Hi, I’m Laura,Maybe you’re overwhelmed, burnt out, struggling with anxiety or self-doubt, or simply exhausted from trying to fit into a world that wasn’t built with you in mind.You might have spent years masking, overthinking, people-pleasing or trying to work out why things that seem easy for other people can feel so difficult for you.You may have only recently started to understand yourself as neurodivergent, or perhaps you’ve known for years but are still figuring out what that means for you. You might be questioning whether you are autistic, ADHD, AuDHD or otherwise neurodivergent. You don’t need to have a diagnosis or have everything figured out before coming to therapy.I’m Laura, a BACP registered counsellor and a neurodivergent therapist. I understand how hard it can be to feel like you don’t quite fit, because I’ve been there too.My approach is neurodivergent-affirming, LGBTQ+ affirming and trauma-informed. I don’t see neurodivergence as something that needs to be fixed. Instead, I want to help you understand yourself and your experiences with more compassion, including the ways you’ve had to adapt, mask or hide parts of yourself to navigate the world.Therapy with me is warm, collaborative and tailored to you. We might explore anxiety and overwhelm, masking and burnout, self-worth, relationships, identity, boundaries or difficult experiences from your past. We can also think about your nervous system and explore ways to understand and regulate it that work for you.Most importantly, you don’t have to perform or pretend in therapy. You can bring the parts of yourself that you’ve learned to hide, and we can work together to make sense of what you need rather than what you think you should need.My hope is that, over time, you can understand yourself with more compassion, trust your own experience, heal from the past and feel more at home in yourself.You can start exactly where you are.
