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Teen Neurodivergence & Family Therapy
For families navigating ADHD, autism, OCD, or learning differences in their teenager.
What it is
Navigating the challenges of neurodivergence in a teenager can be overwhelming. There are often behavioral challenges, struggles with their social group, and exhaustion from trying to navigate a school system that wasn't designed for them.
At ISDR, we take a systemic approach. This means we look at the whole picture — the teen, the parents, the family dynamics, the school environment — and we understand that the diagnosis affects the whole system, not just one person. We also offer sessions for the teen or parents alone as needed.
What we work with
- ADHD, OCD, or Autism — helping the whole family understand what it means and what comes next
- Masking fatigue — teens who hold it together at school but fall apart at home
- Performance anxiety — school avoidance and the shame that accumulates around performance
- Emotional dysregulation — meltdowns, shutdowns, and the family dynamics around them
- Identity and self-worth — helping teens build a self-concept that isn't defined only by their struggles
- Parent burnout and secondary stress — navigating the emotional cost of being the person who holds everything together
Who gets support
Therapy can provide a space to cultivate honesty and compassion about what's hard without managing anyone's feelings about it — including their parents'. Individual sessions woven into the family work as needed.
Support for the emotional weight of navigating a diagnosis, managing school systems, and staying connected to a child who may be pulling away. Parent sessions can explore co-parenting dynamics to get on the same page.
Growing up alongside a neurodivergent sibling who may need more parental attention and support can be difficult. Therapy can make space for this too.
Joint sessions that help everyone understand how each person's experience fits into the larger picture and how to communicate differently in more effective ways.
Specializing Therapist
Lived experience
Sarah Keegan is herself a late-diagnosed adult with ADHD. She brings both clinical training and personal understanding of what it means to make sense of your own history through a new lens, and the family dynamics that come with it.
Ready to begin?
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation. You don't need to have it figured out yet — that's what the first conversation is for.
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A holistic approach that recognizes the diagnosis affects the whole family system, not just one person. Let's find a way through this together.
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