Neurodivergent-affirming therapy starts from the understanding that neurological differences such as autism or ADHD are not problems to be eliminated.

Many autistic women in California have spent years in therapeutic or educational environments that focused primarily on helping them appear more “normal.” Often this meant encouraging increased masking or discouraging behaviors that were actually forms of self-regulation.

As a therapist working with autistic women across California and Tennessee, my approach is based on understanding how each person’s nervous system actually functions and building strategies that work with those realities rather than against them.