Autism Therapy for Adults
Neurodiversity-affirming therapy for Autistic adults, diagnosed, self-identified, or still exploring. The goal was never to make you less Autistic. It's to make your life fit you better.
Tired of performing a version of yourself
You've spent years studying people the way others study a second language: learning the scripts, holding the eye contact, timing the nods. It works, mostly. And it costs more than anyone around you can see. If this sounds familiar:
- You hold it together all day and collapse the moment you're home, with nothing left for the people and things you love
- A late diagnosis or self-discovery has you re-reading your entire life, with relief and grief arriving together
- The sensory world is set to the wrong volume: lights, sounds, textures, and crowds that everyone else seems not to notice
- Socializing runs on scripts and post-event replays, and the replays are merciless
- You're in, or nearing, burnout: skills you've had for years suddenly harder, words less available, everything more
- You've tried therapy before and spent it either educating the therapist or being nudged to act more neurotypical
You're not broken. The fit is.
Autism isn't a defect to correct; it's a neurotype moving through a world calibrated for a different one. The hard parts show up in predictable places, and naming where they live is the first phase of the work.
The work is fit, not fixing. Each of these lives in the overlap between you and your environment, which means each can be worked on without changing who you are.
Every path to knowing you're Autistic
Diagnosed at 8 or at 48, self-identified, or still asking the question. However you got here, you don't have to prove anything to start.
Late-diagnosed adults
A diagnosis in adulthood, and a whole life suddenly asking to be re-read.
High-masking adults
Passing as neurotypical at great cost, often missed by every screening along the way.
Autistic burnout
When years of over-functioning catch up: skills receding, capacity gone, everything too much.
Self-identified & questioning
No formal diagnosis required. If the pattern fits, the work fits.
AuDHD adults
Autistic and ADHD together: two systems that sometimes want opposite things.
Four fronts, on your terms
Nothing here is masking training in disguise. Every goal is set by you, checked against your actual capacity, and aimed at a life that fits.
Identity & unmasking
Working out who you are underneath the performance, at a pace you control. Processing the relief and grief of late discovery, deciding where masking still serves you, and where you're done paying for it.
Sensory life & regulation
Building a sensory plan around your real profile: what regulates you, what overloads you, and the accommodations that make daily life survivable. Stimming is regulation, not a habit to break.
Burnout recovery & energy
Getting out of burnout and building a life that doesn't require it: honest energy budgeting, recovery that actually restores, and boundaries around the demands that drain you fastest.
Relationships, work & self-advocacy
Navigating a mixed-neurotype world on your own terms: asking for what you need, communicating in ways that work for you, and letting the right people meet the real you.
A clear, structured plan, built in sequence
This is structured, ND-affirming work. By session three you'll know your plan, its phases, and roughly how long the work takes. Sessions are 50-55 minutes, predictable and direct: clear agendas, no small-talk requirements, processing time built in.
To be explicit about the stance: the goal here is never to make you seem more neurotypical. No forced eye contact, no scripts for passing, no treating your traits as symptoms. Autism is the context of the work, not its target.
Assessment
Your profile as it actually is: sensory, social, energy, strengths.
Your personal map
Where daily life costs you the most, and why.
Skills phases
Regulation, energy, self-advocacy, and unmasking, built in sequence.
Consolidation
Making the better-fitting life yours, so it holds outside the session.
All sessions online via secure, HIPAA-compliant video. You must be physically located in Texas, Maine, Montana, or New Hampshire at the time of session. Being at home, with your sensory setup the way you like it, makes online therapy a good fit for many Autistic adults.
Visit the services page to see which insurances are accepted, along with current rates and private pay options.
ND-affirming, structured therapy informed by specialized neurodivergence training, including AANE coursework and AANE Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) training. Full credentials →
You were never too much. Come as you are.
The consultation is free and short. We'll talk by phone (I'll call you at the time you schedule) and see if we're a fit. No pressure, no commitment.