ADHD & autism affirming therapy
Maybe you've always felt like you were working harder than everyone else just to keep up. Maybe a diagnosis — your own, or your child's — has recently reframed a lot of your life. Or maybe you're not sure whether ADHD, autism, or both fit your experience, and you just want a space to think it through with someone who won't rush you toward an answer.
Important: therapy and support, not assessment
Sage does not provide formal ADHD or autism assessment or diagnosis. What she does offer is affirming therapy and support for adults and parents navigating neurodivergence — whether you already have a diagnosis, are on a waitlist for one, or are still exploring what fits. If formal assessment would be useful to you, that's a conversation for a referral to an appropriate assessing clinician.
How Sage works with this
The approach is neurodivergent-affirming — starting from the position that ADHD and autism are differences in how a brain works, not deficits to be corrected. Therapy may help with things like late-diagnosis grief, autistic burnout, masking and its costs, executive functioning struggles, relationship and communication patterns, and the emotional weight of feeling misunderstood for a long time.
Sage also works with parents raising neurodivergent children, and with parents who are themselves ADHD or autistic — including the particular exhaustion of parenting while managing your own regulation.
What therapy for this looks like
Sessions are collaborative and paced around you. There's no expectation to mask, perform, or explain yourself in ways that feel unnatural. Conversations might cover practical strategies, emotional processing, identity and self-understanding, or relationship dynamics — depending on what's useful to you at the time.
Common questions
Do you provide ADHD or autism assessments?
No. This is therapy and support only — not formal assessment or diagnosis. If a diagnosis would be useful to you, Sage can talk through options for referral to an appropriate assessing clinician.
I'm not sure if I'm ADHD, autistic, or both — do I need to know before reaching out?
Not at all. Many people come to therapy still exploring this. You don't need a label or a diagnosis to start.
Do you work with parents of neurodivergent kids, or neurodivergent parents themselves?
Yes, both — parents raising neurodivergent children, and parents who are themselves ADHD or autistic, are welcome.
What does "affirming" mean in this context?
It means therapy that starts from the position that neurodivergence is a difference, not a deficit to be fixed — the aim is to understand and support you, not change who you are.
Ready to take the first step?
Begin an enquiry and Sage will be in touch to arrange a free 15-minute phone call — no pressure, just a chance to see if it's a good fit.
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