Being Me
Support to understand your autism, ADHD or neurodivergence — and what it means for you.
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A Scottish Borders-wide project by Insight Youth
Understanding yourself, your way
Being Me offers free, one-to-one therapeutic support for young people aged 10–25 who are autistic, have ADHD, or are exploring whether they may be neurodivergent.
It’s a space to understand more about yourself, make sense of how neurodivergence affects you, and develop practical ways of managing the things you find difficult — while recognising and building on your strengths.
Is Being Me for me?
Being Me may be a good fit if you:
are aged 10–25 and live in the Scottish Borders
are autistic, have ADHD, or are exploring whether you may be neurodivergent
would like support to understand yourself and your experiences better
want practical ways to manage overwhelm, emotions, routines, relationships or everyday life
are looking for supportive, preventative work rather than crisis or specialist mental health treatment
How Being Me works
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Tell us about yourself
Complete the short form below yourself, or ask a parent or carer to complete it with you.
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We’ll get in touch
We’ll have a brief conversation to understand what you’re looking for and whether Being Me is the right support.
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Start your sessions
If Being Me is a good fit, we’ll arrange one-to-one sessions with a therapist who understands neurodivergence.
What to expect
Being Me offers up to eight one-to-one sessions, usually meeting weekly. Sessions are shaped around you, and you and your therapist will agree the areas you would like to understand, explore or manage better.
What you focus on will be different for everyone. It might include understanding your diagnosis or neurodivergence, managing emotions or overwhelm, sensory needs, routines, relationships, confidence, education or work.
Being Me is mainly talking-based, but sessions can also include creative activities, games, Lego® or other approaches where these help you engage and communicate.
The aim is to help you develop a better understanding of yourself and find practical strategies that work for you, so that you feel more confident managing your wellbeing and everyday life.
Sessions are delivered from Borders Therapy Hub spaces across the Scottish Borders, and we’ll talk with you about the most suitable location when we first get in touch.
Safe, professional support
Being Me is delivered by Insight Youth, through Borders Therapy Hub.
Insight Youth is an organisational member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) (Organisational Member No. 276300). BACP is a professional association for the counselling professions, and its register of members is accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
As an organisational member, Insight Youth has committed to providing safe, ethical and professional counselling and psychotherapy services. All therapists delivering support through Being Me are also individually registered with BACP and work in accordance with its Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.
Being Me is clinically led by Ross Irvine MBACP, Clinical Lead at Insight Youth, who has specialist training and extensive experience in psychotherapeutic work with children, young people and neurodivergent clients.
The programme sits within Insight Youth’s established clinical governance, safeguarding and supervision arrangements. Before anyone begins, we complete an initial consultation to make sure Being Me is the right fit and, where another type of support would be more appropriate, we will discuss that with you.
How to refer
Being Me is accessed through self-referral by completing the form below.
If you are under 16, a parent or carer will need to complete the form with you or on your behalf.
If you are 16 or over, you would usually complete the form yourself, although a parent, carer, trusted adult or professional can support you if that would help.
Once we receive your form, we’ll get in touch for a short initial conversation to talk about what you are looking for and make sure Being Me feels like the right support.
Other sources of help
Borders Therapy Hub is not a full directory of every counselling or wellbeing service in the Scottish Borders.
You can also find support through NHS Borders, your GP, or national helplines such as:
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Childline – 0800 1111
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Samaritans – 116 123
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Breathing Space – 0800 83 85 87
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SHOUT: Text 85258 – free, confidential text support
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999 or go to your nearest Emergency Department.