Affirming Therapy for Neurodivergent People
Find relief from the challenges of masking your way through a world that wasn’t built with your unique wiring in mind.
You’ve always felt “different”.
“Fitting in” has never come naturally to you and at times you wonder if other people actually got a “life manual” that you’ve never seen.
You’ve spent years believing that something is just wrong with you and can’t shake the feeling that you are facing judgment or bias from other people.
Maybe you’ve even tried therapy, but the therapist, while well-meaning, didn’t really get you.
If this sounds like you, you may identify as, or suspect you may be, a neurodivergent person.
We know that navigating the norms and ideals of our neurotypical world has be challenging for you. Not just regular challenging…extraordinarily challenging.
We also know that the problem has never been you. The problem has been you trying to exist in systems that don’t accommodate your needs.
Neurodivergent affirming therapy at Body-Positive Therapy NYC
At Body Positive NYC, we are deeply committed to providing truly neurodiversity-affirming
care. Our core value is that all bodies are good bodies. That also means that all brains are good
brains! We work with people under all parts of the neurodivergent “umbrella”: autistic people,
people with ADHD, people with learning disabilities or differences, PDAers, and more. We
provide strengths-based and compassionate neurodiversity-affirming care for people struggling
with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, life transitions, and all the challenges of living
in a neurotypical world.
Many of our therapists are neurodivergent ourselves, and our wholeteam is committed to providing neurodiversity-affirmative care.
where your strengths as a neurodivergent person are honored, and your struggles as a neurodivergent person are truly understood; support from a provider informed about the struggles neurodivergent people face in a world that often fails to understand them, and equipped with strategies that can help neurodivergent people thrive as their authentic selves.
Are You Experiencing Any Of The Following Symptoms?
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Social Challenges
Do social interactions leave you feeling depleated or misunderstood?
The exhaustion and frustration builds up, making it harder to focus or channel your energy in the ways you wish you could. We are here to help you build meaningful connections.
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Sensory Overload
Do certain environments leave you overstimulated and with heighten stress you just can’t release?
We can work together to develop strategies for nervous system regulation and self-care.
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Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety or depression may be inevitable for many neurodivergent people navigating oppressive, unaccommodating systems.
We validate your experiences and help you develop coping strategies to navigate the overwhelm.
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Burnout
Do you feel permenantly exhausted from working overtime trying to fit in, keep up, or white knuckle your way through circumstances that don’t accommodate your needs?
Chances are you burned out a while ago and haven’t found a way out from under yet. We can work on sustainable self-care practices that allow you to drop the mask, honor your authentic self, and thrive (not just survive).
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Body Image Distress
Neurodivergent people are under enormous pressure to fit in with the social ideal, and this can often lead to disordered eating and body image distress.
Neurodiversity-affirming therapy can help in the journey towards accepting your whole self, body and mind, exactly the way you are.
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Eating Challenges
Many Neurodivergent people have unique sensory and eating differences. Often these differences are misunderstood as “pickyness” or just plain “weird.”
Neuroaffirming therapy can help you find effective eating strategies that center your bodily autonomy and nervous system safety, while building self-advocacy skills.