Neuro-affirming Counselling for Adults, Children, Teens and Parents with ADHD, Autism diagnosed or undiagnosed.
Support for neurodivergent people and families navigating anxiety, overwhelm, burnout, emotional regulation, identity, parenting stress, and the feeling that life has always been harder than it seems to be for others.
My work in this area is shaped by both professional training and lived understanding of late-identified neurodivergence. I know these experiences can bring relief, grief, confusion, self-recognition, and a rethinking of patterns that may have gone unnamed for years.
A space where you do not need to explain everything from the beginning
Some people come to counselling already knowing they are neurodivergent. Others are only beginning to question whether ADHD, autism, masking, sensory overwhelm, burnout, or lifelong feelings of difference may be part of their experience.
You may have spent years trying to cope, push through, or make yourself fit what the world expects, while privately feeling exhausted, misunderstood, or overwhelmed. You may also be a parent trying to support a neurodivergent child while carrying your own stress, uncertainty, or growing self-recognition.
Counselling can offer a space to explore this with compassion, curiosity, and support.
This may feel familiar
You feel overwhelmed more easily than other people seem to.
You are coping on the outside but exhausted underneath.
Anxiety, burnout, or emotional intensity are affecting your daily life.
You feel stuck in patterns you cannot quite explain.
You want support that feels compassionate, practical, and deeper than surface coping.
Neuroaffirming counselling may support with..
ADHD and neurodivergent experiences
Masking and burnout
Overwhelm and emotional dysregulation
Anxiety and shutdown
Identity and self-understanding
Sensory stress
Relationship challenges
Parenting a neurodivergent child
Late-identified or questioning neurodivergence
Self-acceptance and reducing shame
My approach
I offer a neuroaffirming, compassionate, and integrative approach that respects your individuality rather than trying to make you fit a one-size-fits-all model. I draw from counselling approaches including somatic therapy, CBT, ACT, solution-focused work, attachment understanding, and nervous system support.
As someone with lived experience of being diagnosed as neurodivergent later in life, and through parenting a neurodivergent child, I understand that these experiences can be complex, emotional, validating, confronting, and deeply personal. This perspective informs my work with care, respect, and humility.
Who I work with
I support
Neurodivergent adults
Adults questioning whether they may be neurodivergent
Neurodivergent children and teens
Parents of neurodivergent children
Online counselling across Australia and in person on the Northern Beaches
Neuroaffirming counselling is available online across Australia and in person on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Frequently Asked Questions
For additional FAQs that haven’t been answered here, have a look at the FAQ page, link below or reach out to support@steadywithin.com.au
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Yes. You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out. Counselling can be a space to explore your experience gently and make sense of what you have been carrying.
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Yes. I support neurodivergent children and teens with anxiety, school stress, emotional regulation, self-esteem, overwhelm, and relationship challenges.
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Yes. Parent support is an important part of my practice and can help with overwhelm, emotional exhaustion, advocacy fatigue, and family dynamics.
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Neuroaffirming means recognising neurodivergence as a valid way of experiencing and moving through the world, rather than something that needs to be fixed.
Take the next step
If you are looking for neuroaffirming counselling online across Australia or in person on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, you are welcome to get in touch.