Adult Therapy (Online Across Australia)
Relational, Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy for Adults
Many adults arrive in therapy during a period of re-evaluation — after burnout, after a child’s diagnosis, or after years of feeling different without knowing why.
Sometimes there has been a formal diagnosis. Sometimes just a growing awareness. Sometimes a quiet exhaustion from pushing through.
My work supports adults exploring neurodivergence, identity, relational patterns and nervous system overwhelm in thoughtful, sustainable ways.
I provide online adult therapy across Australia, specialising in:
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Neurodivergent adults (Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, BPD and all things under the neurodivergent "umbrella"!)
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Late-diagnosis identity exploration
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Burnout and chronic overwhelm
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Trauma emerging from chronic misattunement or invalidation
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Gender identity exploration
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Relational and attachment-based work
Neurodivergence and Late Diagnosis
Many adults seek therapy after discovering — formally or informally — that they may be Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD or another neurodivergent identity.
Sometimes this comes after a child is diagnosed.
Sometimes after burnout.
Sometimes after decades of feeling "too different, “too much” or “not enough.”
Therapy in this space is not about pathologising difference. It is about:
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Understanding your nervous system
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Exploring masking and identity
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Untangling internalised shame
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Building sustainable strategies
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Redefining self-concept
This work can be deeply relieving — and sometimes confronting. We move at your pace.
Burnout, Anxiety and Chronic Overwhelm
Many neurodivergent adults live in a near-constant state of effort.
Over time, this can lead to what is often described as “burnout.” However, neurodivergent burnout is not the same as workplace stress or simply needing a holiday.
It can involve:
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Loss of functioning in areas that were previously manageable
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Increased sensory sensitivity
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Shutdown or dissociation
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Heightened emotional reactivity
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Reduced tolerance for social interaction
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Executive functioning collapse
- Loss of passion for usual deep / special interests
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A deep sense of depletion that rest alone does not resolve.
This kind of burnout often emerges from prolonged masking, chronic misattunement, and sustained nervous system load.
Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, we explore the relational, sensory and systemic context of your exhaustion. We slow the pace. We examine expectations. We build regulation before rebuilding capacity.
Recovery from neurodivergent burnout is not about “getting back to normal.” It is about building a way of living that is more sustainable and aligned with how your nervous system actually works
Trauma Emerging from Misattunement
Not all trauma comes from a single identifiable event.
For many neurodivergent adults, trauma has emerged gradually — through years of:
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Being misunderstood
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Being asked to suppress needs
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Social exclusion or bullying
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Masking to survive
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Living in environments not designed for their neurotype
Research consistently shows that neurodivergent individuals are statistically more likely to experience bullying, social exclusion, workplace discrimination and interpersonal victimisation across the lifespan. This increased risk is not about personal deficit or fault — it reflects systemic misunderstanding, power imbalances and environments that do not accommodate difference.
Over time, these experiences can accumulate in the nervous system.
This kind of cumulative relational trauma may show up as shame, hypervigilance, people-pleasing, emotional reactivity, shutdown, or a persistent sense of being “too much” or “not enough.”
Where appropriate, I integrate EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and Brainspotting to help the nervous system process distressing experiences so they no longer feel immediate or overwhelming.
These approaches are always embedded within relational safety and careful pacing.
Parents Discovering Their Own Neurodivergence
It is common for adults to begin questioning their own neurotype when a child is diagnosed.
This can bring relief, grief, clarity and complexity — often simultaneously.
Therapy can support you to:
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Integrate new identity understanding
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Reinterpret past experiences
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Adjust expectations
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Develop practical regulation strategies
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Parent in ways that align with your own nervous system
Gender Identity and Affirming Practice
I work with adults exploring gender identity, fluidity, expression and embodiment across all stages of life.
Therapy may involve:
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Identity clarification
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Navigating relationships and disclosure
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Family communication
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Internalised stigma
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Processing earlier experiences of suppression or misunderstanding
My approach is affirming without assumption. Your pace, your language and your experience guide the work.
My Approach
My work is grounded in relational, neurodivergent-affirming and identity-centred practice.
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist (which means I bring expressive, arts-based and playful approaches where appropriate!) as well as a Clinical Supervisor and university lecturer.
I am also a late-diagnosed AuDHD woman. Lived experience does not replace clinical training. But it informs the lens through which I practice — one that is attentive to masking, nervous system load, relational safety and the long-term impact of chronic misattunement.
Across adult therapy, I focus on:
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Strengthening relational safety — with self and others
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Exploring identity integration (neurotype, gender, attachment patterns)
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Reducing shame and internalised deficit narratives
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Building sustainable regulation strategies
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Supporting trauma transformation rather than trauma immersion
I often incorporate “parts work” (informed by Internal Family Systems), helping clients understand the different protective, striving, masking or shutdown parts of themselves. Rather than trying to eliminate these parts, we work to understand their role, reduce internal conflict and increase self-leadership.
This can be particularly helpful for adults who feel pulled between high-functioning and collapse, competence and exhaustion, confidence and shame.
My practice is grounded in cultural humility. I recognise that people’s experiences are shaped not only by individual psychology, but by context: culture, inter-generational experience, power and privilege (or lack of), and collective history.
This means I remain reflective about my own position and biases, and attentive to the broader systems impacting your life. Therapy is not about locating “problems” solely within you — it is about understanding how your nervous system, relationships and context interact.
Where clinically appropriate, I integrate EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and Brainspotting, a more direct, somatic derivative of EMDR. These brain-based approaches can support the processing of distressing experiences that remain “stuck” in the nervous system — particularly cumulative relational trauma, shame-based memories, attachment injuries and identity-related distress.
EMDR and Brainspotting are not stand-alone interventions in my practice. They are embedded within relational safety, neurodivergent safety, careful pacing and collaborative consent. Not every therapeutic process requires them.
My work is:
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Relational
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Trauma-transformative (without being trauma-saturated)
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Neurodivergent-affirming
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Gender-affirming
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Informed by parts work and self-leadership
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Culturally reflective and context-aware
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Practical and grounded - we keep it real.
Therapy with me is collaborative. We plan and process together.
Online Therapy for Adults
All adult sessions are delivered via secure telehealth across Australia.
Online therapy often works particularly well for neurodivergent adults because:
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You remain in your own sensory environment
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Transitions are reduced
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Energy is conserved
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Sessions integrate more easily into daily life