ADHD THERAPY AND AUTISM COUNSELING IN FAIR OAKS AND ONLINE IN CALIFORNIA

Therapy for Neurodivergent Individuals - Embrace your Strengths. Explore Your Identity.

We help neurodivergent adults and teens embrace their strengths, navigate challenges with confidence, and thrive as their authentic selves.

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Complimentary 20-minute video consultation available.

Honor Your Experience

We provide a supportive space where your neurodivergence is understood, validated, and embraced.

Build Skills

Our approach helps you navigate challenges, strengthen self-compassion, and develop strategies that work for you.

Create a Life That Fits You

We empower you to cultivate relationships, routines, and environments that align with your strengths and needs.

Therapy for Neurodivergent Folks at Within Therapy Solutions

At Within Therapy Solutions, we offer neurodivergent-affirming therapy tailored to your unique way of thinking, feeling, and experiencing the world. We provide a safe and validating space to explore challenges, develop self-understanding, and build strategies that support your well-being. Whether you’re seeking relief from overwhelm, struggling with relationships, or wanting to embrace your strengths, we’re here to help you navigate life with greater confidence and ease.

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How Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy Can Help You

Neurodivergent-affirming therapy supports you in embracing your unique way of thinking, feeling, and experiencing the world. It helps you navigate challenges without pathologizing who you are, so you can build self-understanding and thrive on your own terms. Neurodivergent-affirming therapy can:

Help you understand and embrace your neurodivergence
Validate your experiences without trying to "fix" you
Support you in finding strategies that work for your brain and lifestyle
Create a space where you don’t have to mask or conform
Empower you to build a life that honors your strengths and needs

What is Neurodivergence?

Neurodivergence includes conditions like autism, ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, and sensory processing differences, but it’s more than just a list of diagnoses—it’s a natural variation in how brains function. Instead of viewing these traits as deficits, the neurodiversity movement embraces them as differences in cognition, each with its own strengths and challenges. Many neurodivergent individuals thrive with creativity, deep focus, or unique problem-solving abilities.

At Within Therapy Solutions, we provide neurodivergent-affirming therapy, meaning we don’t pathologize your experiences—we help you understand, embrace, and work with them. Whether you’re self-identified or formally diagnosed, your lived experience matters. Therapy can support you in managing sensory sensitivities, executive function challenges, social dynamics, and emotional regulation while celebrating your strengths.

You are the expert on your own mind. Our role is to offer guidance, tools, and a safe space to explore your neurodivergence on your terms. If you're looking for therapy that honors and affirms your unique way of thinking, we’re here to help. Schedule a consultation today.

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Common Reasons Neurodivergent Individuals Seek Therapy

Masking & Identity Exploration Many neurodivergent individuals have spent years masking their traits to fit into neurotypical expectations, leading to exhaustion and disconnection from their true selves. Therapy provides a safe space to unmask, explore identity, and build self-acceptance.

Burnout & Overstimulation Constantly adapting to a world not designed for neurodivergent minds can lead to chronic stress and sensory overwhelm. Therapy can help identify triggers, develop self-care strategies, and create sustainable ways to manage energy.

Executive Function Challenges Struggles with organization, time management, and task initiation can create frustration in work, school, and daily life. Therapy can offer personalized strategies to support motivation, routine-building, and self-compassion.

Emotional Regulation & Rejection Sensitivity Many neurodivergent individuals experience intense emotions or struggle with rejection-sensitive dysphoria (RSD), making social interactions and self-esteem difficult. Therapy provides tools to understand emotional responses, set boundaries, and develop resilience.

Social Anxiety & Relationships Forming and maintaining relationships can be challenging due to differences in communication styles, sensory needs, or past experiences of rejection. Therapy can help navigate friendships, dating, family dynamics, and workplace interactions with greater confidence.

Trauma & PTSD Many neurodivergent individuals have experienced bullying, medical trauma, or systemic invalidation, leading to deep emotional wounds. Therapy can provide a space for healing and help process past experiences without shame or self-blame.

Work & School Struggles Managing expectations, advocating for accommodations, and coping with burnout are common challenges in structured environments. Therapy can help develop self-advocacy skills and explore ways to work with, rather than against, neurodivergent traits.

Meet our therapists who specialize in neurodivergent-affirming therapy

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1. Lindsey Walker

Lindsey Walker, AMFT, specializes in neurodivergent-affirming therapy, providing a supportive space for individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, and relationship challenges. With expertise in Brainspotting and Limbic System Therapy, she helps neurodivergent clients understand their unique experiences, build self-compassion, and develop strategies that work for their brains. Lindsey’s approach is collaborative and affirming, grounded in the belief that every individual deserves to thrive in a way that feels authentic and fulfilling.

Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Education: Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, William Jessup University
Additional specialties: Attachment/relationship challenges, religious trauma, childhood trauma, spirituality, grief, life transitions, coping skills, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Location: Fair Oaks and Virtual

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2. Nicole Greenwood

Nicole Greenwood, LMFT, specializes in trauma-focused psychotherapy for adults, offering a neurodivergent-affirming and culturally responsive space for healing. She helps clients process relational and childhood trauma, build meaningful connections, and develop practical tools for living authentically. Nicole also provides clinical supervision to associate therapists, fostering the growth of neurodivergent-affirming mental health professionals.

Credentials: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Education: Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, University of San Francisco
Additional Specialties: Relational trauma, childhood trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, identity development, culturally responsive care, trauma-informed therapy
Location: Fair Oaks and Virtual

Psychotherapy with us is:

Authentic

We are committed to fostering an environment where authenticity flourishes, providing you with a safe and supportive space to explore your true self without pretense. Through our genuine and empathetic approach, each session becomes a meaningful and honest journey toward healing and self-discovery.

Relational

We believe that a strong therapeutic relationship is the cornerstone of meaningful change. Fostering trust and collaboration throughout your journey is important to us. Our dedicated approach ensures that you feel supported and understood, creating a safe space for personal growth and transformation.

Dependable

At our practice, dependability is at the heart of our therapy, ensuring you receive consistent support and guidance every step of the way. You can count on us to be a reliable and steadfast partner in your journey towards healing and personal growth.

WELLNESS IS OUR PASSION