Neurodivergent Affirming Support for Anxious Autistics and ADhDers.
Neuro-Inclusiveness: is a priority here! Whether You Self-identify or have a Neurodivergent diagnosis, WELCOME!
Feeling exhausted, burnt-out, and wanting change? Keep reading. Help is available and accessible to you.
Anxiety = normal experience with purpose of motivating us towards the path of change.
That feeling of thoughts racing through your mind is setting off the panic inside of you. Your stomach turns into knots, a tightness that feels all too familiar as neurodivergent person. You just want to scream or cry to release it, and maybe you cannot even verbalize anything due to shutdown status.
You find yourself procrastinating and avoiding those specific things that bother you. Unsure how to change this pattern, yet desperate to make changes and get them done ASAP. Sensory differences keep you stuck in a status of distress, and you are trying to use all the strategies that have worked in the past.
Maybe you just want those closest to you, to understand you better. Finding yourself upset and having a heaviness in your body all the time, feeling stuck with not being able to communicate to others about what you are experiencing, wanting, or needing leaves you feeling isolated.
Neurodiverse affirming support with Stress & Anxiety Therapy in Ontario & New Brunswick.
Autistic Burnout and ADHD Burnout are unique experiences that require specialized support to guiding you with recovery.
Whether you are questioning or have been formally recognized as being in a state of burnout tailored help makes a distinguished difference in your recovery.
BURNOUT RECOVERY INCLUDES:
Taking an inventory to understand what factors contributed to the burnout
Modifying demands, and increasing support aspects (having fun, stimming more, allowing yourself to relax with simulation or decompression).
Figuring out what actually works for you through individualized therapy approaches.
Supporting your nervous system
Giving yourself permission to do what works to help you recover.
Neurodiverse Affirming Anxiety Therapy Can Support You to Learn About Your Needs, and Create Strategies that work for your individual sensory, cognitive, and emotional needs.
Autistics & Adhd’ers have individual sensory differences.
Each person experiences the world through their own thoughts, feelings, senses, and experiences. It's important to build self-understanding to help you build your own lifestyle that fits you as a unique person.
Challenges present as opportunities to develop a new understanding about you
Challenges in our life can leave us feeling down and defeated. However, with the right support, you can learn how to re-frame your perspective into developing new self-understanding, and growing in positive ways.
Living in a world designed for neurotypical people
Neurodivergent individuals experience the world differently then neurotypical folks, and often can experience it in harsh and non-supportive ways. Having supportive people who understand you, and can support you to learning how to navigate the world in safe ways is important to your well-being.
Understanding your own experiences and emotions
A first step in therapy is often learning about your own emotions. This involves being able to name them, understand their purpose, and then finding ways to embrace them and cope with them.
Repairing & Building new relationship connections
As human beings we are biologically driven to live with close connections to others. Finding and developing healthy, sustainable, safe relationships is key to our overall wellness. Neurodiversity support can help you navigate and understand this aspect.
Goal setting & Life skills
Support with goal setting, and life skills (such as time management strategies that actually work for you) is an important ingredient in therapy supports.
Ready to get STARTED? Schedule a free no obligation introductory call. Where you can explore if Shelley’s therapy services are good fit for your needs.
Parent & Caregiver Support, within Neurodiverse Families
Parents & Caregivers Benefit from Support Too
Self-Care is Critical to Parents Sustaining a Caregiving Role for children of all ages
Attending therapy yourself can help you understand the needs of your loved one. As a parent you can learn strategies to change your interactions with your child, and this can have a positive influence on changing dynamics in your relationship, including reducing conflict. Supporting your loved one even when they don't want to get help themselves, can include getting your own therapy.
Therapy for caregivers and parents can include a focus on understanding your own unique and individual needs. Building self-care strategies can help reduce your own levels of stress. This can lead to you feeling more able to help your child during challenging and stressful times.