Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy

Telehealth service areas: Minnesota, Florida, Arizona, and Ohio.

If you’re exhausted from masking, burned out from pushing yourself to meet neurotypical expectations, or finally ready to understand why life has felt so much harder than it “should,” you’re in the right place.

Life as a neurodivergent adult often means moving through a world that wasn’t designed with your brain in mind. You may have spent years carrying confusion, self-doubt, and the sense that you’re somehow “behind,” even while working twice as hard as everyone around you.

Therapy is where you get to set that weight down.

This work isn’t about changing who you are. It’s about honoring who you are — and building a life that feels sustainable, authentic, and free from shame.

My Approach

My approach is neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed, and grounded in clinical judgment rather than rigid, one-size-fits-all techniques.

I don’t view autism, ADHD, or other forms of neurodivergence as flaws to be corrected. They are natural variations in human brains and nervous systems. In our work together, we explore how your environment, history, coping strategies, and lived experiences have shaped your life — including masking, perfectionism, burnout, and navigating spaces that didn’t always understand your needs.

Here, you don’t have to translate your experience into neurotypical language, justify your struggles, or perform neurotypicality. Together, we identify strengths, reduce shame, and develop ways of living that actually fit how your brain works.

All sessions are held via secure telehealth, allowing private, accessible therapy from the comfort of your own space.

Ways to Work Together

There isn’t one right way to begin therapy. Different nervous systems, life circumstances, and capacities call for different kinds of support.

Some clients choose ongoing therapy, where we work together over time to explore patterns, process experiences, and support long-term integration.

Others prefer to start with a focused, time-limited therapy package — a contained space designed to address a specific experience in a clear and intentional way.

Both approaches are grounded in the same neurodivergent-affirming framework. The difference is not depth, but scope and pacing.

Choosing What Fits You

Some clients complete a focused package and feel it gave them exactly what they needed. Others find that the work opens areas they want to explore more deeply and choose to continue in ongoing therapy.

There is no expectation to continue beyond a package. Near the end of our work together, we’ll check in collaboratively about what feels most supportive — whether that’s ongoing therapy, a pause, or a different form of support.

If you’re unsure which option is the best place to start, we can talk it through during a free consultation and decide together.

Is This a Good Fit for You?

Many people find their way here as they begin to recognize they may be autistic, ADHD, or otherwise neurodivergent, often while navigating burnout, unmasking, or the emotions that come with late-in-life recognition.

Some are recovering from years of pushing beyond their limits while living with chronic overwhelm, anxiety, depression, or trauma. Others are seeking clarity around their emotions, patterns, and needs.

Whether you are questioning your neurodivergence, re-contextualizing your history through a new lens, or looking for a way of living that feels more aligned and manageable, you are welcome here.

If you’re looking for a space where nothing about your experience is “too much,” this approach may be a supportive fit. During a free consultation, we can talk things through and decide together whether this feels like the right next step.

How Therapy Can Support You

Therapy is a collaborative space where you don’t have to explain, defend, or prove your struggles. It’s where you can reconnect with yourself and build a life that finally fits.

This work may support you in:

Identity and understanding

• making sense of new or evolving self-understanding

• exploring identity, values, and meaning

• integrating past experiences with more clarity and compassion

Nervous system support and regulation

• developing routines and structures that support regulation

• strengthening emotional awareness and self-trust

• responding to stress and overwhelm with greater flexibility

Relationships and daily life

• clarifying boundaries and communication needs

• navigating relationship patterns with less self-blame

• translating insight into practical, sustainable changes

Healing isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s remembering you were never broken — and learning how to live in a way that honors your neurodivergent mind.

What We’ll Do Together

Early sessions: Understanding your story
We explore your history, current challenges, strengths, and goals. This helps us identify patterns and themes so therapy is tailored to you, not a preset framework.

Middle phase: Exploration and capacity-building
Depending on your needs, we may focus on understanding internal patterns, developing self-compassion, building capacity, and experimenting with changes that support regulation, pacing, and authenticity.

Ongoing work: Integration and sustainable living
Therapy becomes a space for refining what works, strengthening self-advocacy, and building a life that fits your energy, values, and nervous system — not external expectations.

What to Expect

Session structure
60-minute sessions via secure telehealth, typically weekly or biweekly. Frequency is discussed together and adjusted based on capacity, needs, and what feels sustainable.

Between sessions
I may suggest reflections or practices, but only when they feel supportive and manageable. Therapy is collaborative — not a performance.

Your pace matters
Some sessions go deep; others focus on stabilization or support. Capacity changes, and that’s part of the work.

Flexibility
Therapy is adapted as needed to support neurodivergent adults navigating burnout, overwhelm, or fluctuating energy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a formal diagnosis?
No. What matters is your lived experience and your readiness to understand yourself more deeply. Many people come to therapy without a formal diagnosis and still benefit from exploring patterns, burnout, and nervous system needs through a neurodivergent lens.

How is this different from traditional therapy?
You are not treated as a problem to fix or a set of symptoms to manage. The focus is on understanding your experiences in context, reducing internalized shame, and making sense of patterns shaped by a world that wasn’t designed for you. Rather than pushing coping strategies or skills for their own sake, the work centers on building ways of living that genuinely support your neurodivergent needs, capacity, and well-being.

How much does therapy cost?
Ongoing therapy sessions are $225 for 60 minutes. I am an out-of-network provider and do not bill insurance directly. Some plans offer out-of-network benefits, and many clients choose to work with Thrizer to simplify reimbursement.

I also offer focused, five-session therapy packages at $200 per-session rate due to their defined scope and prepaid structure. I accept HSA/FSA for both ongoing therapy and therapy packages. CareCredit may be used for focused therapy packages with a defined total cost.

For more details about scheduling, technology, and policies, please visit the FAQ page.

Ready to Begin?

You don’t have to navigate burnout, shame, or self-doubt alone. Therapy offers a space where every part of you is welcome — messy, brilliant, complicated — and where you can finally feel seen.

Whether you’re just beginning to explore therapy or ready to go deeper, you’ll be met with respect, understanding, and room to be fully yourself.

You’ve already shown strength by getting this far. Therapy can be the place where you stop surviving and start living in a way that actually fits.