There has been a recent emergence of a fresh and distinctive outlook on the world of mental well-being and personal growth, which emphasizes not just clinical approaches to psychotherapy but also incorporates studies on the brain and its components. Aude Ayliffe is an expert in inner confidence and an international specialist in transforming the mind. For over ten years, she has been practicing as a licensed psychotherapist and coach.
Aude’s work is unique and it focuses on core areas, such as anxiety, stress, narcissistic abuse, and ADHD. Her work is well known for providing life-changing solutions with her mind-clarity retreats. The highly personalized and life-changing opportunities that are currently based in Windsor United Kingdom are expected to spread to luxury seaside plans in Turkey and Bali by the year 2025.
Today it is a great honor to introduce Aude Ayliffe and to discuss how she started on her path, what techniques she uses, and, most importantly, what changes in people who turn to her for help she has observed.
1. Your approach contains neuroscience, psychotherapy, and coaching. How did you evolve this methodology, and what are the advantages of this methodology over traditional single-discipline approaches?
My multi-disciplinary approach is based on my private practice work with clients who reach their best therapeutic goal. Fluidly using both psychotherapeutic and coaching modalities one session at a time helps me understand them on a deeper level and collaboratively understand how their minds work their needs, and mind states.
2. Your mind clarity retreat technique showcases the transformational power. Can you share such a particular success story?
I can recall many success stories experienced by my participants. Some participants who experienced chronic anxiety and overthinking for decades felt defeated even after years of therapy only to finally understand how their mind processes stressors and deep-rooted emotional triggers. They also learned self-compassion and easy self-regulation techniques that instantly worked for them. It is always truly mind-blowing and heartwarming for me to witness.
3. You are a specialist in areas like narcissistic abuse healing and ADHD management. How your approach is different from other conventional treatments?
In addition to my training and professional experience in narcissism and ADHD, I authentically share my personal experiences of narcissistic abuse and my healing journey as well as how I learned to manage my ADHD traits and triggers making ADHD my superpower.
4. Your work mainly focuses on “inner confidence”. How do you help your clients to develop it? What are some key strategies?
I believe Inner confidence stems from a strong authentic sense of self. Using both psychotherapeutic modalities and coaching I help my participants raise their self-awareness and understand their unique mind works, conscious and unconscious emotional triggers, and the root causes for our relational and behavioral patterns before implementing simple practical changes with self-compassion.
5. What is your inspiration to keep your retreat limited to only six participants? How does this intimate approach enhance the transformational experience?
Mind Clarity Retreats are bespoke and focused on each of the six participants and their completed personal questionnaire. I get to connect with each of them and offer them my full attention and their unique experiences and needs during the retreat journey. A small group of participants attending our topic-based retreats gives them a sense of belonging, privacy, and vulnerability which is paramount for their transformation.
6. As you want to expand your retreats to Turkey and Bali, what would be your plan to utilize these new places to help people change their lives?
My plan is to offer Mind Clarity Retreats to more international clients for five days or longer retreats with the opportunity to do deeper therapeutic work and more coaching and holistic practices in idyllic beach venues.
