AsUR Counselling (pronounced ‘as you are’ counselling) is a neurodivergent-affirming counselling practice that is dedicated to serving the neurodivergent community. Our clinic is located in Lonsdale Quay, North Vancouver, BC.
We welcome Autistic folks, ADHDers, AuDHDers, PDAers, HSPers, folks who are otherwise neurodivergent, children, teens, adults, parents, siblings, friends, partners, caretakers, those who are professional diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or wondering about their neurotype.
No GP referral or formal diagnosis is required to work with us.
We meet you where you are. This means we can provide short-term therapy, long-term support, and anywhere in between.
LGBTQIA2S+ and polyamorous folks are welcome!
Our counselling service primarily focuses around (but not limited to) the following areas:
Pre- & Post-Diagnosis Support
Misdiagnosis & Late Diagnosis Support
Newly Identified Neurodivergent
Adult Autism, ADHD & PDA Screening
Identity & Self Understanding
Depression | Anxiety | Stress | Burnout
Processing & Managing Difficult Emotions
Loneliness & Isolation
Building & Maintaining Relationships
Grief & Loss
Gender & Sexuality
Workplace Challenges | Career Development
Neurodiverse Couples, Partnerships & Families
Parenting & Co-parenting
Transition Planning | IEP support
Serving a unique, complex, and largely underserved community
Despite having some of the greatest needs for mental health support, neurodivergent folks and people who love them often face significant challenges when accessing mental health services.
Generic service providers often lack experience in supporting neurodivergent clients. In many cases, practitioners either offer overly simplistic explanations or focus disproportionally on suppressing or changing behaviours. Specialized service providers typically have long wait times for short-term and largely group-based treatments. Clients who have accessed mental health services often report feeling misunderstood or that they had to spend most of their sessions educating their therapists and advocating for themselves.
Inclusion, curiosity, appreciation, and empowerment form the foundation of what we do
At AsUR, our goal is to shift away from these common realities that the neurodivergent community faces when navigating mental health services.
We offer an inclusive, affirming, and non-judgmental space where clients are free to be themselves. Different ways of processing and participating are valued and welcomed. Our priority is to ensure that you feel safe, seen, heard, accepted, and understood as you are.
We share the view that neurological diversity deserves recognition, acceptance, and respect just like any other form of human diversity.
We take the time to get to know you and mold the counselling process around you. What each session looks like depends on (how you came to be) who you are, what you need, and what works for you; and counselling often begins with a collaborative exploration into all of the above.
We believe that a counsellor should be present, curious, transparent, unbiased, clear, and supportive. We strive to steer clear of any generalizations and do not expect neurotypicality.
We believe that everyone has the inner ability to grow, heal, flourish, and feel good! We are not here to “fix disabilities” or change who you are as a person. Rather than helping you find “cures”, we work alongside you to help you get to know your needs and find ways to honour them, deepen insight and expand perspectives, cultivate changes that are meaningful to you, and create a life that aligns with your neurodivergent ways of being.
““All people are fully human no matter what kind of brain they have. In other words, no type or degree of disability can ever make someone less worthy of existing in the world, or less deserving of the support and care they need and want.””
*People from the neurodivergent community use different terms to describe themselves. Every effort is made to acknowledge and honour these identities and choices. Throughout this website the term neurodivergent, neurodevelopmental conditions, and developmental disability are used broadly to refer to a set of varying neurotypes and conditions that impact someone’s experience, participation, and acceptance in society, such as Autism/ASD, ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity), AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD), HSP (Highly sensitive person), Sensory processing disorder, CPTSD (Complex post-traumatic stress disorder), Dyslexia, Tourettes, Down syndrome, and FASD.