Couples therapy · Austin, Texas
Neurodiverse couples therapy for Austin couples
For couples where one or both partners are ADHD, autistic or AuDHD, or where a late diagnosis has changed how you see your whole relationship. Online sessions from anywhere in Austin or across Texas.
- Online across Texas
- Neurodivergent-affirming
- TX LPC #92348
Is this you?
You love each other. You keep missing each other.
Many neurodiverse couples have tried couples therapy before and left feeling like the therapist was solving the wrong problem. This work starts from how both of you actually function.
- One of you has ADHD, and the other feels like the only responsible adult
- A late ADHD or autism diagnosis has reframed your whole relationship history
- One of you shuts down during conflict and the other pursues, and neither knows how to break the cycle
- Physical or emotional closeness has changed, and it's been hard to talk about
- You're both neurodivergent, and running the household is genuinely hard
- You've tried couples therapy before, and it didn't fit how either of you works
Austin couples, mapped
What Austin brings to the relationship
Where you live shapes how neurodivergence shows up at home. These are the patterns that come up most often with Austin couples.
Select a pattern to see what it can look like and what helps.
Tech and masking
Performing all day, with nothing left at home.
What it can look like
Austin's tech and startup culture rewards some neurodivergent strengths while demanding constant masking. Partners come home empty, and the exhaustion gets read as not caring.
What helps
We name the energy cost of the workday, plan the transition home and build ways to connect that don't require more performing.
Moving here
The structure stayed behind.
What it can look like
Many Austin couples moved here and lost the routines, family and familiar places that were quietly holding things together. The relationship absorbs the impact.
What helps
We rebuild structure on purpose: routines, roles and support that fit the life you have now.
Late diagnosis
A new lens on your whole history.
What it can look like
Late ADHD and autism diagnoses are common among Austin professionals. A diagnosis can reframe years of conflict at once, for both partners.
What helps
We make room for the relief and the grief, then sort out what changes now, and what the diagnosis explains but doesn't excuse.
LGBTQ couples
Both identities, held together.
What it can look like
Austin's LGBTQ and neurodivergent communities overlap a lot, and couples deserve a therapist who doesn't treat either identity as secondary.
What helps
Affirming couples therapy that works with both, without asking you to explain the basics first.
What we work on
Built for how you both work
The goal isn't to make either of you more neurotypical. It's to understand each other's wiring and build a relationship that fits it.
Translation, not blame
Learning how each of you actually communicates, so misunderstandings stop turning into verdicts about character. See the workbook.
The parent-child dynamic
When one partner manages and the other feels managed. We reorganize roles and systems so neither of you has to be the parent.
Shutdown or stonewalling?
Going quiet in conflict is often overload, not indifference. We build a pause-and-return plan you both trust.
Intimacy and sensory needs
How sensory differences, emotional processing and masking exhaustion shape closeness, informed by my AANE training in neurodiverse couples intimacy.
After a late diagnosis
Making sense of the past together, then deciding what changes going forward, without the diagnosis becoming an excuse or a weapon.
When you're both neurodivergent
Two ADHD partners, an ADHD and autistic pairing or two autistic partners. Each combination has its own rhythm, and we work with yours.
Want to move faster than weekly sessions?
A couples intensive is one focused 5-hour day on a Friday or Saturday, from 8am to 1pm Central. It's well suited to a late diagnosis, a painful stretch of disconnection or patterns that haven't shifted in weekly therapy. There's currently a waitlist.
How therapy works
A clear plan, built in steps
Structured, practical and predictable. Within the first few sessions, you'll both know the plan and roughly how long the work might take.
My training includes AANE trainings in neurodiverse couples therapy and neurodiverse couples intimacy, Gottman Method Level 2, and ACT for Autism and Adult ADHD. More about my training.
Getting to know you both
Each of your profiles, your history together and what you want to be different.
Mapping the pattern
Where the misunderstandings start and how the cycle keeps going.
Building new tools
Translation, roles, repair and closeness, designed for your wiring.
Making it last
Practicing it in real life, then finishing with a plan you both own.
The details
How sessions work
Format
Online by secure Zoom video. There's no Austin office: you join from home, or from separate places if that helps, as long as you're both in Texas. How online therapy works.
Fees
Couples sessions are $250 for 50 minutes, or $450 for 90 minutes. I'm private pay, with superbills available for out-of-network benefits. Services and fees.
Hours
Weekly sessions Monday to Friday, 8 to 11am Central. Couples intensives on Fridays and Saturdays, 8am to 1pm Central.
Common questions
Neurodiverse couples therapy in Austin
Quick answers. The full FAQ page has the rest.
Do you have an office in Austin?
No. The practice is fully online, so there's no office to drive to. Sessions are by secure Zoom video, and you can join from home in Austin or anywhere in Texas. Partners can even join from separate locations, as long as you're both in Texas.
Do we need a formal diagnosis?
No. Many couples are working with suspected or self-identified ADHD or autism, or are still figuring it out. Therapy is available wherever you are in that process, including before any evaluation.
What is AANE training?
AANE is a nonprofit focused on autistic and neurodivergent adults. I've completed AANE trainings in neurodiverse couples therapy, neurodiverse couples intimacy and PDA. It means the approach is built for how autism and ADHD actually shape communication, closeness and conflict, not general communication tips.
Is this affirming for LGBTQ couples?
Yes. LGBTQ couples are welcome, and both your identities and your neurotypes are taken seriously, without either one being treated as secondary.
Do you offer a couples intensive?
Yes. A couples intensive is one focused 5-hour day on a Friday or Saturday, from 8am to 1pm Central, including a lunch break. It suits couples navigating a late diagnosis, a painful stretch of disconnection or patterns that haven't shifted in weekly therapy. There's currently a waitlist.
What are your hours?
Weekly sessions are Monday to Friday, 8 to 11am Central. Couples intensives run on Fridays and Saturdays. I don't offer evening appointments right now.
What does it cost?
Couples sessions are $250 for 50 minutes or $450 for 90 minutes. I'm private pay. I can provide a monthly superbill for out-of-network benefits, but reimbursement isn't guaranteed. See services and fees.
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