Neurodivergence
Being neurodivergent often means you've spent a lifetime adapting to a world that wasn't built with you in mind.
Many of us have spent years wondering why life seems to take so much more effort than it does for other people.
We watch how other people behave and try to do the same. We rehearse conversations before they happen. We analyse interactions afterwards, wondering whether we said the wrong thing. We push through exhaustion because everyone else seems to manage.
From the outside, it can look as though everything is fine.
Inside, it can feel like you're constantly working just to keep up.
Many people become so used to masking that they no longer know where the mask ends and they begin. You learn to hide the parts of yourself that feel different. To ignore sensory overwhelm. To force eye contact. To stay quiet. To appear organised. To smile when you're exhausted.
Over time, that can become incredibly lonely.
Some people come to therapy after receiving a diagnosis of ADHD or autism. Others begin to recognise themselves in other people's experiences. Many simply know they've spent a lifetime feeling different without ever really understanding why.
There is nothing wrong with being neurodivergent. Often, the struggle comes from years of trying not to be.
Many neurodivergent people spend years believing they are too sensitive, too emotional, too disorganised, too intense, or simply too much. Over time, it's easy to lose trust in yourself.
You begin questioning your instincts. Wondering why things that seem easy for other people feel so difficult. Pushing yourself to keep going because you assume everyone else is finding life just as hard.
Many people don't realise how much energy they're spending masking until they reach burnout. They've spent so long adapting that they've lost sight of what actually feels comfortable, manageable, or authentic.
Most of the therapists in our practice are neurodivergent themselves. Alongside our professional training, we also bring lived experience. We understand what it can be like to spend years trying to fit in, masking parts of yourself, or wondering why life feels harder than it seems to for everyone else.
Therapy isn't about changing who you are.
It's about understanding yourself more fully.
Together, we'll explore the ways you've learned to cope, the patterns you've developed to navigate the world, and whether they're still serving you today. As you begin to understand yourself with more compassion, many people find they stop seeing themselves as the problem and start recognising that they've been carrying expectations that were never theirs to carry.
Therapists who work with neurodivergence
Myra Kokke
Works with adults (18+)
James Sloane
Works with adults (18+)
Nichola Magner
Works with adults (18+)