Treatment Approaches for Trauma, ADHD, Autism & Highly Sensitive Individuals
Understanding Your System
Treatment begins with a comprehensive, trauma-informed and neurodivergence-informed assessment process. This is not a formal diagnostic evaluation, but rather an in-depth exploration of your internal world and lived experience.
We look at developmental history, attachment patterns, trauma exposure, nervous system responses, and traits associated with neurodivergence (such as ADHD, autism, and high sensitivity). The goal is to understand how these factors interact to shape your current patterns of emotion, behavior, and regulation.
This process allows us to build a detailed “map” of your system—identifying protective patterns, areas of dysregulation, and underlying adaptive strategies—so that treatment can be highly individualized, targeted, and effective.
Healing Trauma at the Nervous System Level
Trauma work is grounded in a somatic and attachment-based framework, informed by the functioning of the nervous system and vagal pathways.
Using an Internal Family Systems (IFS)–informed approach, we work with different “parts” of your system—especially those shaped by trauma—while maintaining a focus on safety, pacing, and internal resources. This allows for deeper access to emotional material without overwhelming the system.
Interventions are tailored based on your unique nervous system patterns, including how your body responds to stress, connection, and regulation. This may include targeted somatic practices designed to support vagal regulation and create the conditions necessary for memory reconsolidation and lasting change.
The goal is not only to process past experiences, but to shift how your system responds in the present.
Supporting Your Nervous System & Unique Needs
In addition to trauma work, I offer a specialized approach for working directly with neurodivergent patterns, including those associated with ADHD, autism, and highly sensitive individuals (HSPs/empaths).
This work is experiential, somatic, and highly targeted. Together, we identify the internal systems and processes involved in attention, emotional regulation, sensory processing, and cognitive flexibility.
Rather than trying to override these patterns, we work to understand what they need in order to function more effectively. This often involves strengthening internal resources, adjusting environmental inputs, and supporting specific regulatory processes within the nervous system.
Over time, this approach can lead to greater stability, improved self-regulation, and a more supportive internal experience—without pathologizing your neurodivergence.
