Neurodiversity Therapy
If you are autistic, have ADHD, or are exploring whether you might be neurodivergent, finding a therapist who truly understands your experience can make all the difference. Not someone who needs you to explain yourself, but someone who gets it.
I am Mark Greenaway-Robbins, a registered counsellor and psychotherapist with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I am autistic and I have ADHD. I offer neurodiversity therapy from my practice rooms in Islington, Cardiff, and online.
I do not approach neurodivergence as something to be managed or fixed. I see it as a fundamental part of who you are, with its own strengths, challenges, and ways of experiencing the world.
What Is Neurodiversity Therapy?
Neurodiversity therapy is an approach that respects and affirms neurological difference. It recognises that autistic people, people with ADHD, and other neurodivergent individuals experience the world differently, and that many of the difficulties they face are not personal failings but the result of living in systems that were not designed for them.
This matters in therapy because traditional therapeutic approaches do not always fit neurodivergent minds. The pace, the style of communication, the assumptions about what is normal, these can all feel alienating if your therapist does not understand neurodivergent experience.
Working with a therapist who is neurodivergent themselves offers something different. I do not rely on textbook knowledge alone. I bring personal understanding of sensory overwhelm, executive function challenges, social exhaustion, masking, and the complex feelings that come with navigating a neurotypical world.
Who Is Neurodiversity Therapy For?
You might benefit from neurodiversity therapy if you are experiencing:
- A recent or long-standing autism or ADHD diagnosis and want support making sense of it
- Suspecting you might be neurodivergent and exploring what that means for you
- Burnout, exhaustion, or shutdown from years of masking or trying to fit in
- Difficulties with executive function, organisation, or motivation that affect your daily life
- Sensory overwhelm that is hard to manage or explain to others
- Social anxiety or difficulty navigating relationships and social expectations
- Low self-esteem connected to feeling different or not fitting in
- A sense of grief or anger about late diagnosis and the years of not knowing
You do not need a formal diagnosis to come to therapy. If you recognise yourself in neurodivergent experience, that is enough.
How I Work With Neurodivergent Clients
I adapt my therapeutic approach to fit you, rather than asking you to fit into a standard model. This might mean adjusting the pace of sessions, being flexible about communication style, allowing movement or stimming, or simply creating a space where you do not need to mask.
I am interested in the whole of your experience, not just the parts that look like clinical symptoms. We might explore what it means to be neurodivergent in your relationships, your work, your family, and your sense of self. We might look at the impact of masking and the cost of performing neurotypicality. We might work on practical strategies, or we might sit with the grief of what could have been different.
Whatever we focus on, the work is collaborative. I bring my professional training, my personal experience, and genuine curiosity about your world. We work at a pace that feels right for you.
My integrative approach pays attention to embodied experience as well as cognitive patterns. Many neurodivergent people carry sensory and somatic experiences that traditional talking therapy can overlook. We can work with both.
Why Work With Me?
I am autistic and I have ADHD. I was diagnosed as an adult and I know what it is like to spend years not understanding why certain things felt so hard.
I also know the relief, confusion, and complexity that can come with finally having language for your experience.
This personal understanding shapes everything about how I practise. I do not pathologise neurodivergence. I do not use deficit-based language. I believe that neurodivergent people deserve therapy that is designed with them in mind, not therapy that asks them to translate their experience into neurotypical terms.
I am also a queer therapist, and I understand the particular experience of sitting at the intersection of multiple identities. If your neurodivergence overlaps with questions about identity, relationships, or belonging, my work with LGBTQ+ clients may also be relevant.
Neurodiversity Therapy in Islington, Cardiff and Online
I offer neurodiversity therapy from two practice locations and online across the UK:
- Islington, London: 1 Highbury Crescent, Highbury, N5 1RN. In-person sessions available on Thursdays.
- Cardiff: Sophia House, 28 Cathedral Rd, Pontcanna, CF11 9LJ. In-person sessions available Mondays to Wednesdays.
- Online: Sessions via Zoom, available Monday to Thursday.
Fees: Individual therapy £90 per 50-minute session (London) | £75 per 50-minute session (Cardiff).
Get in Touch
Whatever brings you here, we can explore it together. I offer a free brief phone call so we can get a sense of whether we are a good fit, before you commit to anything.
Contact me on 07534 599 233, by text, or reach out through my contact page. Sessions can be weekly, fortnightly, or more spaced out, whatever fits your life.
No. Many people come to therapy while exploring whether they might be neurodivergent. Others have self-identified and find that label helpful without pursuing a formal assessment. I welcome you wherever you are in that process.
The core therapeutic relationship is the same, but neurodiversity therapy is adapted to fit the way neurodivergent people think, process, and communicate. I adjust my approach to meet you rather than expecting you to adapt to a standard model.
Yes. Autistic burnout is a real and serious experience that often results from sustained masking, sensory overload, or trying to meet neurotypical expectations. Therapy can help you understand what has led to burnout, rebuild your capacity, and find more sustainable ways of living.
Absolutely. A late diagnosis can bring relief but also grief, frustration, and a re-evaluation of your past. Therapy provides space to process these feelings and explore what ADHD means for your life going forward.
Yes. I am flexible about session format and I welcome conversations about what works best for you. This might include adjustments to lighting, noise, communication style, or pacing. Your comfort matters and I will work with you to create the right conditions.