®Neurodivergent Therapist in New York City
Telehealth therapy · New York City, New York · NY License #002307
Neurodivergent Therapist in New York City
New York City has the largest late-diagnosed neurodivergent adult community in the country — and some of the longest therapy waitlists. Telehealth with a neurodivergent-led, queer-affirming practice means you don't have to wait for someone who actually gets it.
Neurodivergent-Led Therapy for New York City Clients
Love Psychotherapy is a neurodivergent-owned, queer-owned telehealth practice. Mx. Love C. Dialogos (They/Them) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Buddhist chaplain, and AAMFT-Approved Supervisor offering strengths-based, identity-affirming care to neurodivergent clients in New York City and across New York.
NYC clients often come in having already tried multiple therapists who 'didn't get it.' The city's therapy culture is sophisticated but often deficit-focused. A strengths-based, identity-affirming approach is genuinely rare here.
Autism — Identity-Affirming
Autism therapy grounded in the neurodiversity paradigm. No ABA, no compliance training, no "fixing." We work with your actual experience — sensory, social, executive, and emotional.
ADHD — Emotional Dysregulation & RSD
ADHD therapy that goes beyond productivity tips. We work with emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), shame, and the identity wounds that accumulate before diagnosis.
AuDHD — The Intersection
The co-occurrence of autism and ADHD creates a specific experience that neither framework alone captures. AuDHD therapy holds both simultaneously — the rigidity and the impulsivity, the hyperfocus and the shutdown.
Late Diagnosis — Grief & Relief
Late diagnosis brings a complicated mix: relief at finally having language for your experience, and grief for the years you struggled without support. We work with both.
Autistic Burnout
Autistic burnout is a prolonged state of exhaustion and reduced functioning caused by chronic masking and overextension. Recovery is possible — but it requires a different kind of support than regular burnout.
Demand Avoidance / PDA Profile
The Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) profile is significantly underrecognized. Therapy uses autonomy-supportive, low-demand approaches that actually work for PDA-profile autistic adults.
Neurodivergent Community in New York City
NYC's neurodivergent community is massive and fragmented across five boroughs. AANE (Asperger/Autism Network) has a NYC presence; CHADD NYC is active. The city's high-pressure culture creates specific burnout patterns in autistic and ADHD adults — masking in professional environments is a near-universal presenting issue.
Insurance Accepted in New York
Out-of-network superbills available for other plans.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work with clients in Brooklyn, Queens, or the outer boroughs?
Yes — all sessions are telehealth, so borough doesn't matter. Whether you're in Astoria, Bushwick, the Bronx, or Staten Island, you can access affirming neurodivergent therapy without a commute to Manhattan.
I've been on therapy waitlists for months. How soon can I start?
I typically have openings within a few weeks. The NYC therapy market is genuinely difficult — long waitlists, high turnover, and a shortage of providers who specialize in neurodivergent adults. If you've been waiting, reach out and we can usually get a consultation scheduled quickly.
I work in finance or tech and mask all day. Is that something you work with?
It's one of the most common things I work with in NYC. High-masking professional environments — finance, tech, law, media — create a specific kind of autistic and ADHD burnout that's hard to explain to people who haven't lived it. We work with the exhaustion, the identity fragmentation, and the question of what you actually want your life to look like.
Do you understand the NYC pace and pressure?
I do. The city's culture of relentless productivity, social performance, and ambient overstimulation is a specific clinical context — not just background noise. Therapy here often involves naming how the environment itself is a stressor, and building a life that works for your nervous system rather than against it.
Explore Neurodivergent Therapy
Learn more about the specific approaches and specialties available through Love Psychotherapy.
Ready to Start?
All sessions are telehealth — secure video from wherever you are in New York City or anywhere in New York. Mon–Wed 9am–3pm, Thu–Fri 9am–1pm CST.