Rae Morris

About me: As part of a cohesive and collaborative group practice, I offer private therapy services for individuals and families to explore and support neurodiversity-affirming mental health, well-being, confidence, parenting and relationships. Many of the clients who choose to work with me are neurodivergent adults (suspected or confirmed Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, OCD, and/or are considered gifted or highly intelligent). Many are also parents, educators, counsellors and other professionals seeking to deepen self-insight and strengthen neuro-affirming relationships with those they care for.

My approach is integrative and is deeply steeped in neuro-affirming values and approaches. I have a particular interest in working with folks to explore and tease apart neurodivergence and mental health and process late-realized Autistic and/or ADHD identities. I have been focused on this area of practice as a therapist for over 12 years. As a neurodivergent clinician-researcher, my clinical practice is informed by (and informs) the current research landscape to date, including projects I have had the privilege to collaborate on and lead. For example, my doctoral dissertation explored mental health services and supports with and for Autistic adults across Canada. 

Practice Focus: Neurodivergent mental health; anxiety; panic; depression; self-esteem, identity, and confidence; navigating giftedness; facing fears; mental health promotion; processing neurodivergent identities and diagnoses; parent and professional well-being, compassion satisfaction and burnout, neuro-affirming parenting and professional support; clinical mentorship. 

Services Offered: 
Individual Counselling for youth and adults 
Relationship Counselling for neurodiverse couples/life partners (including polyamorous relationships)
Parent Counselling especially for parents of neurodiverse families (multiple neurotypes in one family)

Consultation and Mentorship for counsellors, mental health providers, school counsellors and inclusive education specialists, and clinical social workers seeking to enhance clinical practices, strengthen professional identity, reinforce compassion satisfaction (and mitigate compassion fatigue and burnout) and/or integrate or deepen neuro-affirming care

Education including workshops on neuro-affirming care and practices, intersection of neurodivergence and mental health, neuro-affirming parenting, compassion satisfaction and burnout among caring professionals, professional identity among counsellors/social workers, clincial social work practice, DSM-5TR assessment and diagnosis.