Young Adult Therapy
Navigating Young Adulthood Can Feel Overwhelming
Young adulthood can feel like you're expected to have everything figured out, even when you're still trying to understand yourself. Whether you're navigating college, work, relationships, or growing independence, the pressure to keep up can become overwhelming.
For young adults with ADHD or autism, these transitions can bring additional challenges with executive functioning, emotional regulation, relationships, and burnout. Anxiety and depression can make everyday responsibilities and decisions feel even harder.
Therapy offers a space to better understand yourself, work through what's getting in the way, and develop strategies that fit the way you experience the world.
When Everyday Life Feels Harder
Than It Should
Sometimes the hardest part of young adulthood isn't knowing what you need to do. It's finding the energy, motivation, or emotional capacity to actually do it.
You might feel overwhelmed by responsibilities that seem to come easily to others, struggle with anxiety that makes decisions difficult, or experience depression that leaves you feeling disconnected from yourself and the people around you.
For neurodivergent young adults, everyday expectations can become particularly exhausting. Managing competing demands, navigating relationships, or trying to meet expectations that don't align with how your brain works can contribute to chronic stress, self-doubt, and burnout.
Therapy can help you better understand these patterns, explore what's contributing to them, and develop ways of navigating everyday life that feel more sustainable.
Understanding Your Brain and Yourself
Growing up with ADHD or autism can mean spending years feeling misunderstood, struggling to meet expectations, or wondering why certain things seem harder for you than for others.
Whether you've known you're neurodivergent for years or are just beginning to explore that possibility, therapy can be a space to better understand yourself and your experiences.
My approach is neurodiversity-affirming. Rather than trying to change who you are, we'll work together to understand your strengths and needs, navigate challenges like masking, emotional regulation, and burnout, and find ways to make everyday life work better for you.
Areas We Can Explore Together
ADHD & Executive Functioning
Masking & Burnout
Emotional Regulation
Autism & Sensory Needs
Identity & Self-Acceptance
Relationships & Connection
Understanding Yourself in Relationships
Relationships can be complicated, especially when you're figuring out who you are and what you need from others. If you're neurodivergent, you may also find yourself worrying about rejection, feeling anxious in social situations, or working hard to fit in while wondering whether others truly understand you.
Our early relationships and experiences can shape how we connect with others, express our emotions, and ask for support. Sometimes those experiences leave us questioning ourselves, struggling with boundaries, or feeling unsure of where we belong.
In therapy, we'll explore these patterns together, make sense of your emotional needs, and work toward relationships where you feel safe, understood, and comfortable being yourself.
Starting therapy can feel a little intimidating, especially if you're not quite sure what you want to talk about or where to begin. You don't need to have it all figured out before reaching out.
We'll start with what's most important to you and go from there. Some days that might mean talking through something difficult, while others might involve learning new ways to manage anxiety, navigate relationships, or handle everyday challenges. There's room for both, and we'll figure out what works best for you along the way.
Working Together
Finding someone you feel comfortable talking to matters. I offer a free 15-minute consultation so we can get to know each other a little, talk about what you're looking for, and see if working together feels like a good fit.