If You're Here...

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

Maybe you learned early how to adapt, over-function, self-monitor, and push yourself to meet expectations that never fully fit how your brain or nervous system actually worked. From the outside, you may appear capable, responsible, dependable, or highly functional.

But internally, life may feel exhausting.

Many neurodivergent adults spend years trying harder without understanding why everyday life seems to require so much more effort than it appears to for other people. Over time, that strain can become chronic burnout, perfectionism, emotional exhaustion, shutdown, overwhelm, self-doubt, or the constant feeling that you are barely holding everything together.

None of this reflects 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 recently started questioning whether you could be autistic, ADHD, or both.

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

The burnout.
The masking.
The overwhelm.
The pressure to constantly “try harder.”
The exhaustion after social interaction.
The feeling that life somehow takes more effort than it seems to for everyone else.

These were not signs 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 Ohio

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

This work is not about teaching you how 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 Ohio at the time of sessions, in accordance with Ohio 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 environments that already feel exhausting or overwhelming.

Many of the adults I work with in Ohio have spent years adapting to environments that required constant masking, over-functioning, or emotional suppression in order to keep meeting expectations. Therapy becomes a place to begin untangling those patterns at a pace that actually fits your nervous system and capacity.

That shift can make a meaningful difference over time.

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 Ohio 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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