Autism + Neurodiversity Consultation · Adults
A clearer understanding
can make life easier.
A non-diagnostic service for adults beginning to explore neurodiversity.
Explore whether autism, ADHD or other neurodivergent traits may help explain your experiences — and get practical recommendations for what might help.
Book a Neurodiversity ConsultationYou might be here because…
You’ve wondered if you might be autistic, have ADHD, or be neurodivergent.
You’ve spent years managing things that seem to come more easily to other people.
Social situations, work, organization or everyday life can feel more effortful than they seem to for others.
You might function well on the outside, but it takes a lot of energy.
You may have learned to adapt, compensate or mask so well that other people don’t see the effort involved.
You’re looking for greater clarity — and practical ideas about what might make life work better.
What is a Neurodiversity Consultation?
A focused psychological consultation for adults who want to better understand possible autism, ADHD and related neurodevelopmental differences.
Before we meet, you’ll complete a series of questionnaires covering different aspects of your experience and history. I review this information before the appointment, and then we meet for a clinical interview to put the pieces together.
The aim is not simply to generate test scores. It’s to develop an individualized picture of how you function: your difficulties, strengths and adaptations; what may help explain them; and what might make things easier.
A consultation rather than a formal autism assessment
This service can help you explore whether autism or other forms of neurodivergence provide a useful explanation for your experiences. It does not provide a formal autism diagnosis.
If a formal diagnosis is important for your circumstances, we can discuss appropriate next steps.
Areas we may explore
Each consultation is individualized. Depending on your experiences, we may look at:
and relationships
executive functioning
and overload
and change
and cognitive style
compensation
emotional regulation
daily functioning
history
next steps and resources
More than test scores
Questionnaires can identify patterns, but they don’t tell the whole story. The consultation is about making sense of those patterns in the context of your life.
You’ll receive an individualized formulation and practical recommendations based on what we find. These might include strategies for attention and executive functioning, sensory or environmental changes, communication and relationship approaches, workplace strategies, therapy targets, useful resources, or recommendations for further assessment.
The goal is that you leave with a clearer understanding of yourself and some concrete ideas about what to do with that understanding.
What do we mean by “neurodiversity”?
Neurodiversity simply refers to the fact that human brains and nervous systems vary. People differ in attention, sensory processing, communication, learning, emotional regulation and many other aspects of how they experience and respond to the world.
The term is often associated with autism and ADHD, although it can be used more broadly. A neurodiversity perspective starts from the idea that being different from the average is not necessarily the same as being impaired or disordered. At the same time, some differences can cause significant difficulties or disability.
In a consultation, the useful question is therefore not simply whether a trait is “normal” or “abnormal,” but how you function, where difficulties arise, what works well, and whether changes in strategies or environment could make things easier.
Ready when you are
A clearer picture. Practical next steps.
If you’re wondering whether autism, ADHD or other neurodivergent traits might help explain your experiences, a consultation can be a place to start.
Book a Neurodiversity Consultation