Neurodivergent Therapy · Boca Raton & Delray Beach, FL
There was never anything wrong with you. The room was built for someone else.
Affirming therapy for neurodivergent women and teens in Boca Raton and Delray Beach, Florida. For the years of masking, the late recognition, and being told you were too much.
Training & supervision
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EMDR-trained
EMDRIA-approved basic training curriculum
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AEDP-trained
AEDP Institute
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IFS-informed
Internal Family Systems
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MS, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Master's level clinician
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Practicing under qualified supervision
Supervised by Karin Witte, LMHC #MH13488
Currently practicing at Genesis Counseling, Boca Raton & Delray Beach.
What is neurodivergent-affirming therapy?
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy in Boca Raton is therapy that sees neurodivergence as a difference, not a defect. Many neurodivergent women were never the kid who looked like the textbook description; they learned early to mask, to perform normal, and to work twice as hard to keep up, and by adulthood that effort has a cost: burnout, anxiety, a relentless inner critic, and a quiet certainty that something is wrong with them. The work is not about acting more neurotypical; it is about understanding how your brain works, what it needs, and how to stop running on shame and self-criticism. Hannah Lee, RMHCI, works with neurodivergent women and teens, including those who are ADHD, autistic, late-recognized, or self-identified, under qualified Florida supervision; a formal label is not needed to begin. The focus is unwinding shame, building self-trust, and working with your brain instead of against it, in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and via telehealth across Florida. It does not include diagnostic evaluation.
What this often looks like
You learned to mask it.
Many of the neurodivergent women I work with were never the kid who looked like the textbook description. They were the ones who held it together at school and fell apart at home, who were called bright but lazy, sensitive, too much, or not living up to their potential. They learned early to mask, to perform normal, to work twice as hard to keep up.
By adulthood that effort has a cost: burnout, anxiety, a relentless inner critic, and a quiet certainty that something is wrong with them. Often it is only later, sometimes much later, that the real picture comes into focus. The exhaustion was never a character flaw. It was the price of navigating a world built for a different kind of brain.
What I work with
Late-recognized & self-identified
The "it finally made sense" moment, and everything it stirs up. Grief for the earlier years, relief, and the work of re-understanding your whole life through a kinder lens.
Masking & burnout
The exhaustion of performing normal for so long that you lost track of what is actually you. Learning to unmask safely, in the places where it is safe to.
Shame & feeling broken
The belief that you are broken, usually planted in a classroom or a home that was not built for you. Challenging that story is the heart of this work.
Overwhelm & sensory load
Executive function, regulation, and sensory needs, approached as things to work with and accommodate, not flaws to fix. Your brain is not the problem to be solved.
How I work
Affirming, not fixing.
My starting point is that you are not a problem to be corrected. Neurodivergence is a real and valid way of being wired. So the work is not about making you act more neurotypical. It is about helping you understand how your brain works, what it needs, and how to stop running on shame and self-criticism.
A lot of that is depth work. We trace the inner critic back to where it started and challenge the narrative that you are broken, replacing it with something more compassionate and more accurate. Alongside that, we work practically with regulation and overwhelm, often through somatic, nervous-system-based work, and the systems that make daily life feel less like a fight.
To be clear about scope: I do not provide ADHD or autism evaluations. I work with how being neurodivergent has shaped your sense of yourself, and if you want a formal assessment, I can help you find where to get one.
What to expect
Understood first.
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01 · Free consultation
A 15-minute phone call. You share what is bringing you in. I share how I work, and how I do not. We see if it feels like a fit.
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02 · Understanding your wiring
We get a real picture of how your brain works, what drains you, what steadies you, and where the old shame stories live.
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03 · The work
We unwind the belief that you are broken, build self-trust, and put practical supports in place that fit how you are actually wired.
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04 · Living it
The aim is a life that runs with your brain rather than against it, and a quieter inner critic, so being yourself costs less.
Common questions about neurodivergent therapy
Do you diagnose ADHD or autism?
No. I do not provide diagnostic evaluations or testing. I work with the emotional impact of being neurodivergent: the shame, the masking, the self-doubt, and the patterns that built up over years. If a formal evaluation is what you need, I am glad to point you toward providers who do that.
Do I need a formal diagnosis to work with you?
No. Self-identified and late-recognized neurodivergent people are genuinely welcome. Many adults spend years sensing they are wired differently long before, or without ever, getting it confirmed on paper. You do not need a label to deserve support that fits how your brain actually works.
Is this just coping skills and organization tips?
Strategies have their place, and we use them. But the deeper work is unwinding the belief that you are broken, which usually started in a classroom or a home that was not built for you. That belief is what this work is really about.
Do you work with neurodivergent teens?
Yes. Alongside adults, I work with neurodivergent teens on the exhaustion of masking and the toll the school system can take. See teen therapy for more on how I work with this age.
An invitation
Worth a 15-minute call?
The free consultation is the lowest-stakes way to feel out whether this is the kind of affirming, depth-oriented work you have been looking for.
No commitment. Pick a time, I'll call you.
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