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Online Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy for ADHD & Autism

Affirming Support for ADHD, Autism, AuDHD, and Rejection Sensitivity

Neurodivergent minds deserve care designed for how they actually work. Dr. Jennifer Im, PhD offers affirming therapy for ADHD, autism, and related presentations across the lifespan, with comprehensive testing available as a dedicated service.

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Overview

Being neurodivergent often means a lifetime of working twice as hard to meet expectations built for a different kind of brain, and being told the struggle is a personal failing rather than a structural mismatch. The exhaustion of masking, the missed deadlines despite genuine effort, the emotional intensity others do not seem to feel, the sense of being perpetually misunderstood.

This practice offers neurodivergent-affirming therapy for ADHD, autism (ASD), and AuDHD across the lifespan. We focus on what actually makes daily life hard: executive function and follow-through, rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD), emotional regulation, sensory overwhelm, and the burnout that comes from masking in a neurotypical world.

Affirming care means your brain is treated as a different operating system, not a broken one. Rather than pressuring you to perform neurotypicality, we build strategies that work with your wiring, and address the shame and self-criticism that years of being misunderstood tend to leave behind.

For clients who want formal answers, dedicated ADHD testing and autism testing are available as separate services, and a combined AuDHD evaluation can identify co-occurring profiles. Whether through therapy, evaluation, or both, the goal is a concrete, affirming path forward. Available through secure online sessions across 40+ states.

Focus areas
ADHDAutism / ASDAuDHDExecutive FunctionRejection Sensitivity (RSD)Masking & BurnoutEmotional RegulationAdult Diagnosis
Frequently Asked

Your questions, answered

It means treating ADHD and autism as differences in how your brain is wired rather than disorders to be corrected. The work supports executive function, RSD, sensory needs, and burnout, and never pressures you to mask or perform neurotypical behavior to be acceptable.
Yes. Medication can help regulate attention, but it does not teach the skills or address the emotional toll. Therapy targets executive function strategies, rejection sensitivity, time and task systems, and the self-criticism that often accompanies a lifetime of ADHD, complementing medication well.
Yes. Many high-masking adults reach midlife sensing they are different without language for why. I provide affirming therapy and, if you want clarity, a dedicated adult autism evaluation, so you can finally understand how your mind works.
AuDHD refers to co-occurring ADHD and autism. Because the two profiles interact and can mask each other, a combined evaluation uses a broader battery to identify both accurately, which then shapes a more effective, affirming treatment plan.
Yes, both are core focuses. RSD and burnout are among the most painful and least understood parts of neurodivergence, and treatment directly targets emotional regulation, recovery from chronic masking, and sustainable functioning.
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