Helen San, MA, LPC, LAC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed Addiction Counselor
Autistic + ADHD Psychotherapist
I am accepting new clients (self-pay only). I regret I am unable to accept Medicaid or private health insurance.
I will be co-presenting on a panel called: Neurodivergence From the Inside Out: Understanding and Nurturing Autistic and ADHD Neurotypes. We are a group of autistic Irish, Australian, and American psychologists.
Abstract (British English):
Neurodiversity-affirming approaches share a commitment to rejecting unhelpful pathologisation, recognising individual differences, and understanding function across psychological, sociocultural, and biophysiological levels of analysis. Yet, despite these overlaps with contextual behavioral science, many ACBSers have yet to incorporate neurodiversity-affirming perspectives into their research and practice.
Focusing on autism and ADHD, this panel of neurodivergent professionals explores how to integrate neurodiversity-affirming principles within contextual behavioral approaches. Panellists will discuss conceptualization frameworks, including pathology and neurotype models from lived experience and clinical perspectives; and evaluate the clinical, research, and personal utility of middle-level terms such as emotional regulation, demand avoidance, neuro-states, monotropism, and BIMS (burnout, inertia, meltdown, shutdown).
The panel will also examine current questions in neurodiversity-affirming spaces, including how to balance respect for neurodivergent identity with calls to hold labels “lightly,” and how concepts such as double and triple empathy may clarify cross-neurotype, cross-role communication difficulties. Finally, panellists will consider intersections between neurodiversity and minoritization across age, race, and gender, highlighting the need to address androcentrism, eurocentrism, and internalised ableism with curiosity, openness, and cultural humility.
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ADHD and Autism
Differences in neural activity and neural connectivity are associated with ADHD and Autism. The neurodiversity-affirming model says these differences are like a different operating system–not deficient, just different.
Processing Memories with EMDR
Using the brain’s natural abilities, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy helps individuals process significant and intense emotional experiences.
Complex Trauma and PTSD
Complex trauma results from chronic abuse and makes it difficult to form healthy relationships. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from psychological and physical shock changes the way you trust yourself and the world. Connect with your core strengths and your true self to rise through unbearably distressing experiences.
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