Brittany Van Dommele

M.Couns., BN.

Brittany is the newest practitioner at Neuromed, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to support children, parents, and families navigating neurodevelopmental differences. A Masters-qualified counsellor with a background in nursing, she combines clinical understanding with compassionate, family-centred care to create meaningful and practical support for families.
Brittany has a special interest in working with children and parents experiencing challenges related to ADHD, emotional regulation, behavioural concerns, and the everyday complexities that can accompany neurodivergence. Her approach recognises that behind every behaviour is communication, and that understanding a child’s individual needs is the foundation for lasting change.
Using evidence-informed and neuroaffirming practices, Brittany works alongside families to better understand how each child experiences and responds to the world. Rather than focusing on changing who a child is or relying solely on compliance-based behaviour management, her work centres on supporting children in ways that honour their unique strengths, needs, and ways of thinking.
The goal is not to change who your child is.
The goal is to help parents better understand their child, reduce family stress, strengthen connection, and build confidence navigating everyday challenges together.
Brittany is also passionate about supporting children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing from an early age. She believes that children benefit when emotions are understood rather than dismissed, and when families are supported to recognise emotional needs before they become overwhelming. Building emotional literacy, self-awareness, coping skills, confidence, and healthy ways of expressing feelings can create protective foundations for long-term mental health and resilience. Through age-appropriate counselling approaches and parent collaboration, Brittany helps children develop skills to understand themselves, navigate emotions, and feel safe being who they are.
At the same time, Brittany recognises that supporting a neurodivergent child can place significant demands on parents and carers. Parenting can bring immense joy, but it can also be accompanied by stress, emotional exhaustion, self-doubt, relationship strain, decision fatigue, and feelings of isolation or burnout. Brittany believes supporting the child means supporting the whole family system.
Her work therefore extends beyond the child alone and includes working alongside parents to strengthen their own capacity, wellbeing, and confidence. Sessions create space for parents to reflect on their own experiences, identify stress responses, develop practical coping and regulation strategies, and feel supported without judgement. Drawing on counselling approaches including cognitive behavioural strategies, solution-focused techniques, psychoeducation, emotional regulation skills, and parent coaching, Brittany helps families find realistic and sustainable ways forward.
Brittany believes that neuroaffirming care is important because children thrive when they feel safe, understood, and accepted. By emphasising accommodation, connection, regulation, and skill-building, families can move beyond cycles of frustration and create environments that support both the child’s development and the wellbeing of the whole family.
Her aim is for parents to leave feeling empowered, informed, and supported—knowing they do not need to parent perfectly, but with greater understanding, practical tools, and a stronger connection with both themselves and their child.

Stay tuned for her programs and availability.