Lizzy Sullivan (she/her)

ADHD is sometimes seen in black-and-white terms: either as a power or a pain. Neurodiverse people, particularly BIPOC folks, are often not offered the psychoeducation, executive functioning, and emotional regulation tools needed to not just survive but thrive in a neurotypical world. I love working with clients to find resources and skills that work for them in the grey nuance of neurodiversity (power and pain), while honoring the work that their brain and body already do!

As a queer person myself, I have personal experience navigating the difficulties that come with being a member of the LGBTQ+ community in America. I am committed to honoring individual pain alongside systemic issues, upholding the resilience already existing within clients. Through deconstructing internalized narratives about gender and sexuality, LGBTQ+ clients can continue to dismantle systems that oppress.

While religion has brought much pain to marginalized people globally, the spirituality of the oppressed has often been a sacred resource for those same communities in pain. I am more than happy to integrate spiritual and religious concerns into therapy sessions, however clients from any or no faith background find relevant.

DBT has been shown to improve one of the most distressing symptoms of ADHD in Adults: emotional dysregulation. I engage clients in therapeutic distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness skill-building, assisting clients in accessing the practical skills needed to increase self-compassion and self-care.

In a world that oppresses, it is normal to internalize the harmful narratives of family, society, and systems. I utilize narrative therapy to explore, confront, and re-write the harmful narratives clients experience internally and enact externally.

Because emotions aren't necessarily meant to be understood, but felt, I integrate talk and somatic therapy modalities to assist in client's full processing of their lived experience and trauma. I utilize interventions such as psychodrama, art therapy, mindfulness, meditation, and internal family systems.