Therapy for Neurodivergent & ADHD Adults in New York City
Living with a neurodivergent brain in a world built for neurotypicals can feel like you’re always “too much,” “too scattered,” or “not enough.”
Therapy here is not about fixing your brain – it’s about creating a space where your wiring is understood, honored, and supported so you can move through life with more ease, self-trust, and clarity.
Understanding Neurodivergence and ADHD
Neurodivergence is an umbrella term that includes ADHD, autism, learning differences, sensory processing differences, and other ways brains naturally vary.
Instead of seeing these traits as disorders to be cured, a neurodiversity-affirming lens views them as valid ways of being in the world, with both strengths and challenges.
ADHD in adults often looks like:
Chronic procrastination and difficulty starting tasks, even ones you care about
Time blindness, running late, or feeling that time “disappears”
Emotional intensity, rejection sensitivity, and shame spirals after small mistakes
Overflowing ideas with not enough follow-through
Burnout from masking, overworking, or constantly trying to “keep up”
If you’ve wondered whether you’re “lazy,” “too sensitive,” or “broken,” therapy can help you understand what’s actually happening in your nervous system and how to work with your brain, not against it.
A Neurodiversity-Affirming Approach
My work with neurodivergent and ADHD adults is grounded in neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed care.
That means we’re not trying to make you act more “normal”; we’re focusing on reducing suffering, increasing agency, and building a life that works for your nervous system.
In our work together, we will:
Treat your neurotype as a valid identity, not a diagnosis to erase
Explore both strengths (creativity, intuition, hyperfocus, pattern-recognition) and real challenges (executive function, sensory overload, emotional overwhelm)
Question internalized ableism and perfectionism that tell you you’re “too much” or “not enough”
Adapt therapy to fit your sensory, communication, and processing needs, rather than expecting you to adapt to the therapy
What Therapy Can Help With
Therapy for neurodivergent and ADHD adults can support you in many areas of life.
We might work on:
Executive function and daily living
Routines that actually fit your energy, not rigid schedules you abandon after a week
Task initiation, planning, and following through in ways that feel compassionate and realistic
Emotional regulation and burnout
Navigating big feelings, meltdowns, shutdowns, or freeze responses
Understanding and preventing burnout from masking, people-pleasing, and overcommitting
Self-acceptance and identity
Grieving missed or late diagnoses and the impact of being misunderstood
Reclaiming language and stories about yourself so you can feel pride instead of shame in who you are
Relationships, work, and boundaries
Communicating your needs to partners, friends, colleagues, or family
Advocating for accommodations and boundaries that protect your nervous system at work or in school
How We Might Work Together
Because neurodivergent brains take in and process information differently, therapy here is flexible, multimodal, and collaborative.
We’ll experiment to find what actually works for you, and we can adjust as your needs shift.
Depending on your preferences, our work can include:
Talk therapy with clear structure
Gentle, trauma-informed exploration of your history and patterns
ADHD-focused cognitive behavioral strategies to work with time, attention, and self-talk
Somatic and nervous system work
Simple body-based practices to notice cues of overwhelm, shutdown, or dissociation
Tools for grounding, stimming, or movement that help regulate your system instead of suppressing it
Creative and visual supports
Art-making, drawing, or visual mapping to externalize thoughts when words feel tangled
Visual schedules, written summaries, or diagrams to make sessions more concrete and memorable
Practical scaffolding and coaching elements
Breaking down tasks into manageable steps, planning around your real energy cycles
Gentle accountability, reminders, or between-session check-ins as appropriate to support follow-through
Together, we’ll co-create a pace, format, and toolkit that respects your capacity and honors your limits.
What Sessions Feel Like
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy is not a performance review.
You don’t have to mask, make constant eye contact, or explain your “quirks” — your natural ways of speaking, stimming, pausing, or info-dumping are welcome here.
In sessions, you can:
Take notes, fidget, doodle, or move around if that helps you focus
Ask for repeats, slower pacing, or more structure at any time
Use chat, writing, or drawing if speaking feels hard that day
We’ll regularly check in about what’s working and what isn’t, and I’ll adjust the format to support you instead of expecting you to fit a rigid model.
Is This Type of Therapy Right for You?
This neurodivergent-affirming therapy may be a good fit if you:
Suspect or know you’re ADHD, autistic, or otherwise neurodivergent
Feel like traditional therapy hasn’t “gotten” your brain or keeps pathologizing your coping strategies
Are exhausted from masking and want a space where you can finally exhale
Want both emotional support and practical tools for everyday life, not either/or