Neurodiversity-Affirming Trauma Therapy in Maryland
Integrative Trauma Therapy for ADHD, Autistic, and Highly Sensitive Children, Teens, and Adults
Parenting Support - Trauma-informed coaching to build a life that supports your unique family
Relationship/couple’s therapy designed to meet neurodivergent or neurodiverse couples where they are at and build intimacy that respects different needs and ways of relating
Support for traumatic and complex grief and loss
Professional Consultation for Therapists in EMDR and providing neurodivergence-affirming care
Free to be you. Cultivating Safety & Embracing Authenticity
We support neurodivergent teens, adults , and families to understand themselves and create lives in which they can thrive!
We also support teens and adults who have experienced trauma including attachment trauma and neglect, traumatic grief, and narcissistic abuse, and high-demand groups / cults and survivors of the troubled teen industry or therapeutic abuse.
Experienced in treating attachment trauma and dissociation using integrative and somatic trauma modalities including EMDR, brainspotting, safe and sound protocol, and parts work.
No matter what you’ve been through, You are welcome here!
Meet the Team
Emily Francis, M.A., M.S., LCPC, NCC
Emily is an AuDHD therapist with a speciality in trauma therapy for teens and adults and neurodivergence-affirming parent coaching. Emily is the clinical director of Neurodivergence and Trauma Counseling and Consultation and offers EMDR, brainspotting, and parts work (IFS and ego state therapy), DBT-informed therapy, and Safe and Sound Protocol. Emily is also available for supervision and professional consultation.
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Elizabeth Crunk, PhD
Elizabeth is an experienced counselor-educator who specializes in supporting adults through complicated grief and complex trauma. Elizabeth draws from narrative and experiential modalities including IFS / parts work, coherence therapy, gestalt, and relational psychotherapy. Elizabeth has a special interest in supporting individuals with high sensitivity including autistic and ADHD clients to embrace their authentic selves and to heal from the impacts of narcissistic abuse, traumatic invalidation, and traumatic loss.
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Ashley Brilliant, M.A., LGPC
Ashley is an ADHD therapist with a speciality in providing trauma therapy for kids, teens, and adults and neurodiverse couples counseling. Ashley has a passion for working with survivors of complex trauma using EMDR, brainspotting, parts work, and flash, and also offers DBT-informed therapy, and ACT and iCBT for OCD. Ashley is Gottman trained and AANE certified in Neurodiverse Couples Counseling.
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Tasha Chemel, Ed.M. LMSW
Tasha is an AuDHD therapist with a speciality in helping older teens and adults adjust to ADHD and autism diagnoses, manage life demands, and navigate burnout and disability from an affirming, non-pathologizing perspective. Tasha also offers IFS-informed trauma therapy with a focus on attachment trauma / family of origin work, autistic trauma, and understanding limerence and dissociative experiences
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Our Services
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Individual Therapy
In-person and virtual therapy for Teens and Adults
Attachment-focused EMDR, Brainspotting, IFS & parts work, DBT-informed individual therapy to meet the needs of teens and adults impacted by trauma and nervous system differences
Integrative, collaborative, and relational psychotherapy
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Parenting Support
Trauma-informed, neurodivergence-affirming Parent Coaching and Consultation for Parents raising high-needs kids and teens
Supporting parents to create a life that meets the needs of all members of their family
Navigating grief and acceptance around challenges
Nervous-system-informed, collaborative problem-solving
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Clinical Consultation
Clinical case consultation, training, and EMDRIA-approved consultation towards EMDR certification
Complex presentations, trauma & dissociation, IFS and parts-work integration in EMDR, and adapting therapy to meet the needs of neurodivergent clients
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Couples Therapy
Neurodivergence-affirming couples counseling to understand and adapt relationships to each partner’s needs
Gottman Method couples counseling for resolving conflict and building a connected and lasting partnership
Start with a free 20-minute consultation.
Please use this form to request a free 20 minute consultation.
We are currently accepting clients for telehealth (MD and VA) and in-person services in Bethesda, Maryland.
Once we have received your request, please allow me 1-2 business days to reply.
