7 Highly Recommended Los Angeles Neurodiversity Therapists

Finding a therapist who truly understands neurodivergence, rather than pathologizing it, can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. At Therapy on Fig, our neurodivergent-affirming therapists in Los Angeles honor your unique wiring while helping you navigate a world not designed for you. Meet our team, learn about our approach, and contact us when you’re ready to begin.

For some, you self-describe as having an addictive personality but find yourself often at the mercy of your current mood. You chase stimulating work projects, travel schedules, and an active calendar but find yourself crashing into the lows of mundane day-to-day, especially if it's boring and tedious. You're energized by problem-solving at the utmost level and sometimes attribute this to your "ADHD brain." You see them as piecing together a complex puzzle, and the rewarding feeling of figuring it out keeps you going. Although you’d describe your way of completing tasks as uniquely yours, you often feel embarrassed for not being as disciplined.

For some, you self-describe as having a massive burnout, including meltdowns you don't want. You're seeking recovery but worry you'll get stuck in a nihilism that prevents you from engaging again. You're also one to do deep dives into interesting subjects, including person(s), leading to limerence that occupies too much of your mental space. You crave routines, structures, and predictability. You like planned transitions, simplicity, and minimalism. You may be late diagnosed autistic, and discovering this has led to both relief and grief.

For some, you navigate both experiences with degrees of intensity and variations and may find yourself exceptionally talented yet inexplicably struggling. You appreciate structure, yet you also crave the spontaneity that can inspire creativity and innovation.

You thrive in a fast-paced environment, mainly when it operates within a system of rules you can understand. In such a system, you are successful.

However, in spaces where rules are ambiguous and open to interpretation, you may work hard to read the room, occasionally missing the mark and worrying about unintentionally causing offense.

Meet our neurodivergent-affirming therapists

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• Best for late-diagnosed ADHDers: Sabrina Bolin

• Best for neurodivergent entrepreneurs & high-achievers: Sharon Yu

• Best for Highly Sensitive People (HSP) in life transitions: Marina Mendes

• Best for neurodivergent teens: Rachel Kwon

• Best for neurodivergent people in the entertainment industry: Janelle Malak

• Best for neurodivergent parents: Gabriella Giorgio

• Best for neurodivergent couples: Grace Chan

Best for late-diagnosed ADHDers

As a late-diagnosed ADHDer herself, Sabrina intimately understands the devastating realization that you've been masking your entire life—and the work it takes to unlearn perfectionism and people-pleasing patterns built over decades. She integrates Internal Family Systems with somatic work to help you reconnect mind and body, moving from chronic overwhelm toward genuine self-trust.

• Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 

• Clientele: Adults & couples

• Location: Los Angeles, CA 90042

• Virtual therapy: Yes, in addition to in-person

Best for neurodivergent entrepreneurs & high-achievers

Sharon brings nearly two decades of experience helping ambitious, deeply relational people who care so much about others that they've lost touch with their own needs. Her IFS-informed approach is particularly attuned to creatives and entrepreneurs whose neurodivergence fuels both their gifts and their struggles with conventional structures.

• Credentials: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

• Clientele: Adults & couples

• Location: Los Angeles, CA 90042

• Virtual therapy: Yes, in addition to in-person

Best for Highly Sensitive People (HSP) in life transitions

Marina understands what it means to feel "othered" as a mixed-race Asian American queer woman and Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). She weaves together IFS, mindfulness, and nature-based practices to help you reconnect with your authentic Self during times when the ground beneath you feels shaky and your sensitivity feels both like a gift and an overwhelming burden.

• Credentials: Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Nature Therapy Guide, Certified Somatic Coach, Registered Yoga Teacher

• Clientele: Adults

• Location: Los Angeles, CA 90042

• Virtual therapy: Yes, in addition to in-person

Best for neurodivergent teens

Rachel specializes in creating space where neurodivergent teens can finally be witnessed for who they truly are beneath the mask. Her depth-oriented, intuitive approach helps teens navigate the complexities of school, friendships, and evolving identities—particularly when they've spent so long feeling "different" in ways they couldn't explain and are exhausted by trying to fit in.

• Credentials: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

• Clientele: Teens, young adults, & adults parenting teens

• Location: Los Angeles, CA 90042

• Virtual therapy: Yes, in addition to in-person

Best for neurodivergent people in the entertainment industry

Janelle understands the unique pressures of working in entertainment—the irregular schedules, the constant rejection, the disconnect between your creative dreams and the demands of the industry. She helps neurodivergent creatives navigate burnout and career transitions while honoring the parts of you that don't fit the traditional mold, whether you're questioning your path or learning to thrive within it.

• Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

• Clientele: Adults & couples

• Location: Los Angeles, CA 90042

• Virtual therapy: Yes, in addition to in-person

Best for neurodivergent parents

Gabriella is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and mother who understands the task of reparenting yourself while parenting your child. She works from a non-pathological, attachment-focused lens to help neurodivergent parents navigate the overwhelming demands of parenthood—from the intrusive thoughts and anxiety of pregnancy and postpartum to the grief of losing your pre-parent identity while honoring your unique needs.

• Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

• Clientele: Teens, adults, & couples

• Location: Los Angeles, CA 90042

• Virtual therapy: Yes, in addition to in-person

Best for neurodivergent couples

Grace brings her training in premarital counseling alongside an IFS-informed approach to help neurodivergent couples navigate recurring conflicts and unspoken tensions. Her creative, culturally responsive work helps partners understand their own neurodivergent patterns while building a relationship where both people can be their authentic selves—multitudes and all.

• Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

• Clientele: Teens, adults, couples, & families

• Location: Los Angeles, CA 90042

• Virtual therapy: Yes, in addition to in-person

Why neurodiversity-affirming therapy matters

Therapy for the neurodivergent person is to be believed for your lived experience. To know that existing in a neuronormative society, culture, norms, assumptions, and values is exhausting. To belong and be accepted, you needed to mask by playing up ways of being that make sense to others, often at the expense of your natural way of being, and playing down authentic aspects of yourself so as not to be too "____" fill in the blank. Because you've been doing this for as long as you can remember, therapy is a space to experience your authenticity without judgment and shame and to know you're not alone.

Common signs that neurodivergent-affirming therapy may be a good fit for you

You are:

• Experiencing massive burnout

• Having a highly creative flow followed by a low spell that is hard to shake off.

• Feeling unsure whether you need therapy or coaching because while there are behavioral patterns you want to change, they have have enabled you to be inspired, creative, and good at what you do.

• Tired of masking but worried about disappointing and hurting others.

• Wanting to work with a trauma-informed therapist who also honors your unique neurodivergent system and can tailor therapy for all of your parts.

• Navigating limerence that is occupying a lot of mental space.

Our approach to neurodivergent-affirming therapy

At Therapy on Fig, our therapists work from a non-pathological, trauma-informed, client's system-led, and identity-affirming lens. Your specific wirings don't need to fit a specific mold. Our priority is to help you tune into your natural orientation towards safety, healing, and joy.

Acknowledging the systems we exist in and how they're not always conducive to your natural way of being, we work through trauma and grief in this lived experience and cultivate ways of being that don't lead to chronic burnout, disappointment, loneliness, and exhaustion. 

At our practice, we approach therapy for the neurodivergent person with creativity and flexibility. We modify modalities as needed, weaving in and out of tactical and workshopping sessions with our clients to depth-oriented, going beyond the surface of solving problems and getting curious about the "whys" behind why you do what you do. Our clients report experiencing embodied and holistic shifts in their systems throughout therapy.

We are trained, informed, and experienced in using Internal Family Systems (IFS) and interweaving this modality with Polyvagal Theory, Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotional-Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Gottman Method, attachment, and somatically based understandings and techniques. 

FAQs about neurodiversity therapy

Start neurodivergent-affirming therapy in-person in Highland Park, Los Angeles, or virtually in California 

After a lifetime of this balancing act, you can have a safe space to BE without the burden of emphasizing traits that seem acceptable to others while suppressing parts of your authentic self to avoid being seen as "too much" or "not enough." Our neurodivergent affirming therapists honor the parts of you that hold the job of masking to belong in a neuronormative world and can help you heal the exiled parts of you so you can belong to yourself with confidence and ease.

1. Reach out to schedule a free consultation.

2. Speak with a Neurodivergent Affirming Therapist

3. Be yourself

Other Therapy Services Offered at Therapy on Fig in Highland Park, Los Angeles, and Throughout California

At Therapy on Fig, we offer therapy services that fit each couple's unique needs. In addition to Couples Therapy in Highland Park, we also offer Therapy for Empaths, Trauma Therapy, Couples Therapy, Grief and Loss Therapy, and IFS Therapy. We also address related issues such as anxiety, stress management, and relationship issues. Whether you're seeking support for a specific issue or looking to strengthen your relationship overall, our therapists are here to help. Contact us today to learn more about our services and how we can support you on your journey towards a healthier, happier relationship.