As an ADHDer myself, I know all too well the difficulties and challenges a person with a differently wired brain experiences living in a world not built for us.

I have worked with people of all ages living with ADHD and especially love working with adults who want to learn how to best support the unique needs ADHD brings.

I specifically seek out education and understanding from those of us in the ADHD community in order to best recognize how to modify and accommodate ADHD needs in therapy.

ADHDers experience burnout, anxiety, depression and more when we are unsupported. ADHDers benefit from modifying therapy to work with the way we think.

As an Autistic person I understand the way Autistic people experience the world differently.

As an Autistic therapist, I mainly seek information from and learn the most from the Autistic community - as we know best how to accommodate out unique needs.

In working with Autistic clients, I work with you to learn how you may need modifications to different therapies to suit your needs. I work with each individual client to make sure your unique way of experiencing the world is accommodated (to the best of my ability).

For those who want to explore more of their Autistic identify, I do bring research, lived experience I’ve learned from our community as well as Autistic advocates and educators (many of whom are multiply marginalized and live with higher support needs).

I do not have any specific therapies I recommend for being Autistic - rather we work together to identify areas of need and how to best support each need.

I do have experience with intense Autistic Burnout and support Autistic folks through burnout.

As a person who is disabled partially due to chronic illnesses which cause chronic pain, I (unfortunately) have unique insight into supporting folks who experience the same and similar.

For those of us who have physical disabilities as well as Neurodivergence - life is especially challenging.

I use my own experience as well as learning from the disability justice/disability rights communities to inform my practices working with disabled clients living with chronic illness and/or chronic pain.

I have both lived and professional experience working with impact of complex trauma.

In working with clients living with complex post traumatic stress disorder, I always work collaboratively, providing psychoeducation (essentially information on how trauma impacts us neurologically physically, emotionally, etc.)

We then determine together which therapeutic modalities best meet your needs and preferences for working through the impacts of complex trauma on your life.

The therapies I use for supporting clients living with complex trauma:

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

• Parts Work (based on Internal Family Systems Therapy)

• Schema Therapy

Grief is more than an emotional state we experience after losing someone we care about.

Grief can be realizing we’ve had needs which has been unsupported for years.

Grief can be the feeling we experience when we realize how much we have been suppressing our true selves.

Grief can be not even knowing who we are.

Grief can be a lot of things and if its something you experience - I can support with this.

It is super common for Neurodivergent people to experience depression.

The experience of living in a world not made for us.

The experience of living and working in situations which do not accommodate our sensory needs.

Having family and friends who simply do not understand.

The state of the world right now.

All of this can easily contribute to feelings of depression or “full blown” depressive states.

It can be extra exhausting to experience depression as a Neurodivergent adult as we may have even less support and executive functioning to work through depression.

As someone who experiences depression and is multiply Neurodivergent, I understand a lot of this and help support my clients through the same.

While dissociation is a skill or mental state, some of us experience more regularly and intensely and live with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DUD) and Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD).

My understanding as a system who continues to learn from the plural community is: those of us who experience this are not broken. Instead, we are in need of support and benefit from learning how to support our parts from people who meet us with understanding and compassion.

I do not believe we have to ‘reintegrate’ to lead happy lives.

I support every client in making the choices best for their unique situation and preferences in working through dissociation.

I do provide psychoeducation on this topic and often utilize dissociation specific skills with EMDR and parts work (based on Internal Family Systems therapy).

I am gender-fluid and pan.

As a member of the LGBTQIAP2S+ community I continue to seek out lived experience from the most marginalized in each community to provide support from an affirming and inclusive lens.

I wholeheartedly believe: Gender affirming health care saves lives.

PDA - also known as Pervasive Drive for Autonomy - is becoming more well-known and people who recognize themselves s PDAers have a difficult time finding service providers who understand it.

PDA is recognized as a nervous system disability which impacts a persons ability to meet needs and demands - both internal and external.

As a PDAer who has worked with PADers - I am all too familiar with PDA.

Therapy can be quite interesting for us as it can feel like a demand and can impact the therapeutic relationship and process. This simply means we need more understanding and maybe some accommodation to make it work.

I am well-equipped to support fellow PADers in the therapeutic process.

PMDD is highly under-recognized and misunderstood. As someone who experiences the effects of PMDD, I know it can be an exhausting and isolating experience.

While there isn’t a specific therapy for PMDD, I have found modifying DBT as well as other modalities can be helpful.

Working with a provider who understands what it’s like to live with can make all of the difference.