Neurodiversity
I work with neurodivergent individuals offering psychotherapy that is adapted to different ways of thinking, processing, and experiencing the world.
My approach recognises neurodivergence as a natural and valuable form of human diversity. Therapy is not about changing who you are, but about understanding your inner experience, reducing shame, and supporting emotional wellbeing in ways that affirm neurodivergence.
Many neurodivergent people come to therapy feeling misunderstood, overwhelmed, or exhausted from years of adapting themselves to fit into environments that were not designed with their needs in mind. I aim to offer a therapeutic space where you do not need to mask, perform, or explain yourself repeatedly.
Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy
Neurodiversity-affirming therapy centres your lived experience rather than pathologising difference. It acknowledges both the strengths and challenges of neurodivergence, and the impact of chronic misunderstanding, invalidation, or pressure to “fit in.”
Therapy focuses on:
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Understanding how your nervous system responds to the world
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Exploring emotional regulation, overwhelm, and burnout
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Reducing shame linked to difference, masking, or past experiences
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Supporting self-acceptance, agency, and identity
The work is collaborative and flexible, shaped around what feels safe and meaningful for you.
We will work together to understand your neurodivergence
Neurodivergence refers to differences in how people think, process information, regulate emotion, communicate, and relate to others. These differences are not deficits, but variations in human experience.
Difficulties often arise not from neurodivergence itself, but from living in systems and relationships that do not accommodate different processing styles, sensory needs, or communication preferences. Therapy offers space to explore this with compassion and curiosity, rather than self-criticism.
How I Work with Neurodiversity
I adapt therapy to the individual, rather than expecting the individual to adapt to therapy. This means paying close attention to pace, language, structure, and regulation.
My integrative approach draws on person-centred, psychodynamic, attachment-based, and adapted cognitive-behavioural frameworks, allowing the work to remain relational, reflective, and responsive.