If You’re Here...

You may have spent years carrying more than most people realize.

Maybe you learned how to adapt early — building systems, overthinking social interactions, monitoring yourself constantly, and pushing yourself to keep functioning even when everything internally felt overwhelming or exhausting.

From the outside, it may look like you are managing well.

But internally, life may feel effortful in ways that are difficult to explain to other people.

Over time, many neurodivergent adults begin living in a near-constant state of burnout, pressure, perfectionism, emotional exhaustion, overwhelm, shutdown, or chronic self-doubt without fully understanding why everyday life seems to require so much more energy than it appears to for everyone else.

That is not a personal failure.

What you have been navigating makes sense in context, even if no one ever explained it that way before.

When Things Start Making Sense

You may have started questioning whether you could be autistic, ADHD, or both.

And when that possibility begins coming into focus, many long-standing patterns suddenly begin connecting differently.

The burnout.
The masking.
The overwhelm.
The exhaustion after social interaction.
The pressure to constantly “try harder.”
The feeling that you are somehow always working harder just to keep up.

These were not random struggles or evidence that something was inherently wrong with you.

They were understandable responses to navigating environments and expectations that were not designed around your nervous system.

For many people, this shift from self-blame toward understanding becomes the beginning of a very different relationship with themselves.

Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy in Arizona

Therapy can become a space where you no longer have to constantly explain, minimize, justify, or translate your experiences in order for them to be understood.

This work is not about forcing yourself to appear more neurotypical.

It is about helping you understand your nervous system more accurately, reduce the chronic strain of masking and over-functioning, and build ways of living that feel more sustainable, authentic, and supportive for your actual capacity and needs.

Together, we may explore autistic burnout, perfectionism, emotional exhaustion, executive functioning difficulties, sensory overwhelm, relationships and boundaries, chronic self-blame, identity and late discovery, and the process of rebuilding self-trust over time.

Many clients describe this as the first time therapy has felt like it addressed the deeper patterns underneath the exhaustion rather than only focusing on surface-level symptoms.

My Approach

I’m Christine Harris, LPCC, a licensed clinical therapist and late-diagnosed AuDHD (Autistic & ADHD) adult.

I created this practice to offer the kind of space I wish had existed earlier in my own life — neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed, evidence-based, and grounded in both professional training and lived neurodivergent experience.

I provide telehealth therapy to autistic and ADHD adults physically located in Arizona at the time of sessions, in accordance with Arizona licensure laws.

Sessions are held securely online, allowing therapy to happen from your own environment without requiring additional energy for commuting, travel, waiting rooms, or navigating overwhelming environments simply to access support.

For many people in Arizona, access to neurodivergent-affirming specialists can be limited depending on location. Telehealth makes it possible to access specialized care without needing to find someone locally who fully understands neurodivergent experiences. That access alone can create a meaningful shift in what support feels like.

An Invitation to Begin

If you are ready to begin understanding yourself with more clarity, compassion, and context, you do not have to do that alone.

If you are physically located in Arizona and are considering therapy, you can learn more here:

→ Therapy

If you would like a broader sense of the philosophy behind this work and additional learning resources, you can begin here:

→ Home

You can also view all states where I currently provide telehealth therapy here:

→ Licensed States 

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