Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy for adults, teens, and children
in person in Center City, Philadelphia and online across PA
You were never meant to be anyone else.
Being neurodivergent was never the problem.
The problem was the ways the world misunderstood you — the ways you were asked to perform, hide, or shrink.
Therapy here isn’t about fixing your wiring.
It’s about healing the wounds left by a world that wasn’t built for all kinds of minds — whether you’re a child just beginning to make sense of yourself, or an adult who’s been carrying these messages for a long time.
Maybe you’re watching your child move through a world that doesn’t always know how to meet them — seeing the anxiety, frustration, or overwhelm build behind their brave face.
Or maybe you recognize these experiences in yourself — the loneliness of being different in ways people didn’t understand or accept.
Maybe the message, spoken or unspoken, has been clear for a long time:
"If you could just act a little more like everyone else, everything would be easier."
But the truth is, forcing yourself — or your child — to mask, hide, or contort only deepens the pain.
The problem was never your child’s brain. It was the systems that failed to honor it.
You’re working hard to honor your child’s true self — but sometimes it feels like an uphill battle against a world that misunderstands.
You might be carrying more than you realize.
Internalized pressure to "act normal" even when it costs you connection with yourself
Anxiety from constantly scanning, scripting, or second-guessing
Grief over friendships lost, opportunities missed, or feeling “too much” or “not enough”
Exhaustion from living in environments that don’t fit the ways you naturally think, feel, and relate
And if you're a parent, you might also be carrying:
Guilt or fear about whether you’re doing enough — or doing it "right"
The heaviness of advocacy — fighting for understanding when others don't see what you see
Heartache over watching your child’s light dim under pressure to perform or conform
How we help:
At All of You Therapy, we don’t believe neurodivergence is something to fix.
We believe it’s something to honor — and that healing comes not from changing who you are, but from being allowed to be more fully yourself.
In our work with neurodivergent children, teens, and adults, we focus on:
Healing anxiety, trauma, relational wounds, and experiences of exclusion
Supporting emotional regulation in a way that honors the nervous system, not overrides it
Affirming authentic communication styles, movement, and needs
Helping parents navigate support without slipping into shame-based "fix-it" traps
Strengthening trust, self-advocacy, and resilience — without forcing masking or performance
Our goal isn’t to help a child "seem" more typical.
Our goal is to help them — and you — feel more safe, connected, and whole.
What shifts over time:
You notice your child fidgeting, stimming, or pacing — and no one asks them to stop.
They ask for what they need without shame.
They advocate for themselves instead of folding into defeat.
They begin to trust, little by little, that they don't have to leave parts of themselves behind to be cared for.
And you feel it, too.
The softening of old fears.
The slow rebuilding of trust — in yourself, in your child, in the possibility of relationships that don’t require hiding.
The world may not always understand.
But here, in this work, there is a place where they can be seen.
A place where connection doesn’t come at the cost of authenticity.
A place where healing — imperfect, ongoing, real — can begin.
Growing up neurodivergent — or raising a neurodivergent child — often means navigating a world that wasn’t designed with you in mind.
With this in mind, here’s how we might work together.
✔ Honor Your Story
Create space for the full experience — the hurt, the joy, the confusion, the beauty — of growing up or raising a neurodivergent mind in a world that often misunderstands.
✔ Uncover Your True Self
Build or rebuild trust in the natural rhythms, needs, and expressions that have always been yours (or your child's) — the ones that were never wrong to begin with.
✔ Reclaim Your Future
Strengthen the internal resources, relationships, and self-trust that allow for real belonging — not through changing who you are, but through honoring it more deeply.
“If they could just try harder”
If you or your child are neurodivergent, you've likely heard this — in different forms, from different people, over and over again.
"If they just tried harder, they could focus."
"If they just cared enough, they’d make friends like everyone else."
"If you weren’t so sensitive, it wouldn’t bother you so much."
Sometimes these messages are subtle.
Other times, they’re devastatingly direct.
Either way, the burden is clear: The problem is you. Try harder. Be different. Fit in.
You might even find yourself echoing these thoughts inwardly, wondering if maybe it really is your fault — or your child’s.
You might feel stuck between honoring who you (or your child) are and wishing life could just be a little easier.
Therapy with us won’t ask you to choose.
It will honor both: the grief over how hard it’s been, and the deep respect for exactly who you or your child are.
We support challenges, not fix differences.
We want to be honest with you:
Many neurodivergent children, teens, and adults face real struggles — with anxiety, emotional regulation, trauma, friendships, school demands, or the heavy toll of masking.
We are highly trained to work with these challenges.
We bring specific, evidence-informed tools for supporting emotional regulation, building resilience, navigating bullying, healing from trauma, and managing overwhelm.
But here's what we will never do:
We will never treat neurodivergence itself as the problem to solve.
We don't view ADHD, autism, sensory differences, or unique communication styles as pathologies that need correction.
We don’t set goals to "normalize" behavior, "reduce stimming," or "increase compliance."
We don’t measure success by how indistinguishable a client becomes from a neurotypical standard.
Instead, our work is centered on something much deeper:
Reducing suffering, not reducing identity
Building self-trust, not masking
Creating real coping skills, not forcing adaptation at any cost
Supporting emotional and relational healing, while fiercely honoring who the person has always been
You — or your child — deserve support that sees all of who you are, without asking you to leave any part of yourself at the door.
That’s what we’re here to offer.