Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy in BC
Therapy that makes room for how your brain actually works.
A collaborative, strengths-based space for neurospicy adolescents and adults to understand their needs, reduce shame and build strategies that fit their lives.
Online throughout British Columbia
What Is Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy?
You are not a problem to be fixed. Therapy can help you understand what you need and find ways of working with your brain rather than against it.
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy recognizes that people naturally differ in how they think, communicate, process information and experience the world.
Instead of treating these differences as problems to eliminate, therapy makes room for both your strengths and the challenges you experience. We can explore how your brain works, what places unnecessary demands on you and what kinds of support help you feel more comfortable and capable.
The goal is not to teach you to appear more neurotypical. It is to help you better understand yourself, advocate for your needs and develop strategies that feel realistic and sustainable.
Work With Your Brain
Explore how your attention, motivation, energy and processing patterns work so you can develop strategies that fit.
Honour Your Needs
Make space for sensory, emotional and communication needs without judgment.
Reduce Shame and Masking
Let go of pressure to appear neurotypical and develop a more compassionate understanding of yourself.
What We Can Explore Together
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy can support many different experiences. We will focus on what matters to you rather than assuming that every neurodivergent person has the same needs.
ADHD and Executive Functioning
Explore attention, planning, motivation, time, organization and follow-through in ways that work with your brain.
Autism and Sensory Needs
Understand sensory experiences, communication preferences and environmental needs that can help you feel more supported.
Late Diagnosis or Self-Identification
Make sense of your experiences, identity and the ways a new understanding of yourself may affect your life.
Masking and Neurodivergent Burnout
Explore the impact of hiding your needs or working constantly to meet expectations that do not fit.
Emotional Regulation and Overwhelm
Develop tools for navigating intense emotions, shutdowns, overstimulation and periods of high stress.
Relationships, Communication and Boundaries
Strengthen communication, set boundaries and navigate relationships in ways that feel clearer and more authentic.
A Space Where You Can Show Up as You Are
You do not have to mask, explain yourself perfectly or meet someone else’s expectations in therapy.
Sessions are collaborative and flexible. We can adjust the pace, communication style and environment so that therapy feels more accessible and supportive.
You are welcome to talk about what is difficult, but therapy can also make space for your interests, strengths, identity and the parts of neurodivergence that you value.
What Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy Can Look Like
Every person’s experience is different, but our work may include the following:
Understand Your Patterns
Explore how your attention, energy, sensory experiences, communication style and nervous system affect your daily life.
Identify What Supports You
Discover tools, accommodations, boundaries and environmental changes that may make life feel more manageable.
Build Strategies That Fit
Create a personalized plan for navigating work, relationships, routines and challenges without forcing yourself into strategies that do not fit.
Support That Adapts to You
Camber brings over a decade of experience working with youth and adults with developmental disorders including autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and down syndrome. Camber is ADHD and neurospicy himself and draws on his personal experiences as well. He integrates neurodivergent-affirming, somatic and trauma-informed approaches, adapting sessions to your communication style, sensory needs, goals and nervous system.
Rates, Insurance and Policies
Individual counselling
$165 for a 50-minute session
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy is available online throughout British Columbia.
Initial consultation
Free 15-minute phone or video consultation.
This gives you an opportunity to ask questions and see whether Camber’s approach feels like the right fit.
Extended Health Coverage
Many extended health plans reimburse counselling provided by a Registered Clinical Counsellor or Canadian Certified Counsellor.
Camber is registered as both an RCC and CCC. Please check the details of your individual plan before booking.
Cancellation Policy
Please provide at least 24 hours’ notice when cancelling or rescheduling.
Sessions cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice and missed appointments will be charged the full session fee.
Payment
Payment can be made through Jane’s secure billing system or by Interac e-transfer.
Credit cards registered through Jane are charged at the time of the appointment. Interac e-transfers must be sent before the session.
You Don’t Have to Have It All Figured Out
A free 15-minute consultation is a chance to ask questions, learn more about Camber’s approach and see whether neurodivergent-affirming therapy feels like the right fit.
