Neuroaffirming & Trauma-Informed Therapy in Canberra Supporting adults and teens to understand themselves more deeply and build lives that feel more authentic and sustainable
Queer, neurodivergent, non-monogamous, kinky, questioning, or just feeling different. You're welcome here.
Why people come to Evo for therapy
Recently identifying with autism and/or ADHD
Experiencing burnout and overwhelm
Difficulties with mood and regulation
wanting to support themselves through change
Exploring gender, sexuality, sex or relationships
Working through previous trauma
At Evo Psychology, we do therapy a little differently
Our space is designed for those who have felt out of place in traditional mental health settings. We provide evidence-based, inclusive & compassionate therapy that is as individualised as you are.
We see diversity (including gender, sexuality, neurotype, culture, relationship structure) as something to be embraced and celebrated, whilst also recognising the challenges that can come along with being “outside the box”.
We are committed to being a neurodiversity-affirming practice, continuously seeking feedback from both the neurodivergent community and current research to ensure our approaches align with best practice, celebrating the unique strengths and perspectives of neurodivergent individuals with the most informed and supportive care possible.
We have a team of passionate and authentic therapists ready to support you as you move towards flourishing.
How are we neurodiversity affirming?
There is a lot more discussion and awareness about neurodiversity recently (which is great!) – but what does neurodiversity affirming/neuroaffirming actually mean?
Neurodiversity is the understanding that it is normal and beneficial for there to be variation in the human population – including brain styles! And therefore to be neurodiversity affirming is to acknowledge these differences without trying to “fix” them or view them as deficits.
Here’s how we are neurodiversity affirming:
- Our team has many neurodivergent team members, and our practice is neurodivergent owned and led
- Our work is informed by the experience of the neurodivergent community
- We aim to understand the needs of our clients from their perspective, and don’t impose goals or expectations based on any neurotypical standards
- We aim to adapt our environment to meet the needs of our clients and team
- We acknowledge and respect that there is such huge variation in communication styles and preferences and that none of these are superior to another
- We aim to support our clients and adapt evidence based strategies to work with someone, instead of trying to make a client fit into a standard therapy
- We do not aim to “fix” anyone’s neurotype-related differences and do not see them as deficits (but can support and guide if there are client goals related to this)
- We view human behaviour through a lens that acknowledges the social model of disability – seeing disability as caused by societal barriers rather than an individuals “impairment”
- Our therapy is client-centered and strengths based
Therapy
Individual and couples therapy – available from our practice in Isaacs ACT or online
Assessments
We offer adult autism and ADHD assessments in our Canberra clinic or by telehealth