Neurodivergent & Advocacy-Informed Therapist for Overlooked Teens & Young Adults in Colorado

Hey there, I’m Rachel!

Most people know what it feels like to exist in the world, very few people know what it feels like to actually flourish in it. And what’s more, we don’t even talk about what all of this feels like. The exhaustion that doesn’t have a clear reasoning, the moments where you’re doing everything just right, and yet it still feels like there’s something missing. The subtle frustrations of being heard in all the wrong ways, or worse, not being heard at all. The loneliness of being surrounded by people who mean well but still being completely unseen. 

You spent a long time making yourself manageable. Easier to understand. Easier to accommodate. Easier for other people. Maybe the diagnosis came first, the plans, the meetings, the well-meaning decisions made on your behalf, but without your weigh-in. Or maybe you’re the one doing all the tending, the sibling who cares for everyone else’s needs while your own needs go unmet. Either way, you’ve felt it, that sense that you’ve been surviving just fine. But flourishing? That’s never been an option on your table. 

Through years of advocacy, research, and personal connection within the disability community, I’ve seen how often people are misunderstood, underestimated, or spoken for instead of listened to.

As your therapist, I want to give you the conditions to grow on your own terms. We will look at what’s been missed, remove what’s been suffocating your growth, and figure out together what was always meant to be there. Whether you’re neurodivergent, navigating life with Down syndrome or another developmental disability, or carrying the quiet weight of being the one who kept everything afloat for everyone else, there is room in our work for all of you.