Counselling for Autism/ADHA/Neurodivergance
I specialize in working with people with autism and ADHD, and I particularly love working with people who are late diagnosed or beginning to understand their neurodivergence later in life. Being late diagnosed myself has helped me understand that journey on a personal level, including the grief, the relief, the reworking of your identity, and the process of finally having language for things you may have experienced your whole life, but never understood why.
My approach is neuroaffirming, which means I do not see autism or ADHD as problems to be fixed. For a long time, autism and ADHD have been understood through comparison to what is considered “normal,” and that can leave people feeling like they are disordered, broken, too much, or not enough. I see it differently. Autism and ADHD are the lens through which your brain and nervous system experience the world. They shape how you process information, respond to your environment, connect with others, experience emotions, and move through relationships.
At the same time, I fully recognize that being neurodivergent can be disabling. It can be incredibly hard to live, work, learn, and relate in a world that often is not built for your brain. To me, this does not mean you are the problem. It means there can be a real mismatch between what your brain and nervous system need and what your environment expects from you. A big part of my work is helping people understand how they actually function, what their brain and nervous system need, and how to work with themselves instead of constantly against themselves. Ultimately, I care about helping neurodivergent people build lives that feel more authentic, more sustainable, and more true to who they really are.