Neurodivergence

You’re a Normal Zebra, not a Weird Horse

You’ve spent years doing your best to mask the struggle, wondering why “basic” tasks and interactions feel impossible to complete or navigate. Here’s the a truth you already know…you’ve always been different and done your best to repress it.

Your brain operates differently than 90% of others. And through no fault of your own, that difference has cost you.

Living in a neurotypical world means:

  • Performing to appear “normal” (code-switching) while your internally things feel fragmented or fraudulent

  • Authenticity is replaced by conformity; replacing one’s value-led process with hallow group acceptance.

  • Suppressed shame from years of embarrassment, receiving messages of being “too much” or “not enough” resulting in social anxiety and isolation.


The Movement Towards Integration is a Three-Part Journey

Recovery is about understanding, adapting, and healing. Here’s how:

1. Building Understanding of Your Brain’s Uniqueness:

  • Why societal advice and traditional models of productivity fail you

  • How your interest-based neurology requires you to operate differently

  • The real reasons behind “time blindness” and executive function challenges

  • Why emotional intensity isn’t a character flaw—it’s neurological

2. Developing Practical Tools

Systems that work WITH your brain, not against it

Together, we create personalized strategies for:

  • Visual organization systems that bypass working memory limits

  • Body doubling techniques for challenging tasks

  • Novelty-building to maintain engagement

  • External scaffolding for executive function support

  • Sensory regulation tools for overwhelm

3. Healing Emotional Wounds

Processing years of misunderstanding

Perhaps most importantly, we address:

  • The grief of late-diagnosis and support not received earlier in life

  • Internalized shame and feared criticism turned inwards

  • Rejection sensitivity and its protective patterns

  • The exhaustion, fatigue and eventual burnout from chronic masking

  • Reclaiming strengths that were pathologized

Life on the Other Side

Imagine:

  • Energy freed from constant masking and performance to allocate where ever you choose

  • Relationships built on your honest, playful self

  • Work projects and relationships that leverage your strengths

  • The confidence in self-trust replacing self-criticism


Why This Approach Works

Having worked extensively with neurodivergent adults—particularly those diagnosed later in life, I understand the unique challenges you face. My approach combines:

  • Use of trauma-informed, evidence-based modalities adapted for neurodivergent minds

  • A non-pathologizing lens that honors your difference, not disfunction

  • Practical strategies rooted in real-world application

You need more than someone who understands ADHD or autism academically. You deserve someone who gets the daily reality of living with a different operating system.

Your Next Step

Schedule your free consultation to explore how therapy can support your journey toward integration and authentic living.

Email is often the best way to reach me as I understand the phone anxiety is real. You can also request a consultation directly through my website which you can reach by following this link below:

Further Reading:

• Why ADHD Has Everything to Do with Regulation, Not Attention

• Women and Late-Diagnosed ADHD

• The Interest-Based Nervous System: Understanding PINCH Motivators