https://www.stephaniegardnerwright.com/faqs daily 0.75 2026-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/1600091645887-V4I12P111OO8P940S8WT/single-x-light-center.png faq https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/1600091645891-V2W0PYLTY657KODLPF64/single-x-light-center.png faq https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/1600091645894-QGGPLS6QNU4WMWS80XXB/single-x-light-center.png faq https://www.stephaniegardnerwright.com/home daily 1.0 2026-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/d6138f9e-c1f2-40a5-89d3-3fbc82dad002/huffingtonpost-logo-transparent.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/a45b35e3-3128-4644-a9e4-b974e45d0ed3/bustle_logo_before_after.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/d6138f9e-c1f2-40a5-89d3-3fbc82dad002/huffingtonpost-logo-transparent.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/291be7ba-e500-4425-b2a0-d0ebf5f0903d/6W3A9346-2.jpg Online Therapy for Late-Diagnosed Autistic People in Michigan - Hey there, I’m Stephanie: I’m a licensed psychotherapist providing transformative, depth-oriented therapy for individual adults. I collaborate with formerly “highly sensitive,” late-identified neurodivergent (Autistic, ADHD, OCD) folks to reduce overwhelm, pinpoint when Autistic meltdowns and shutdowns are happening, collaborate on sensory interventions and self-accommodations, heal developmental trauma and reparent wounded parts of their psyches. https://www.stephaniegardnerwright.com/about-me daily 0.75 2026-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/4354829b-0f11-4619-9538-4286cd82e26c/6W3A9136.jpg about I work with Autistic & neurodivergent adults who struggle with being a high achiever externally but feeling like an unsure teenager emotionally. When many of my clients come to me, they’ve become stuck in a cycle of anxiety, shame, & distrust of their own inner knowing. I don’t tell you what to do or how to feel in therapy. You’re the expert on your life, not me, and I always trust the subconscious mind knows what’s best for you, already within you but currently inaccessible to your conscious mind. Together, we’ll uncover unconscious drivers that have kept you stuck in unhelpful, victim-based patterns. Mental health challenges aren’t a brain problem to be solved, but a message from your unconscious that you’re ready for the next level up of healing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/65e73b82-270d-4c52-88d6-c8175e6d0587/IMG_0467.jpeg about - Hey there- I’m Stephanie As a midlife-diagnosed AuDHDer, I’ve experienced what it’s like to be misunderstood and burnt out from trying to keep everyone happy while my hair was literally falling out in clumps from the stress and denial of my own needs. It inspires me to see my clients finding compassion & understanding for the pain, grief, and trauma their inner child parts have been holding for them. When I’m not wearing my therapist cardigan (they make us buy one when we get licensed, it’s standard issue), you can find me making yet another espresso, holed up writing my cosmic-horror romantasy novel, or working on my PhD in Clinical Sexology. While training in sex therapy, I’m writing my dissertation on the BDSM community. I’m passionate about supporting the intersection of the kink community, LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent folks in therapy. I’m sex- & kink-positive as a therapist. My therapeutic ethos comes from transpersonal, humanistic, and existential psychotherapy perspectives: heavily influenced by Jung, Hillman, Kristeva and Yalom. I’m interested in answering questions about what our deepest desires, fears, and aversions reveal about our psyche and accessing our truest Self. I am extensively trained in trauma-treatment modalities and primarily use parts work, inner child work and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to treat trauma. I have spent years of my career specializing in treating child sexual abuse with both children and adults. I have lived experience as a high-masking, PDA-profile autist and am also mother to little PDAers. I believe that not only are you the expert on you, but that you know your children and their needs better than the “experts,” especially with the paradoxical needs of PDAers. I do not work directly with children anymore (though I have extensive experience with providing play therapy and sexual abuse recovery therapy to children) but am happy to consult in a parent-education or parent-therapeutic capacity. Two things can both be true at the same time, and in working with me, you will often find me gently encouraging you to increase your capacity for tolerating uncertainty or acknowledging the grey areas of life. I am not the therapist who will give you homework weekly and pick topics for us to discuss. I’m most effective when I’m guiding you through the shadows of your psyche, trusting that your subconscious will surface what’s priority to focus on together. We contain multitudes and I promise I’ll never be a Blank Slate Therapist because you deserve a fellow human who’s seen some life, too. My office walls have heard all the four-letter words. You’re all good here. And psst… I’ll never think you’re “too woo.” Paranormal, psychic and mystical experiences welcome here. I stan the Telepathy Tapes and will not see your spiritual beliefs or experiences as an indicator of mental illness. I am trained in an energy healing modality, which I’m happy to offer to clients upon request outside of insurance-billed sessions. I personally believe in the scientific method and also that science cannot measure or capture the breadth of our transpersonal experiences. I have trained deeply in a variety of esoteric teachings as an adept and bring this awareness to my work as a therapist. I’m happy to discuss any questions you may have. https://www.stephaniegardnerwright.com/neuro-affirming-therapy-for-late-diagnosed-autism daily 0.75 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/6bf9f1af-8318-4012-985c-d87ec6a41d2a/6W3A4864.jpg Neuro-Affirming Therapy for Late-Diagnosed Autism - How do I know if I’m Autistic? Autism is experienced differently by everyone. (Ever heard “if you’ve met one Autistic person, you’ve met one Autistic person?”) Outdated and misinformed ideas about autism can make it hard to identify in yourself, especially if you’re not a young white boy which is what most autism research has been based from. Features of an autistic neurotype are lifelong differences in socializing and communication, experiencing high sensitivity and/or low sensitivity to sensory input, deep passions and interests, and repetitive movement that is experienced as soothing or calming. If you’re not sure if autism might fit for you, I’d recommend reading personal accounts in memoirs, on social media (search the hashtag #actuallyautistic) and taking some screeners over at Embrace Autism. Part of my work involves supporting folks through untangling if autism or other neurodivergence makes sense with their life experience. You don’t have to know that you’re autistic for us to work together. It would be my honor to collaboratively explore this possibility with you. https://www.stephaniegardnerwright.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2026-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/65e73b82-270d-4c52-88d6-c8175e6d0587/IMG_0467.jpeg Contact - Hi there, I’m Stephanie, AuDHD psychotherapist and sex-therapist-in-training. Looking to connect with me or book a therapy appointment? Please fill out the form below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/1681226507928-KI7N2O72UNIAS1WBX3ME/Location+-+Black.png Contact - Jackson, Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/1681226509927-AALFE1YLW6YZXZMBF5G9/%40+Email+Alt+-+Black.png Contact - stephanie@stephaniegardnerwright.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/1681226510908-HBK9PKJ5ZAT5T8V22WTC/Hours+-+Black.png Contact - Teletherapy/ office hours Monday-Wednesday 9 am-3 pm EST. I am not regularly available outside these hours.