The core principle of neurodivergent affirming therapy is to promote authentic compassion, self-acceptance, and empowerment as you are right now. As a neurodivergent affirming therapist, I recognize that neurodivergence is not a flaw or illness that needs to be “fixed” or corrected. Neurodivergent affirming therapy acknowledges and affirms how neurodivergence can be difficult and how everyone has a unique lived experience with different needs. It means we honor the challenges you are facing having to navigate a neurotypical world, we develop any skills you believe you need to thrive, and we affirm your ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that work for you without trying to change who you are.