Hello! I’m Helen (she/her). I am grateful to live and work as an uninvited 2nd-generation settler on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Kwantlen, and Tsawwassen First Nations.

In recent years, I have been late-identified as Autistic (with some PDA traits) and late-diagnosed with ADHD; I also live with unilateral deafness, which I’ve had for as long as I can remember. My multiplex neurodivergences have taught me how nervous systems can adapt, resist, and seek safety—often in ways that are misunderstood or shaped by environments that don’t feel safe. Being a parent and partner to neurodivergent loved ones has further deepened my appreciation for the many ways autistic and ADHD minds perceive and navigate the world, particularly within PDA subprofiles.

My own journey of unlearning and relearning what it means to be me—accepting my flawed humanity and embracing the ways I understand and relate to the world—shifted how I make sense of distress, difference, and behaviour. I’ve come to recognize how sociocultural context, identity, and lived experience shape not only how we see ourselves, but also how we are seen, supported, or missed by others. Differential access to privilege and resources further complicates these experiences, revealing just how layered and contextual our stories truly are.

With deep respect for each of us as the expert in our own lives, this awareness guides how I show up in relationships—with curiosity, consent, choice, and collaboration.

While my heart-calling is to support Global Majority parents of neurodivergent children, I welcome the opportunity to walk alongside any adult (age 19+) who is seeking support, healing, and/or growth around experiences such as: Navigating systems, culture, and identity - systemic harm and marginalization (including racism, sexism, ageism, and ableism) - cultural tensions and intergenerational expectations - identity exploration, including neuroidentity and values

Relationships and emotional experiences - relational conflict - emotional repression, anger, or anxiety - self-compassion and self-understanding

Neurodivergence and daily living - autism, ADHD, and PDA - questioning or exploring neurodivergent identity - executive functioning challenges - parenting experiences and challenges

Meaning, work, and belief systems - career decisions and transitions - religious trauma or religious questioning

You do not need to have language for what you’re experiencing in order for us to work together. To see if we are a good fit for one another, I am happy to invite you to a free 15-minute fit-check meeting. I welcome the chance to connect with you.

Hello! I’m Helen (she/her). I am grateful to live and work as an uninvited 2nd-generation settler... Read More

I’m Baya (they/them), an AuDHD, queer, non-binary counsellor offering online neurodiversity-affirming therapy to clients across British Columbia. My lived experience deeply informs my practice. With deep respect and gratitude, I live and work as a counsellor on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations. I honour their enduring connection to the land, waters, and community, and I am committed to ongoing reflection and action toward decolonizing my practice.

My counselling approach is rooted in acceptance, curiosity, respect, empowerment, and neurodiversity-affirming care. I am committed to anti-oppressive and decolonial practice, and to remaining accountable by actively reflecting on my own social location, privilege, and biases, and welcoming feedback on my language and actions as part of our work together. I centre your lived experience, cultural knowledge, and ways of knowing as expertise, while working to soften and reduce traditional therapist–client power dynamics. I recognize the harm many Eurocentric and pathologizing models have caused, and intentionally integrate frameworks that move beyond them, valuing relationship, reciprocity, and collective healing. I seek to recognize and address the systemic forms of oppression that impact neurodivergent people and their intersectional experiences of marginalization, including race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, disability, and socio-economic status. As a polyamorous person, I also bring an understanding of expansive ways of relating outside of mono-normative and colonial frameworks. This is a sex-positive space where pleasure, liberation, and all forms of intimacy and relational expression are welcome.

I Specialize in: - Autism - AuDHD - Gender identity & sexual orientation - Polyamory & non-monogamous relationships - Chronic illness - Burnout - Trauma - Recently identified neurodivergence - Individuals questioning if they are Autistic or AuDHD - Anxiety - Depression - Unique lifestyles - Executive functioning

Please book a free fit-check meeting to see if we are good fit for each other!

I’m Baya (they/them), an AuDHD, queer, non-binary counsellor offering online neurodiversity-affir... Read More

As an Autistic/ADHD counsellor, my approach is strengths-based, intersectional, and neurodiversity-affirmative. I believe that my role is to work alongside the individual to meet their therapy goals. The first step I take with any client is to develop a positive connection to help the client feel safe as it is only when we feel safe that healing can begin to occur. I am trained in Brainspotting, EMDR, and Internal Family Systems.

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Hi, my name is Selena, nice to meet you! Now that we have been introduced, let me tell you a bit about my journey to discovering my AuDHD self. I was 22 years old and in my final year of undergraduate studies at university. I was struggling at the time, facing burnout, bouts of insomnia and believing that I was alone in feeling this way and that life was just easier for everyone but me. After doing some of my own research, I found that a lot of my symptoms aligned with ADHD. I had to advocate for myself to be seen and formally diagnosed by a psychiatrist.

So that’s it, right? I realized that was in fact not it, and I was on a lifelong journey of figuring out how to best work with my neurodivergent mind. I began dealing with the cycle of acceptance that some individuals who were diagnosed later in life tend to deal with. Sometimes I wished it could be different, and then I had a lightbulb moment. It was difficult because I was still trying to conform to a neurotypical society, fighting with myself instead of working with my mind, as hyper and racing as it can be. I began working on adapting my life, working with a therapist who specializes with ADHD, building systems to help with everyday functioning, setting reminders, and reorganizing my life to accommodate the bursts of energy and the days of low motivation. I found friends who were also neurodivergent and became a safe space for me to unmask and be my authentic self. I also came to realize that I had only begun to embrace half of myself, as I am also a self-diagnosed autistic about a year ago. I am still learning and working on myself, and I have made a lifelong commitment to it. Exploring how to navigate life, but with the support, I have found life much more enjoyable and manageable.

I decided to pursue a career in psychology to help support others who may be experiencing similar struggles, using a person-centred approach to focus on the individual and personalize therapy to best support them and their needs. I am excited for this opportunity to work with the neurodivergent population and support individuals as they strive to be their authentic selves and find ways to work with their minds. Thank you for hearing my story, and I hope to hear about yours!

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