If traditional therapy has ever felt like too much — too much small talk, too much eye contact, too fast, too bright — you are not doing it wrong. For many autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD (both autistic and ADHD) women, the standard therapy format can add sensory and social load right when you most need ease. There is a gentler way.

Why traditional therapy can be hard for neurodivergent women

So much of conventional therapy assumes a neurotypical rhythm: reading between the lines, tolerating open-ended pauses, masking discomfort. For neurodivergent women — many of whom have spent a lifetime masking — that can be exhausting, and it can quietly get in the way of the actual healing.

What neurodivergent-affirming therapy means

Neurodivergent-affirming care starts from a simple truth: your brain is not broken. Instead of fitting you to the therapy, we fit the therapy to you — honoring your sensory needs, your pacing, and the way your mind actually works. (Becca also offers counseling for women with ADHD.)

Why Brainspotting and IFS fit so well

Both approaches are gentle and body-led. Brainspotting does not require you to narrate your whole story out loud — a relief for anyone who processes differently. IFS meets every part of you with compassion rather than judgment.

From lived experience

As a neurodivergent therapist myself, I understand this from the inside. My best work is with AuDHD, highly sensitive, and gifted women carrying trauma — not despite how our minds work, but in a way that finally makes room for it.