Mind, Body, and Neurodiversity
Mental health is not only shaped by emotions and thoughts, but also by the ways our bodies, brains, and sensory systems respond to the world. At the Center for Mindful Psychotherapy, we support people who are navigating neurological, physiological, and integrative experiences of being human. This includes those who are neurodivergent, living with chronic physical symptoms, or processing states of consciousness that defy conventional understanding. We approach these concerns with humility, curiosity, and deep respect for your lived experience.
This category brings together therapy services that attend to the full complexity of how mind and body interact. We have grouped them into three interwoven areas: Neurodivergence and Developmental Experience, Mind-Body Integration, and Consciousness and Regulation.
Each subpage provides a deeper look into how we can support you. You can find additional topic areas by clicking on the “what we help” section at the top of the page and reviewing the dropdown menus.
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Neurodivergence and Developmental Experience
We affirm neurodiversity and support individuals in navigating both the strengths and the challenges of different ways of thinking, learning, and experiencing the world. Our work is grounded in a strengths-based, non-pathologizing approach that respects identity and promotes access to care.
- Learning Disabilities: Therapy for learning disabilities supports individuals with dyslexia, ADHD, executive functioning challenges, and more. We help clients build emotional resilience, advocate for their needs, and develop adaptive strategies for success across home, school, and work environments.
- Developmental Disorders: Developmental therapy focuses on challenges that begin in early life and often continue into adulthood, including intellectual disability, ADHD, and communication disorders. We offer support for individuals and families in understanding behavior, building self-esteem, and navigating the educational and healthcare systems.
- Autism and Twice Exceptional (2E+): Autism therapy honors the full spectrum of neurodivergent identity. We support autistic and twice-exceptional individuals in building emotional regulation, developing social communication tools, and advocating for their needs without asking them to mask or minimize who they are.
Mind-Body Integration
Psychological stress often expresses itself in the body. Our integrative approach helps clients understand how emotional and physiological states influence one another and how to develop a more regulated, connected experience of self.
- Psychosomatic Illness: Psychosomatic therapy offers compassionate care for those experiencing physical symptoms that have emotional or psychological roots. Rather than questioning the validity of symptoms, therapy helps clients explore the mind-body connection, validate their experience, and regain agency in their healing.
- Nervous System Regulation: Regulation therapy is designed for those experiencing chronic stress, trauma, or sensory overwhelm. We help clients understand fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses and work toward greater self-awareness and physiological resilience using somatic and mindfulness-based tools.
- Anger Management: While often misunderstood as purely behavioral, anger is a powerful emotional and physiological response. Anger therapy helps clients explore the underlying causes of reactive states, learn regulation tools, and express anger in healthy, non-harmful ways. This work may be especially useful for those with trauma, chronic stress, or high emotional reactivity.
Consciousness and Regulation
Some experiences lie outside conventional categories of diagnosis or understanding. These might be mystical, expansive, or disruptive to one’s usual sense of reality. We support clients who are integrating profound shifts in consciousness or navigating states that others may not understand.
- Non-Ordinary Experience and Consciousness: Therapy for non-ordinary experiences offers a grounding space to process altered states, mystical encounters, near-death experiences, and other extraordinary consciousness events. We help clients integrate insight, reduce distress, and explore spiritual or existential dimensions without pathologizing their experience.
Find a Therapist
There is no one-size-fits-all path to healing. Whether you are exploring your identity, processing a health concern, or navigating extraordinary states of awareness, our work is about restoring connection—to your body, your emotions, and your self. If you see yourself in any of these descriptions, you are welcome here.
We understand that these experiences can be isolating, overwhelming, or hard to name. Our therapists are here to listen closely and collaborate with you in finding the language, tools, and support that honor your reality.
You can browse our therapist directory to find someone who fits your needs, or contact us to get help finding the right support.