At Inner Lakes, we are affirming and educated on all different types of relationships, identities and sexualities and strive to be a safe place for folks of marginalized identities to seek treatments. Clinicians under this specialty dedicate much of their continuing education to focusing on the self and relationships of all types. Whether you are having difficulty maintaining friendships, adjusting to parenthood, thinking about gender, wanting to try out non-monogamy and more, these clinicians may be a great fit for you.

Neurodiversity-affirming care recognizes and respects the diverse range of humanity’s neurological experiences. This team aims to create a safe environment to foster discussions of your unique strengths, while providing suggestions for accommodation versus assimilation. Goals often include self-acceptance, self-advocacy, empowerment, unmasking, psychoeducation, and affirming exploration of skills that support self-identified goals. Ultimately, we aim to embrace that autistic, ADHD, and other neurotypes are natural variations of the human brain and to challenge the idea of the neurotypical standard as “the default.”

Sometimes things happen that stick with us for a long time. At first, it could be easier to wall up these experiences, but, if ignored, these things can impact us in unexpected ways, like feelings of anxiety and depression. These clinicians work with a trauma-informed lens to help unpack harmful experiences or a lack of positive experiences from a compassionate. holistic, and person-centered perspective.