AuDHD Therapy in Seattle
AuDHD describes the intersection of autism and ADHD. For many adults, that combination can create a particular kind of internal contradiction: needing structure and resisting it, craving stimulation and becoming overwhelmed by it, wanting connection and needing significant recovery time, or appearing highly capable while using enormous effort to keep daily life functioning.
For people who are late-identified, learning about AuDHD can reorganize years of experience. Things that once looked like inconsistency, lack of discipline, oversensitivity, or “not trying hard enough” may begin to make sense as the interaction of two different neurodevelopmental systems.
Therapy does not need to be about making those systems behave more normally. It can be a place to understand how your brain actually works, reduce unnecessary self-correction, and build a life around your real capacity, sensory needs, communication style, and executive functioning.
AuDHD therapy may include support with:
Task initiation and transitions
Perfectionism and shame
Emotional intensity and rejection sensitivity
Relationships and communication
Identity after diagnosis
Work, parenting, and daily-life demands
Building sustainable systems instead of forcing consistency
I work with AuDHD adults throughout Washington via telehealth, including people who are formally diagnosed, self-identified, questioning, or still trying to understand whether autism and ADHD describe their experience.
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You may also want to explore Neurodivergent Therapy, ADHD Therapy, Autism Therapy, Executive Functioning & Burnout, and Sensory Differences.
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AuDHD is a term commonly used to describe the co-occurrence of autism and ADHD. It is not a separate diagnosis, but it can be a useful way of naming the lived experience of having both.
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No. I work with adults who are formally diagnosed, self-identified, questioning, or still making sense of whether autism, ADHD, or AuDHD fits their experience.
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Autistic and ADHD needs can sometimes pull in different directions. You may crave routine and novelty, connection and solitude, stimulation and quiet, or structure and freedom. Therapy can help you understand those patterns without framing them as personal failures.
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Yes. We can explore the cumulative effects of masking, sensory overload, executive functioning demands, chronic self-correction, and trying to meet expectations that do not fit the way your brain works.
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Yes. The goal is not to make you appear less autistic or less ADHD. Therapy focuses on understanding your nervous system, reducing unnecessary shame, identifying your actual needs, and building more sustainable ways of living.
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We’ll talk briefly about what is bringing you to therapy, what you are looking for, and whether my approach feels like a good fit. You do not need to have everything figured out before we meet.
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Yes. I provide online therapy to adults throughout Washington State.