Patterns and Threads: Psychotherapy & Consultation

Patterns and Threads is an inclusive psychotherapy practice specializing in creativity, neurodivergence and embracing the unexpected.

If you are creative, neurodivergent and/or anxious, your mind generates lots of ideas, which creates both strengths and challenges - whether that's in school, in relationships or in the world in general. The challenges come when who you are or how you work doesn't fit with the expectations of a traditional, neurotypical and linear structure. When this happens, we help you find ways to navigate these spaces in ways that are affirming and natural to you.

We help clients reduce stress, manage anxiety and depression, and ease life transitions. Our expertise is in how these intersect when your mind (or life) diverges from what is traditionally expected.

Our specialties in creativity:
• Countering the impact of societal values and messages about art and creative professions
• Understanding (and helping others understand) creativity as a need vs a nice to have
• How trauma and shame impact the creative process
• Finding your best creative environment and create flow
• Perfectionism in the artistic process
• Balancing product and process

Our specialties in neurodivergence:
• ADHD, Autism and AuDHD
• Self-confidence and Self-acceptance
• The impact of comparisons to neurotypical standards
• Perfectionism and People-pleasing
• Masking and burnout
• How to get things done in a neurodivergent-friendly way
• Standardized testing, evaluations and diagnoses
• Advocacy and self-advocacy

We'd love to hear from you. No matter what you're going through, we'll help you figure out who you are despite the expectations of others, and create your own roadmap to whatever life throws your way.

Together, we'll find who you are - and who you can be - when you break out of what is expected.