Therapy for Neurodivergent Adults
You’re not tired because you’re weak. You’re tired because you’ve been running two people all day — the one who gets through the meeting, makes the right amount of eye contact, laughs on cue, and the one underneath doing all that math in real time, probably for decades.
Masking is work
Unpaid, invisible, extremely nervous-system-taxing work. For a lot of late-identified neurodivergent adults — especially women diagnosed with ADHD or autism later in life — the exhaustion, the flare-ups, the “why can’t I just cope like everyone else” spiral? That’s the invoice finally showing up.
What neurodivergence-affirming actually means
In plain terms: ADHD, autism, AuDHD, sensory stuff — these are variations, not something to fix. A lot of therapy was built for neurotypical brains without trauma histories, and never actually tested on brains that work differently. So if CBT didn’t work for you, that’s not a you problem. That’s a mismatch.
What that looks like day to day
You don’t need to arrive with everything figured out or explained neatly. Skills get offered, never handed down as homework — if a worksheet doesn’t fit how your brain works, that’s useful information, not a failure on your part. And the room itself is built to be low-pressure: fidget stuff on the table, no required eye contact, sit however you sit.
No formal diagnosis required. Plenty of clients are self-identified, mid-assessment, or already diagnosed. All of it’s welcome here.
This work addresses the toll of masking, burnout, and whatever anxiety or trauma got layered on top — it’s support and psychoeducation, not a diagnostic assessment.
Related
Complex Trauma & cPTSD Therapy if trauma’s tangled up in the masking, or Pain Reprocessing Therapy & Physical Symptoms if years of pushing through turned into actual physical symptoms. More on the mismatch: Why CBT Didn’t Work For You.
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Common questions
Do I need a formal autism or ADHD diagnosis to book?
No. Plenty of clients are self-identified, late-discovering, or mid-assessment. Others have a formal diagnosis already. Everyone’s welcome.
What does “neurodivergence-affirming” actually mean once I’m in the room?
It means ADHD, autism, and the sensory or processing stuff that comes with them are treated as variations, not deficits to fix. The work here is about fitting therapy to how your brain actually operates — not pushing you toward some neurotypical default.
I’m exhausted from years of masking — is that something therapy can actually help with?
Yes — masking exhaustion, burnout, and the physical symptoms that tend to come along with years of unrecognized adapting are a big, central part of this work.
Are you going to make me do worksheets or skills homework?
Not automatically. Skills matter, but they’re offered, never forced — if a particular tool doesn’t fit how your brain works, that tells us something useful. It’s not a failure on your part.
Do you have sensory accommodations in the office?
The space is set up to be low-pressure — fidget tools around, no expectation of eye contact or sitting a certain way. If there’s something specific that would help you, just say so and we’ll sort it out.