Therapy for Young Adults with
ADHD, Autism or AuDHD:
Online Across the UK

You may have reached this page because you've just left home, started a job, or started university, and independence is turning out to be so much harder than you expected. Maybe you have been recently diagnosed and suddenly some of your life is starting to make sense in a way it never did before. Maybe nothing has been diagnosed yet, but you've started to wonder. Maybe you were diagnosed as a child and are still navigating your way through getting the right support in place.

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This is therapy for young adults with ADHD, autism or AuDHD who are exhausted from performing a version of themselves that isn't quite true, and who are ready for something different.

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What this might look like day to day

On the outside, it may look as though you're managing. You're at college, at work, at university, keeping on top of things, showing up for people.

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Privately, you might be exhausted by the time you get home, with nothing left for the things or people you actually care about. You might be missing deadlines you know you're capable of meeting, cancelling plans last minute, or needing more help from a parent than your friends seem to need from theirs, which can bring its own quiet frustration. You might not really know who you are underneath all the performing, and you might be quietly certain that if you stopped, people would notice and pull away.

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What you might actually want

Underneath the exhaustion, there's usually something simpler: you want to trust your own instincts. You want to rest without feeling guilty about it. You want to stop translating yourself for other people and just be understood as you are.

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You want to live, properly, rather than just surviving each day, because simply existing is its own kind of exhausting.

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How therapy can help

Therapy can offer a place to put the performance down, even briefly, and find out who's underneath it. We can look at where the pressure to please everyone, parents, friends, tutors, employers, actually comes from, and whether it's still serving you. We can explore what masking has cost you, and start working out what it might look like to need it less.

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None of this is about fixing you, because you're not broken and you're not a problem to be solved. You're running on a different operating system in a world mostly built for the other one, and the aim is to help you work with your brain rather than against it. No two neurodivergent people are the same, so we won't be following a script, we'll be figuring out what actually works for you.

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You don't need a diagnosis to start this work, and you don't need to have it all worked out before our first conversation.

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What sessions may involve

Most clients see me weekly or fortnightly, for 50 minute sessions, with longer 100 minute sessions available if that suits you better. Everything happens online, so you can be anywhere in the UK.

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Sometimes it's a parent or caregiver who gets in touch first. If that's you reading this on someone else's behalf, know that I'll always meet the young person themselves first, on a free 15-minute Zoom chat, because I need to be the right fit for them, not for you. Once we start working together, our sessions are between the two of us, and nobody else. If a caregiver is paying, I'll only contact them about invoices or appointment times, and only with the client's permission.

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The first proper session, the assessment, lasts an hour. We'll talk through home, work or study, health and wellbeing, any previous experience of counselling, and what you'd like to get out of this. We'll also talk about any accommodations that would help sessions work better for you, and anything you're worried about.

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If talking feels hard in the early stages, that's completely fine. Some people may not be able to speak at all when anxious, and that's not necessarily a problem to overcome before we can start, it's just something we'll work around together, as not everyone communicates in the same way. I'm also happy to do a bit of email contact before we meet properly, so you know what to expect and don't feel pressure to speak in the first meeting.

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Therapy for young adults with ADHD, autism or AuDHD: who this is for

This page is for you if you're roughly 18 to 25, and you're a woman, a trans man, non-binary, or gay, newly exploring, or diagnosed with ADHD, autism, or both. It's for you if a big transition, leaving home, starting work, starting university, has made it obvious how much energy you've been spending just to keep up, or if burnout has already forced the question.

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A fear worth naming

A worry that comes up a lot is that stopping the performance means losing people. If you're not the easygoing one, the capable one, the one who copes, will anyone still want you around?

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It's a frightening thought to sit with, and a fair one to have, given how long you may have been protecting yourself this way. Therapy won't make that fear disappear overnight, but it can give you somewhere to test it out safely, a bit at a time, rather than carrying it alone.

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Practical details

Fees start at £65 for a daytime session finishing before 6pm, and £70 for an evening session, rising to £70 and £75 from January 2027. I currently have Monday to Friday slots available, from 10.30am through to 8.30pm.

 

I'm a member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists) and work within their ethical framework, so you can expect clear boundaries around confidentiality, consent, and how your information is kept.

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Common Questions

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Do I need a diagnosis before I can start therapy?

No, you don't need a diagnosis to start this work. Some clients already have a diagnosis, but many clients come while they're still exploring whether ADHD, autism or AuDHD fits their experience, and some never pursue a formal diagnosis at all. What matters is that you're ready to understand yourself a bit better.

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Can my parent or partner come to sessions with me?

The free 15-minute introduction chat can include a parent or caregiver for support if that helps you feel more comfortable in that first conversation. Once we begin working together, though, sessions are between the two of us. That's so the work stays focused on what you need, rather than what anyone else in your life is hoping for.

 

What if I freeze up or go quiet when I'm anxious?

That's genuinely fine, and it's something we'll work around together rather than treat as a problem. Not everyone communicates in the same way, especially early on, and some people find speaking difficult when anxiety is high. I'm also happy to do some email contact before our first proper session so you know what to expect.

 

Is therapy for young adults with ADHD, autism or AuDHD only available in person?

 

No, all sessions are online, so you can work with me from anywhere in the UK. This suits a lot of young adults who find travelling to appointments adds another layer of effort on top of an already full day. You just need a private space where you are able to speak freely.

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What happens next

The next step is a free, no obligation 15-minute Zoom introduction chat, just for you, the young person, not your parent or caregiver (unless you would like them there for support in the first instance to make you feel more comfortable). It's a chance to ask anything you want, and for us both to get a sense of whether this feels like the right fit for us to work together.

 

There's no pressure for you to sign up to work with me, and you certainly don't have to make any decisions there and then. Some people like to go away and think about things before making a decision.

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