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 an Autistic, licensed psychotherapist providing transformative, depth-oriented therapy for individual adults. I collaborate with formerly “highly sensitive,” late-identified neurodivergent folx to reduce overwhelm, identify when Autistic meltdowns and shutdowns are happening or when it’s a trauma response, heal developmental trauma and experience transformational change. 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 spiral-up of healing. (And psst… I’ll never think you’re “too woo.” Paranormal, psychic and mystical experiences welcome & appreciated here. I stan the Telepathy Tapes!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5f75f1fef00c23f1dc9178/65e73b82-270d-4c52-88d6-c8175e6d0587/IMG_0467.jpeg about - What’s up- 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 inner Self. 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 sipping another espresso out of a dinky cup, holed up writing my '“great american novel”- a galactic love story x smut x exploration of timeless archetypes meets Bridget Jones’ Diary. We contain multitudes and I promise I’ll never be a Blank Slate Therapist because you deserve a fellow human who’s been to hell and back again, too. My office walls have heard all the four-letter words, including the c word, and I have a special spot in my black little heart for the kink and BDSM communities. You’re all good here. 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 2026-08-04 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 - Tues- Thurs 9am - 5pm