Navigating Autism and ADHD: Individual Therapy for Adults

Individual therapy for adults discovering, often for the first time in adulthood, that they may be autistic, ADHD, or both.

Maybe you've always felt like you were translating yourself for everyone else — reading a room, rehearsing conversations, working twice as hard to look like it comes naturally. Maybe a diagnosis in your own life, or your child's, cracked something open, and now you can't stop noticing how much of your life has been built around performing "normal." Late-identified autism and ADHD are far more common than most people realize, especially in adults who were told they were being sensitive, gifted, quiet, or "too much" as kids — and never once considered for an evaluation. Individual therapy gives you a space to explore what's actually true about how your brain works, without a diagnosis being the price of admission.

You might relate to this if...

● You've spent years feeling one step behind everyone else socially, even when you're objectively good at your job or your relationships

● You're exhausted in a way rest doesn't touch, especially after time around other people

● A late autism or ADHD diagnosis in someone close to you made you start recognizing yourself

● You've built elaborate systems to manage things other people seem to do without thinking twice

● You're not sure if what you're feeling is anxiety, burnout, or something that's been there your whole life

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Working through a late autism identification

For a lot of adults, especially women and those socialized as women, autism doesn't get named until burnout, a major life transition, or a child's diagnosis forces a second look. If that's your story, therapy isn't about convincing you to seek a formal diagnosis or about "fixing" anything — it's about understanding what masking has cost you, learning what your actual needs are versus the ones you've been performing, and figuring out how to build a life that doesn't require constant translation. We'll go at the pace that makes sense for you, whether that means pursuing an assessment, working from self-identification, or simply making sense of a pattern you've noticed for years.

Making sense of a late ADHD identification

ADHD in adulthood often looks less like the stereotype and more like chronic overwhelm — a mind that's always running, a life that's technically working but only because you're holding it together through sheer effort. Many people don't get evaluated until the coping mechanisms that carried them through school or an early career stop being enough. In therapy, we'll look at what's actually driving the exhaustion — executive functioning, emotional regulation, rejection sensitivity — and build an understanding of your brain that's based on how you actually function, not on outdated ideas of what ADHD is supposed to look like.

What this work looks like

I don't use therapy to make you more palatable or easier to manage. My approach is neurodiversity-affirming, which means we start from the premise that your brain isn't broken — it's been operating in environments that weren't built for it. Together we'll work through grief for the years spent not knowing, practical strategies for the parts of daily life that are genuinely hard, and a clearer sense of who you are underneath everything you learned to perform.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a formal diagnosis to start therapy?

No. Many clients come to me self-identified, mid-evaluation, or simply curious. We can start the work from wherever you are.

Is this therapy specifically for women?

Most of my clients are women and people socialized as women who were overlooked for evaluation earlier in life, so a lot of my experience is specific to that pattern — but I work with any adult navigating a late identification.

Do you take insurance?

I am no longer accepting insurance, but will provide you with a superbill that you can use to apply for reimbursement from your insurance company.