NEURODIVERSITY

As a neurodivergent consultant clinical psychologist, I don’t bring neurotypical expectations into the room. You’re not asked to mask, keep up, or fit a pace that isn’t yours.

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I adapt therapy to your nervous system — slowing down when overwhelm or shutdown hits, adding structure when it helps, keeping things spacious when your mind needs room.

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I’ve spent over twenty years working with autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, PDA, dyslexic and dyspraxic clients, and I see neurodiversity as a valid framework for understanding long-term disability in a world not built for us.

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Sessions can include finding stims that soothe, creating sensory anchors, and working with rhythms that keep you regulated. If you’re alexithymic, we use metaphor, body cues and patterns instead of forcing emotion-labelling.

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I’m also careful not to over-explain everything as “trauma” or “ND”. Many neurodivergent people have faced both ableism and CPTSD, and neither gets erased or reduced here.

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If you experience dissociation, shutdowns, hyperfocus collapses, or states that resemble psychosis under pressure, these are understood as protective responses — not pathology.

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I also work with physical conditions that often sit alongside neurodivergence, including EDS, POTS and autonomic issues, and integrate them into pacing, safety and capacity.

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If you came to your identity late, the grief of being misunderstood matters. So does protecting what’s unique about you — the creativity, depth and pattern-recognition that often get overlooked.

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Therapy adapts to how you are that day: slower, smaller, steadier, or more energetic as needed. There is no one right way to do this work — only the way that works for your system.