Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy
Living in a world that isn’t built around neurodivergent ways of being can take a quiet, heavy toll. Constantly adapting to environments that don’t meet your needs, or to expectations that were never designed with you in mind, can be exhausting.
Whether you’re autistic, a person with ADHD, AuDHD, or exploring your own neurodivergence, our work is led by you and your lived experience. There’s no pressure to present in any particular way here. Masking often happens automatically, built up over many years, so there’s no expectation to stop. If it feels right, we can gently explore it together, at your own pace.
Understanding yourself later in life
Recognising your neurodivergence as an adult can bring relief, clarity and a lot to reflect on. Past experiences, such as sensory overwhelm, burnout or the energy cost of masking, may start to make sense in a new way.
How therapy can help
Together, we can make space for whatever this brings up, question long-held and unfair beliefs about yourself, and explore how to build a life that respects your needs, energy and boundaries. Sessions can be adapted to suit you, for example with breaks, written summaries, or working online or by phone.
Choosing how we work
There are three ways we can work together. You choose whichever feels right, and you can change your mind at any point: integrative work is flexible and built around your needs and wishes.
- Counselling on its own. A relational, affirming space to explore your identity and experiences, at your own pace and in your own way. Mindfulness practices can be adapted to suit you, if they feel helpful.
- Hypnotherapy on its own. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy combines Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with guided relaxation in hypnosis, and can support with things like stress, overwhelm and sleep. It’s never about changing who you are.
- A mixture of both. For example, talking things through in counselling, with hypnotherapy sessions alongside or later on.
Not sure which to choose? We can talk it through on your free call.
Taking the first step
If you’d like to talk, we can start with a free 20-minute phone call, or by email if that suits you better. It’s a chance to ask any questions and see whether working together feels right for you.