Your brain isn't broken.
It just has different instructions.
Neuro-affirming therapy for ADHD, autism, AuDHD, and late-diagnosed adults and teens. Online across Oklahoma. In-person in OKC. Walk and talk in Tulsa.
If you have spent most of your life being told you are too much, not enough, lazy, scattered, oversensitive, or just not trying hard enough, working with someone who actually gets neurodivergent brains is a completely different experience.
ADHD is not a focus problem. It is an everything problem. It is time blindness and emotional dysregulation and rejection sensitivity and hyperfocus and forgetting to eat and somehow also thinking about seventeen things at once. It is exhausting to manage and even more exhausting to constantly explain to people who have never had to live it.
And that is just ADHD. Add autism into the picture, or the AuDHD combination that gets missed constantly, especially in women and adults who learned early to mask, and you have a lifetime of performing neurotypicality while your nervous system runs a completely different operating system underneath.
We get it. We provide a space where you can finally put down the mask.
You were never lazy. You were just working without the right support.
The real stuff. Named by name.
Neurodivergence shows up in ways that do not always make the brochure. Here is what we hear from clients, and what we know how to work with.
Executive dysfunction is one of the most common reasons people finally pick up the phone. Not inability to focus, but the paralysis of not being able to start, the doom of the unfinished, the shame spiral of knowing exactly what needs to happen and still not doing it. That is not a character flaw. It is how certain brains are wired, and it responds to the right support.
Rejection sensitive dysphoria, time blindness, sensory overload, autistic burnout, masking exhaustion, emotional dysregulation that looks like drama to everyone who has never felt it from the inside. These are not personality problems. They are neurological realities. Full stop.
We also know that neurodivergence rarely travels alone. Anxiety, trauma, depression, chronic illness, and sensory differences frequently come together. We work with all of it at once.
- Executive dysfunction and task paralysis
- Time blindness and chronic overwhelm
- Rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD)
- Masking and masking exhaustion
- Sensory overload and sensory avoidance
- Autistic burnout and nervous system dysregulation
- AuDHD, when autism and ADHD overlap
- Emotional dysregulation and meltdowns
- Decision fatigue and initiation difficulties
- ADHD plus anxiety, trauma, or depression
The diagnosis that finally made everything make sense.
The criteria missed an entire generation. Especially women. Especially people who learned to compensate, perform, and mask so well that nobody around them noticed anything was different.
Getting a diagnosis in adulthood is not just a medical event. It is an identity event. There is relief, often enormous relief, and then there is grief for the years you spent working twice as hard as everyone else and being told you still were not enough. Both of those things are real and both get room here.
We work with adults navigating late-diagnosed ADHD and autism, AuDHD, and the identity work that comes with finally having language for a lifetime of experiences that never quite fit the neurotypical frame. We also work with the family members and caregivers of newly diagnosed people who are trying to figure out what support actually looks like.
You can read more about what ADHD actually looks like in women on our blog: What ADHD Actually Looks Like in Women.
No planners. No "have you tried a timer?"
Neuro-affirming therapy at Ala Therapy Collective means working with how your brain actually functions. Not trying to make it function like a neurotypical one.
We are not going to hand you a generic to-do list or ask you to just try harder. We are going to figure out what actually works for how you are wired, whether that is executive functioning strategies that fit your real energy patterns, tools for managing sensory overload, or working through the shame and trauma that often built up over years of not fitting the mold.
We offer virtual therapy across all of Oklahoma and in-person sessions in Oklahoma City. If you are in the Tulsa area and a standard office setting is not your thing, Taylor Hendricks offers outdoor walk and talk therapy specifically designed for neurodivergent brains.
Outdoor Walk and Talk Therapy for Neurodivergent Brains
Sitting across from a therapist in a sterile office can feel understimulating, overly formal, or just hard for a brain that processes better when the body is moving. Taylor Hendricks offers outdoor walk and talk therapy in Tulsa for neurodivergent teens and adults across Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bixby, Jenks, and Glenpool. Sessions happen on trails and in parks, side by side, using movement and the natural environment to regulate the nervous system.
Learn More About Neurodivergent IRLFind the right fit for your brain.
Everyone below is credentialed, neurodivergent-affirming, and currently accepting new clients.
Michi
Fiery. Nurturing. Rebuilt more than once and still not done rising.
Michi holds an Advanced Certified Autism Specialist credential through IBCCES. She works with adults and young adults navigating late-diagnosis autism, AuDHD, identity reconstruction, and the family-of-origin pieces that often come with finally having a name for things. Evening and weekend availability.
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Taylor
Steady. Neurodivergent-affirming. Meets you where you actually are.
Taylor works with neurodivergent teens and adults and offers the outdoor walk and talk format across the Tulsa metro. Evening and Sunday availability, which is genuinely useful when standard business hours do not cooperate with how your schedule works.
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Kenzie
Gentle movement. Soft persistence. Space to be heard without having to earn it.
Kenzie centers safety and self-expression for teens and young adults who are finding their footing, including those navigating neurodivergence alongside anxiety, identity questions, or relationship patterns that trace back further than they can explain.
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Madison
Grounded. Thoughtful. Calm without feeling clinical or distant.
Madison works with adults navigating ADHD alongside anxiety, depression, and the emotional weight of constantly managing a brain that operates at a different frequency than the world expects.
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Demetria
Curious. Affirming. Holds space without rushing you to a conclusion.
Demetria works with clients navigating ADHD and neurodivergent identity, especially at the intersection of culture, family expectations, and the experience of not quite fitting the expectations around you.
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We are in network with most major insurance plans. You should not have to decode your benefits before you can decide if therapy is worth it.
Fill out our contact form and we will verify your benefits before your first appointment so you know exactly what you are working with. Most clients pay a standard co-pay. Private pay options are available if your plan is not one we bill directly.
Not sure what your plan covers? Head to our insurance page for a full breakdown by carrier, or go straight to our contact form and we will look it up for you.
Questions we actually get.
Do I need a diagnosis to start therapy here?
No. You do not need a formal ADHD or autism diagnosis to work with us. If you suspect you are neurodivergent, if you have been told you might be, or if you have just always felt like your brain works differently than everyone around you, that is enough to start. Therapy does not require a label to be useful.
What is AuDHD and do you work with it?
AuDHD refers to the co-occurrence of autism and ADHD in the same person. It is more common than most people realize and it was historically underdiagnosed, partly because the two conditions can mask each other and partly because the diagnostic criteria were not built with this overlap in mind. Yes, we work with it. Michi holds an Advanced Certified Autism Specialist credential and has specific experience with the AuDHD presentation, including in adults who were missed for years.
Can therapy actually help with executive dysfunction?
Yes, and it looks different than what most people expect. We are not going to teach you a productivity system. We are going to help you understand what your specific executive dysfunction patterns are, what actually drives them, and what realistic strategies fit how your brain is wired. That often means addressing underlying anxiety, shame, or trauma that shows up as paralysis, alongside practical tools that are built around your real life and not someone else's morning routine.
Do you work with teens?
Yes. Taylor Hendricks and Kenzie Langford both work with neurodivergent teens. Taylor also offers the outdoor walk and talk format in Tulsa, which tends to work well for teens who find traditional office sessions restrictive or overstimulating. Evening and Sunday availability with Taylor means scheduling around school is actually possible.
What is the walk and talk therapy option in Tulsa?
It is a format where sessions happen outside, walking side by side on trails and in parks rather than seated across from a therapist in an office. Movement helps regulate the nervous system. The side-by-side setup reduces the intensity of direct eye contact. Being outside reduces sensory constriction. For a lot of neurodivergent clients it just works better. Taylor Hendricks offers this format across Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bixby, Jenks, and Glenpool. Learn more about Neurodivergent IRL.
Does my insurance cover ADHD therapy?
Most major plans cover outpatient therapy, including for ADHD and neurodivergent presentations. We are in network with most major carriers in Oklahoma. The fastest way to know what you specifically owe is to fill out our contact form and let us verify it for you before your first appointment. You will know your co-pay before you ever have to talk to anyone on the phone.
What if I have ADHD plus trauma or anxiety?
Very common, and we work with it. Many neurodivergent clients arrive carrying years of anxiety, trauma, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and burnout that developed after years of trying to function in environments that were not built for their brains. We do not treat those as separate problems that need separate appointments. We work with the whole picture.
You do not have to keep fighting your brain alone.
Fill out our contact form and we will match you with the right therapist for how you are wired. No phone call required, no talking to a front desk, no decision paralysis. Just a form that actually works.