues which impact young people in life and learning.

My expertise and passion especially lies with young people who experience anxiety around learning or in a school context, are autistic (especially girls and young women), are AUDHD, have ADHD or attentional issues, and/or experience specific learning differences such as dyslexia or dyspraxia. Pre- and post- diagnostic work, young people who are being home-schooled, complex cases and situations which involve boarding school settings are also areas of specialism.

For as long as I can remember, I have been passionate about enabling young people to thrive. After gaining my first degree in Education and English Literature at Cambridge University in 1994, I started my career as a primary school teacher. A few years later, I returned to Cambridge to complete a Masters degree and then a PhD, both in Education. My doctoral research was focused on understanding parents' experiences of working with education professionals when their child is struggling in school, and ultimately how to develop better frameworks for establishing authentic parent-professional partnerships. The insights and understandings that I gained from that time, continues to inspire and inform the way I work to this day.

I now work solely in private practice but over the course of my career, I have worked in a range of educational settings and almost always with a lead inclusion/advisory role. For the last eight years of my in-school career, I worked at Harrow School, and for much of this time led their provision for boys who have additional educational needs. Alongside my work with young people, families and schools, I have continued to write, cascading support and guidance to parents and educators.

For more information about my holistic, strength-based approach, follow me on Instagram @drsusannapinkus.