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Becoming Yourself Counselling and Consulting

Therapy for gifted and twice-exceptional (2e) adults in Ontario

Who I Work With

I work with adults who are exploring or identifying with neurodivergence. This includes individuals who have received a formal diagnosis, those who are self-diagnosed, and those who are in the process of exploring whether ADHD, Autism, AuDHD (both ADHD and Autism), or twice-exceptionality (2e/giftedness) may describe their experience.

Many of the people I see identify as high-masking or high-achieving. Outwardly, they may appear capable, successful, or well-organized, yet internally, they may experience stress, exhaustion, or uncertainty about how to navigate daily life and relationships.

I also work with individuals who:

  • Experience the challenges of balancing strengths with areas of difficulty.
  • Have spent years masking or adapting in ways that feel draining.
  • Live with the impacts of anxiety, self-criticism, or perfectionism.
  • Identify as gifted or twice-exceptional and are navigating both opportunities and challenges that come with these experiences.

Some people come with questions about belonging, identity, and how their neurodivergence influences different areas of life. Others are looking to better understand patterns of behaviour, emotional experiences, or ways of coping.

This practice offers a space for individuals who want to reflect on their experiences and explore what feels most authentic to them.

 

Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy

Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy for ADHD, Autism, & 2e Adults in Ontario

Therapy for neurodivergent adults in Ontario, Toronto, and beyond. Becoming Yourself offers support for individuals experiencing burnout.

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Things We Can Explore Together in Therapy

Starting therapy is more than naming what’s hard. It’s about creating a safe, collaborative space where we can work with your strengths, values, and needs. We’ll explore strategies that fit your life, practices that bring steadiness, and new ways of relating to yourself and others. This section highlights the areas we may focus on in therapy, offering possibilities for growth, healing, and sustainable change.

 

Self-Image & Identity: Building Self-Understanding, Self-Acceptance and Self-Compassion

Your story is still unfolding. In therapy, we’ll work on building self-understanding, exploring ways to quiet the inner critic, and supporting you in cultivating pride in who you are, without an apology.

Together, we might explore:

  • Reframing your neurodivergent traits as strengths, not flaws
  • Healing from self-doubt, shame, or imposter syndrome
  • Rebuilding confidence and self-trust after setbacks
  • Practicing self-compassion and acceptance
  • Living more authentically, even in spaces that don’t always feel safe

Attention & Thinking Patterns: Working With Your Unique Mind

Your mind is powerful and unique. We’ll explore how to work with your natural rhythms instead of against them.

Together, we might explore:

  • Executive functioning tools that may support focus, planning, and organization in ways that feel more sustainable
  • Strategies for navigating hyperfocus and task-switching
  • Approaches to working with procrastination and perfectionism
  • Practicing observation of thought patterns without judgment or reactivity
  • Exploring ways to move from urgency-driven cycles toward steadier, more sustainable rhythms

Emotional Regulation: Understanding and Navigating Emotions

Your emotions reflect deep sensitivity and intensity. In therapy, we’ll explore ways to understand, work with, and channel them in ways that feel safe and sustainable.

Together, we might explore:

  • Coping strategies for moments of overwhelm, shutdowns, or mood shifts
  • Support in navigating experiences of rejection sensitivity (RSD) and fear of criticism
  • Naming, processing, and making space for complex feelings
  • Gentle approaches for exploring grief, trauma, or emotional wounds
  • Practicing acceptance of emotions and learning to “surf the waves of emotion”

 

Anxiety & Mood: Finding Calm and Balance

Your nervous system works hard to keep you safe, but sometimes it can leave you feeling stuck in cycles of worry, low energy, or exhaustion. In therapy, we can explore tools and approaches that may support calm and protect your well-being.

Together, we might explore:

  • Techniques that may help with overthinking and rumination
  • Approaches for working with low mood and exploring motivation
  • Tools to support burnout recovery and energy protection
  • Exploring ways to reframe unhelpful thought patterns with more compassionate perspectives
  • Building daily practices that may support balance and emotional well-being

 

Social & Communication: Creating Connections

You deserve relationships where you feel seen and understood. In therapy, we’ll practice skills and boundaries that may support safer, more nourishing connections.

Together, we might explore:

  • Navigating communication differences across neurotypes
  • Practicing boundary-setting in ways that feel more sustainable
  • Exploring ways to build supportive friendships and community
  • Approaches for managing relational conflicts with greater clarity and compassion
  • Working toward confidence in expressing your needs and self-advocacy
  • Practicing strategies for advocating with healthcare providers

 

Sensory & Physical Needs: Supporting Mind and Body

Your body and sensory system are part of your mental health story. In therapy, we’ll explore ways that may support your physical well-being alongside your emotional growth.

Together, we might explore:

  • Grounding and self-soothing practices for moments of sensory overload
  • Outlets for sensory-seeking energy
  • Exploring routines that may support sleep and rest
  • Understanding how our environment impacts us and what modifications might help accommodate it
  • Exploring connections between physical symptoms and stress or burnout
  • Working toward daily rhythms that may nurture both body and mind

 

ADHD & Executive Functioning

Do you deal with time blindness, problems focusing, or feeling burned out? ADHD therapy gives you sustainable strategies to navigate these challenges.

Autism & Sensory Processing

Sensory overwhelm from autism can make daily life challenging, and masking can make it harder to feel like ourselves in the world. Our goal in therapy is to balance our needs and experience greater self-understanding.

AuDHD & Dual Diagnosis Experiences

ADHD and autism can leave you feeling misunderstood by the people around you. Tailored, integrative support helps you feel more comfortable in your own skin.

Giftedness and Twice-Exceptionality (2e)

Gifted adult therapy helps individuals with twice-exceptional ADHD navigate feelings of imposter syndrome and perfectionism. Therapy creates a space to integrate strengths and challenges.

Feeling Ready to Take the Next Step?

You can schedule a free 20-minute meet-and-greet session to explore whether therapy feels right for you.

 

Online therapy for executive function, rejection sensitivity (RSD), and masking support in Ontario-1
Therapy for adults with ADHD, autism, or 2e in Ontario-1

Therapy That Meets You Where You Are

My approach to therapy for neurodivergent adults is relational—meaning I create a supportive space where you feel comfortable and accepted. I also understand that many autistics and ADHD diagnosed individuals often deal with trauma. My client-centred approach puts your experience at the forefront and builds strategies that make sense.

I use a variety of modalities to support you, including:

  •       ACT
  •       CBT
  •       CFT
  •       DBT
  •       IFS
  •       Polyvagal

Learn more about my training and approach.

Common Challenges I Help With

 These themes often overlap, and you don’t need to have it all figured out before starting. Therapy offers space to explore what’s most relevant for you.

 

Identity and Self-Understanding

Gifted adult therapy supports your journey to self-understanding as you do the following.

  • Navigating a late or self-diagnosis
  • Reconnecting with the authentic self
  • Making sense of giftedness or twice-exceptionality
  • Letting go of internalized ableism
  • Deciding how and when to share your neurodivergence

Emotional Well-Being

Autism masking burnout symptoms range from anxiety to depression. But the good news is you may find some therapeutic strategies helpful. My Autism support in Toronto can help you with:

  •       Anxiety, depression, autism masking burnout
  •       Rejection sensitivity (RSD)
  •       Emotional overwhelm of shutdown
  •       Processing past trauma or relational trauma
  •       Working through shame and self-criticism

Daily Life & Executive Function

AuDHD therapy may help improve the way you function in day-to-day life. Some areas where therapy may help include:

  •       Focus, planning, and organization struggles
  •       Burnout recovery
  •       Balancing energy between work and rest
  •       Building sustainable habits and routines
  •       Strategies for motivation and follow-through


 

Relationships & Connection

Twice exceptional ADHD individuals may excel in some areas, while struggling with relationships and connections. This can lead to other challenges, including:

  •       Building supportive friendships and community
  •       Navigating communication differences
  •       Setting healthy boundaries
  •       Coping with loneliness
  •       Working through family or romantic challenges

 

A toolbox of approaches

A Toolbox of Therapeutic Approaches

Every person’s story is different, so therapy should be too.

My approach is relational and flexible. I combine evidence-based practices with lived experience as a late-identified neurodivergent therapist. Together, we focus on what’s most relevant to your goals, strengths, and values.

I draw from:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Build flexibility around unhelpful thoughts while reconnecting with what matters most.

Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT): Strengthen self-kindness and reduce shame.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT): Learn tools for emotional regulation, mindfulness, and communication.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT): Understand patterns between thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.

Motivational Interviewing (MI): Clarify your own reasons for change and strengthen motivation.

IFS & Polyvagal-Informed Practices: Support nervous system regulation and self-awareness through gentle, embodied techniques.

Therapy with me is collaborative. You bring your insights and lived experience, and I bring tools, guidance, and perspective. Together, we create a process that feels safe, flexible, and effective.

Ready to Begin?

Therapy can be a space where you finally stop masking and start understanding yourself. If you’re ready to explore whether that feels like the right fit, book a free 20-minute Meet-and-Greet session.

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“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

FAQs About Services: Therapy Services FAQ: ADHD, Autism, Giftedness, and Online Counselling

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Do you offer harm-reduction therapy instead of requiring abstinence?

Yes. I understand that substances are often used as a way to regulate stress, anxiety, or pain. My harm-reduction approach allows you to explore your relationship with use without pressure to quit. Together, we focus on reducing harm, building alternative regulation tools, and making conscious choices that align with your goals.

How can therapy help with executive functioning and ADHD challenges?

Therapy can help you create systems that work with your brain rather than against it. We explore task initiation, organization, time management, and procrastination, not as personal failings, but as areas where tailored strategies can make a big difference. Many clients experience relief when they finally understand why past systems didn’t work and build ones that actually fit.

What if I’m “gifted” but still struggling with underachievement or burnout?

Giftedness often comes with high expectations and painful self-criticism. Therapy can help you reframe your story from one of “wasted potential” to one of resilience and complexity. Together we address burnout, emotional intensity, and rejection sensitivity (RSD) while helping you reconnect with your creativity, intelligence, and worth, without pushing yourself to collapse.

Can therapy help me process a late diagnosis of ADHD or autism?

Yes. A late diagnosis often triggers grief for missed opportunities and relief for new clarity. Therapy supports you in integrating both stories, who you thought you were and who you now know yourself to be. We work on identity reconstruction, self-compassion, and building a sustainable lifestyle that honours your neurodivergence.

How does therapy address rejection sensitivity and relationship struggles?

Rejection sensitivity (RSD) can create intense emotional reactions and relational challenges. In therapy, we focus on recognizing these patterns, calming your nervous system, and building healthier ways to respond. The goal isn’t to eliminate sensitivity but to reduce its grip so you can feel more grounded, understood, and connected in your relationships.

Do you work with people who feel like contradictions or don’t fit neatly into one label?

Yes. Many of my clients describe themselves as paradoxes, part ADHD, part autistic, part gifted, and entirely unique. Therapy here is not about boxing you in. It’s about helping you integrate your complexity, hold your contradictions with compassion, and design a life where you can belong to yourself fully.

What does a first session look like?

The first session is about getting to know you. We explore your story, what brought you here, and what you hope to gain from therapy. There’s no pressure to share everything at once; you set the pace. From there, we start identifying your goals and shaping therapy around what feels most supportive for you.

Do you provide online counselling in Ontario?

Yes. I provide secure, confidential online therapy across Ontario. Many clients prefer online sessions because it saves travel time, reduces sensory and social stress, and allows you to meet from the comfort of your own space. All you need is a private place and an internet connection.