Neurodiversity (ADHD & Autism)
Being neurodivergent shapes how you experience emotions, relationships, identity, stress and the world around you. At The Clearing, we offer therapy for neurodivergent adults, including people who are diagnosed, self-identifying, or exploring whether ADHD or autism may be part of their experience.
Find the right therapist for youHow neurodiversity-related challenges can manifest
Neurodiversity itself is not something that needs to be “fixed” but living in a world that doesn’t always understand or accommodate your needs can take a real emotional toll. You might recognise some of the following:
- Feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or emotionally drained
- Masking or feeling you have to hide parts of yourself
- Struggling with anxiety, low mood, or burnout without any obvious external triggers
- Questions around identity, self-worth, or belonging
- Feeling misunderstood in relationships, education, or work
- Difficulty with emotional regulation or rejection sensitivity
- Feeling exhausted from trying to cope in ways that don’t suit you
- Feeling isolated and alone
You don’t need to know exactly why you feel this way for support to be helpful.
How therapy can help neurodivergent adults
Therapy isn’t about changing who you are. It’s about helping you better understand yourself, your needs, and the impact of the experiences you’ve had.
Make sense of your experience
Explore how ADHD, autism, or neurodivergent traits shape your emotions, relationships, identity and daily life.
Reduce shame and self-criticism
Understand patterns of masking, overwhelm, burnout, or feeling “different” with more compassion.
Find ways of coping that fit you
Develop supportive strategies, boundaries and self-understanding that work with your needs, not against them.
Therapy for ADHD, autism and neurodivergence
Therapy for neurodivergent adults offers a space to explore your emotional wellbeing in a way that feels respectful, flexible and affirming.
For some people, this support is about understanding a recent diagnosis. For others, it may involve exploring long-held feelings of difference, difficulty fitting in, or exhaustion from masking.
Therapy can also help with experiences that often sit alongside neurodivergence, such as anxiety, burnout, low self-esteem, emotional overwhelm, relationship difficulties, or grief around the support that perhaps was missing earlier in life.
Is this what you're looking for?
This support may be helpful if you:
- Are diagnosed, self-identifying, or exploring neurodivergence
- Feel anxious, burnt out, or overwhelmed
- Struggle with masking, self-criticism, or feeling misunderstood
- Have difficulty regulating your emotions or letting people close to you
Book now if you want to:
- Access therapy that respects your neurodivergence
- Better understand yourself & your emotional responses
- Explore masking, identity or relationship issues
- Develop better coping strategies
Therapists offering neurodiversity support
Several members of our team work with neurodivergent adults, including clients with ADHD, autism, or related emotional experiences. You can explore our therapist profiles below to find someone whose approach feels right for you.
Elizabeth
Senior Accredited Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Area of focus
- Attachment & relationship patterns
- Emotional overwhelm, numbness or shutdown
- Neurodiversity (ADHD & autism)
- Self-esteem & identity
- Anxiety
Approach
Depth psychotherapy drawing from the psychoanalytical, systemic & existential schools.
Availability
Online / telephone
We also offer support with:
- Anger & emotional regulation
- Anxiety
- Attachment & relationship patterns
- Bereavement & loss
- Burnout & Stress
- Child & young person therapy
- Compulsive behaviours
- Depression
- EMDR for Trauma
- Emotional numbness & shutdown
- People-pleasing & boundaries
- Relationship & couples therapy
- Self-esteem & confidence
- Trauma
We are here for you
Whether you know what you need or are still figuring things out, we’ll take things at your pace. To help you decide whether it’s right for you, we offer 50% off your first session, giving you a gentle, low-pressure way to begin your journey toward feeling better.