Masking and identity
Explore who you are beneath years of adapting, pleasing, overpreparing or trying to perform a more acceptable version of yourself.
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Affirming support, not another demand to mask
Finding yourself after a late diagnosis.
Online counselling for neurodivergent women—including women diagnosed with ADHD later in life—plus a grassroots community where recognition, shared language and real-world support can grow.
40+ women in the communityLate-diagnosis experienceAustralia-wide online access
Book individual counselling
The diagnosis may explain a lifetime
Relief, grief, anger and recognition can arrive together.
A diagnosis or new understanding later in life can make the past look completely different. You may finally have language for exhaustion, sensory overload, inconsistency, masking, relationships or the constant work of appearing fine. That recognition can be deeply relieving—and it can bring grief for the support you did not receive.
Neurodivergent-affirming counselling does not treat your brain as a problem to correct. The work can help you understand your patterns, reduce shame, identify accommodations, make boundaries more usable and decide what a less masked life could look like.
Individual counselling
Support shaped around the way you actually function.
Burnout and nervous-system overload
Understand the relationship between executive demand, sensory pressure, responsibility and the cycles of pushing through and crashing.
Relationships and communication
Find clearer language for needs, boundaries, misunderstanding, rejection sensitivity and the invisible labour you may be carrying.
Practical accommodations
Develop strategies that fit your brain and circumstances rather than adding another rigid system that you are expected to maintain perfectly.
The ADHD women's circle
A grassroots community built from lived recognition.
Meg has built a grassroots community of more than 40 women who were diagnosed with ADHD or came to understand their neurodivergence later in life. The circle creates space to compare experiences, learn from one another and replace the question “What is wrong with me?” with a more useful understanding of what has been happening.
The group is not a substitute for individual clinical care or crisis support. It is a facilitated community space grounded in respect, privacy, shared learning and practical connection. New group opportunities are offered as dates and capacity allow.
- Shared language for late diagnosis and masking
- Connection with women who recognise the less-visible experience
- Practical discussion of work, relationships, overwhelm and self-advocacy
- A strengths-based and neurodivergent-affirming environment
Two different ways to connect
Choose counselling, community, or enquire about both.
Individual online counselling
Private 60-minute sessions with Meg by phone, secure video or chat. No referral is needed. Book directly through the appointment calendar.
Next ADHD women's circle
Dates and places depend on the next group intake. Email Meg to request information or express interest; this does not commit you to attending.
ADHD and AuDHD women's workshops
Masking, stimming, hormones, burnout and self-compassion.
Future groups may explore late diagnosis, masking, stimming, ADHD and hormones, burnout and overwhelm, identity, self-advocacy and moving from endless self-fixing toward self-compassion. A typical series may run for 4–8 weeks, with 50-minute online sessions and an indicative fee of A$40 per session.
EOI for the next ADHD women's circleYou do not need to make your experience sound less complicated.
Book neurodivergent-affirming individual counselling or express interest in the next community circle.
Book individual counsellingQuestions
Clear information before you make contact.
Do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis?
No formal diagnosis is required to book counselling. The group may have its own intake and suitability process, so email Meg for the details of the next circle.
Is the women's circle therapy?
It is a facilitated grassroots community and learning space, not a substitute for individual therapy, medical care or crisis support. Specific details will be provided before each intake.
Is the group currently open?
Groups run according to dates and available places. Email Meg to receive information or express interest in the next group.
Can I access counselling from anywhere in Australia?
Yes. Individual sessions are available Australia wide by phone, secure video or chat.
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