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You've probably been carrying more than anyone realizes
Maybe you’ve spent years working harder than everyone else just to keep up — to blend in, to pass as “fine.” Studying other people. Learning what seemed to work. Building a version of yourself the world would accept.
On the outside, you might even appear successful.
But inside, you’re exhausted from holding it all together — worn down by the constant pressure to never let anything slip.
You’ve pushed through burnout so many times it started to feel normal, holding yourself to impossible standards because perfection felt like the only way to make up for always feeling different.
And still, no matter how hard you tried, it never felt like enough.
The truth is, none of that has ever been your fault.
You’ve been trying to survive in a world that wasn’t built for your brain. That mismatch isn’t a personal failing — it’s the invisible weight you’ve been carrying all along.Â
The Missing Piece — Understanding Your Neurodivergent Story
Maybe you’ve recently discovered — or started wondering — that you might be autistic, ADHD, or both, whether formally identified or through your own exploration. Suddenly, so much of your life begins to make sense: the burnout, the overwhelm, the perfectionism, the need to retreat after socializing, the constant pressure to “try harder.”
These weren’t signs of weakness. They were natural responses to navigating a world that wasn’t designed for your nervous system.
That realization often brings relief — and grief. Relief in finally understanding. Grief for the years you thought you were broken, for the mask you wore so long you lost sight of yourself, for the versions of you that never had space to exist.
This is where understanding becomes transformative — not as a label, but as a lens.
Choosing the Path That Fits You
There isn’t a single “right” way to do this work. Different nervous systems, life circumstances, and capacities call for different kinds of support. Some people benefit most from the relational, responsive support of a 1:1 therapeutic relationship. Others find clarity through independent, self-paced learning.
The Therapy Pathway
This path offers a relational therapeutic space to process lived experience, patterns, and history in real time. Therapy supports integration and change through attuned, responsive interaction, shaped moment by moment around what emerges.
Private pay / Out-of-network. Available to clients physically located in MN, FL, AZ, and OH.
The Learning Pathway
This path provides structured psychoeducational content designed to support insight, understanding, and self-reflection, rather than individualized therapeutic treatment. Online courses offer the freedom to engage when your capacity is highest, allowing for deep reflection without the  time constraints of a scheduled appointment.Â
Both paths are grounded in the same depth, rigor, and respect for lived experience; therapy provides individualized clinical care, while the learning pathway provides structured psychoeducational support. You’re invited to choose the option that feels most sustainable for your life right now — and to let that choice evolve as your needs change.
Neurodiversity-Affirming TherapyÂ
A space where you don’t have to explain, defend, or prove your struggles.Â
Therapy doesn’t have to be another place where you mask or translate yourself into someone else’s language.
Here, your experiences are taken seriously from the start.
Your differences aren’t flaws.
Your struggles aren’t personal failures.
They’re the result of navigating systems that weren’t designed for you.
In our work together, we make sense of both the relief and the grief that come with understanding yourself differently. We revisit your history through a kinder, more accurate lens, soften the shame that grew from misunderstanding, and develop ways of living that actually work with your neurodivergent nervous system — not against it.
You weren’t broken — you were navigating a world that didn’t fit.
Therapy helps you create one that does.
Neurodiversity-Affirming Online CoursesÂ
Learning designed to build understanding — not self-correction.Â
These self-paced courses offer structured, neurodivergent-affirming learning without pressure to perform, mask, or “fix” yourself. They’re designed for autonomy and flexibility, allowing you to move at your own pace without the limits of schedules or clinical settings.
Through guided exploration of identity, burnout, and internalized shame, the courses offer language and context for experiences that may have gone unnamed for years. They invite reflection without urgency and insight without self-improvement demands, creating space for understanding to unfold naturally over time.
For many people, this learning becomes a foundation for deeper self-understanding — whether or not therapy is part of the picture.
You weren’t wrong — just different.
These courses help to understand why.
My Approach
I’m Christine Harris, LPCC, a licensed clinical therapist and late-diagnosed AuDHD (autistic and ADHD) adult. I understand the exhaustion of burnout, the grip of perfectionism, and the quiet grief of feeling misunderstood. I also know the deep relief that comes with finally being seen clearly.
I built this practice to be the kind of space I always needed: neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed, and evidence-based. A place where you can bring your whole self — without pressure to perform, explain, or improve — and know, without question, that you’re enough.
My work centers on helping people make sense of their experiences without pathologizing who they are, supporting them as they recontextualize their lives with accuracy, compassion, and self-trust.
I offer this work through two intentional pathways: therapy and learning.
Therapy provides a relational space for integration, support, and healing in real time. The courses offer a structured, self-paced way to explore identity, burnout, and long-standing patterns with depth and care — without pressure, performance, or urgency. Each is designed as a complete experience in its own right, and people choose the path that best fits their needs, capacity, and access.
Both are grounded in the same values: clarity over correction, understanding over judgment, and building a life that truly fits.
An Invitation to Begin
If you’re ready to set down the mask, loosen perfectionism’s grip, release long-held shame, and move beyond burnout, you don’t have to do it alone.
Whether you’re seeking therapy to integrate new understanding or learning resources to explore at your own pace, this is a space where every part of you is welcome.
Relief is possible.
Understanding is within reach.
And from that understanding, a life that finally feels like it fits can begin.
 When you’re ready, you can choose a next step that fits you.
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If you’d like to stay connected, I occasionally share reflections and resources focused on understanding neurodivergence without pathologizing who you are.
These notes are for people navigating late identification, burnout, and the long process of making sense of a lifetime — offered without urgency, pressure, or self-improvement demands.
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