Neurodivergent support in London
What does CBT-based support for neurodivergent adults involve?
This is practical, CBT-based support for neurodivergent adults, not diagnosis or assessment. The aim is not to make you neurotypical; it is to reduce the daily friction of navigating workplaces, relationships and routines that were not built for how your mind works, using strategies adapted to how you actually operate. At The Lyceum, Sanah Younis, a BABCP-accredited CBT therapist, delivers this in Chiswick, Ealing and Richmond, or online. This service is adaptive, non-diagnostic and non-prescribing. Assessment looks at current wellbeing, environments, routines, relationships and the practical friction that is most important to address. Does this sound familiar? Workplaces, relationships or routines demand more effort than others can see. Generic advice has not fit how you process, organise or recover. You want practical support without being asked to become neurotypical. The signed approach is practical CBT-based support adapted to how the person actually operates. It focuses on reducing daily friction rather than diagnosis, prescribing or changing a person into someone else. What could become more possible Strategies that fit the environment and the person using them. More room for work, relationships and routines without unnecessary friction. How we measure progress This service is non-diagnostic and non-prescribing. Assessment focuses on current wellbeing, daily friction and whether CBT-based support is appropriate. Assessment-led alongside No diagnostic measure is used. This service is non-diagnostic and non-prescribing. It does not provide diagnostic assessment, prescribing or medication management. Where those are needed, assessment can discuss the appropriate route. I see profound exhaustion from a lifetime of trying to fit a mould that wasn't made for them. They have spent immense energy masking their natural ways of being to navigate a neurotypical world. They do not need to be fixed; their neuro-architecture is simply unique and valid. The truest relief enters the room when we shift from trying to change them, to adapting their environment. We validate their sensory and cognitive experiences, building supportive structures that honour how their mind beautifully works.
Practical questions
How long does CBT for neurodivergent take?
The pace and scope are set through assessment. Where focused work or a formal review is appropriate, this is agreed collaboratively rather than assumed from a page.
How much does neurodivergent therapy cost in London?
Published fees are £110 for online appointments and £140 for face-to-face sessions. Current availability, practical arrangements and funding options can be discussed before booking. View fees and funding information.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an autism or ADHD assessment service?
No. This is non-diagnostic, CBT-based support for adults. It does not provide diagnostic assessment or prescribing.
Will the aim be to make me neurotypical?
No. The aim is practical support that reduces friction and works with how you actually operate.
What does neurodivergent-affirming CBT mean?
This is practical CBT-based support adapted to how a person actually operates. The aim is not to make someone neurotypical, but to reduce daily friction in work, relationships and routines while recognising sensory and cognitive experiences.
Can CBT support autistic or dyslexic adults?
The service can discuss adaptive, practical support for neurodivergent adults, including the daily friction created by environments and routines. It does not provide diagnostic assessment, prescribing or medication management.
Is this an autism or ADHD assessment service?
No. This is non-diagnostic CBT-based support for adults. Assessment focuses on current wellbeing, environments, routines, relationships and the practical friction that is most important to address, and can discuss the appropriate route where diagnosis is needed.
Will therapy try to make me neurotypical?
No. The purpose is practical support that works with how you operate, not changing you into someone else. The work can consider strategies, environmental adaptation and daily friction through an individual assessment.