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Autism in women
Autistic women are often missed.
Why?
Because they mask.
Because they cope.
Because the world expected something else.
We need better tools, better eyes, and better questions.
Autism in Women: Understanding Beyond the White, Male, Western Prototype
A resource for clients, professionals, and anyone interested in a deeper, justice-informed look at autism science.
Areas I Support
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Masking and Misrecognition
Autistic women often develop strategies to blend in at great psychological cost. Understanding these patterns is key to offering meaningful support. -
Late or Missed Diagnosis
Many of my clients arrive with years of confusion, carrying multiple labels that never quite fit. Diagnosis can be clarifying but it must be explore further with care. -
Cultural Complexity
Autism does not present the same way in every cultural context. I work with women from diverse backgrounds, especially those whose upbringing complicates typical diagnostic assumptions.
Exploring autism in women through the lens of culture, identity, and lived experience.
Many women live for years sometimes decades sensing that something feels different, without having words for it.
Autism in women often presents quietly: behind high empathy, behind perfectionism, behind the effort to “do things right.”
It can look like social exhaustion, emotional overwhelm, constant masking, or feeling like you’re “too much” and “not enough” at the same time. Late diagnosis is common.
So is invisibility. Therapy can help make space for your experience not to pathologize it, but to understand how your brain, your body, and your history have shaped how you move through the world.
Sessions are a space for rest, clarity, and self-recognition. Without pressure. Without fixing. Without needing to prove anything.
ADHD
I offer therapy that adapts to the way your brain works not the other way around.
Living with ADHD often means dealing with racing thoughts, emotional ups and downs, difficulty getting started, or keeping track of what matters. It can feel like you’re always catching up, always trying to stay organized, always wondering why simple things are so hard.
In our sessions, we work in ways that support focus, flexibility, and self-understanding without shame, and without trying to "fix" who you are.
Together, we explore:
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strategies for emotional regulation and executive functioning
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tools to manage overwhelm, time sensitivity, and motivation
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patterns of self-criticism or burnout
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ways to build structure that feels realistic not punishing
I use a mix of cognitive tools, mindfulness, somatic awareness, and gentle accountability to help you feel more anchored and less reactive. Sessions can be structured or open, depending on what works best for you. Some people need visual reminders, others prefer breaks we adapt as we go.
