From Holding it Together to Letting Yourself be Held
Welcome!
Thank you for being here.
I hope what you find on this site feels helpful as you explore the next steps in finding the right therapist for you. Here, you’ll learn more about me, my approach, and the kind of support I offer. You’ll also find reflections and resources that I hope speak to your experience and offer something meaningful along the way. If you have any questions or want to know more, I’d love to hear from you.
What I Offer
Gentle, effective support for your whole nervous system
I support women who often feel like they’ve had to work twice as hard to hold it all together, whether they’ve been formally diagnosed, recently self-identified, or are quietly wondering if you might be neurodivergent. Many of my clients are navigating the layered effects of chronic stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, or unresolved relational trauma. Therapy offers a space to pause, reflect, and begin making sense of patterns that may have once felt confusing, isolating, or overwhelming.
With a foundation in psychology, neuroscience, and somatic practices, my approach to therapy is relational, integrative, and grounded in compassion. I draw from approaches like interpersonal neurobiology, polyvagal theory, and internal family systems, alongside evidence-informed, somatic-based methods that support the whole nervous system. My work is particularly focused on supporting neurodivergent women including those who identify as autistic, ADHD, highly sensitive, or gifted alongside those navigating chronic stress, burnout, anxiety, perfectionism, depression, OCD or the lasting effects of relational trauma. Through a collaborative and attuned process, I support clients in building self-understanding, reconnecting with inner resources, and moving toward greater nervous system regulation, resilience, and emotional clarity.
If Any of This Resonates,
You’re Not Alone
You’ve always been the reliable one. You are high-performing, thoughtful, and capable on the outside but privately managing exhaustion, anxiety, or overwhelm.
You’re deeply sensitive and emotionally attuned, and often aware of others’ needs long before your own. At times, it can feel like you absorb more than you can manage, especially in social or emotionally charged environments.
You care deeply about relationships and connection, yet may find yourself feeling misunderstood, easily hurt, or anxious around the possibility of rejection, criticism, or not being enough.
You’re a parent carrying the invisible labor of caregiving mentally tracking everyone’s needs, constantly giving, and still wondering if you’re doing it “right.” The exhaustion runs deep, sometimes touching on sadness, resentment, or a quiet loneliness you can’t name.
You’re navigating burnout, sensory or emotional overwhelm, or a kind of inner shutdown that’s hard to explain. Your motivation has waned, your mood feels flat or heavy, and you can’t remember the last time you felt truly replenished.
You’ve recently discovered or are starting to wonder if ADHD, autism, or another form of neurodivergence might help explain how you experience the world, relationships, and your own inner life.
You’re moving through a major transition, a change in career, role, identity, or relationship and noticing old patterns resurfacing. It maybe difficult trusting, staying in your body, or knowing what you actually want or need.
You may carry a history of relational trauma, subtle or overt, and want to heal the parts of you still waiting to feel safe and seen.
My Approach.
Services
All services are neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed, and inclusive of LGBTQ+ and gender-diverse individuals
Teen and Young Adult Services
I work with teens and young adults navigating the pressure of academic and social environments, anxiety, perfectionism, or the complexities of neurodivergence or identifying as LGBTQIA+. In a world that too often misunderstands, minimizes, or overlooks these lived experiences, it can be hard to feel truly seen or supported. Many young people are left carrying the weight of expectations that don’t reflect who they are or what they need. Therapy offers a compassionate space to explore identity, regulate the nervous system, and build emotional resilience. Together, we’ll work at a pace that respects your inner world, drawing on somatic practices, self-compassion, and tools that support greater ease, clarity, and connection.
Adult Services
I offer individual therapy for adults and those who identify as neurodivergent or are questioning whether they might be, and who are navigating chronic stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, relational trauma, or the long-term impacts of attachment wounds.
Our work gently explores the protective parts of you that have carried so much, often for so long, and creates space to reconnect with clarity, self-trust, and a sense of inner steadiness. Grounded in parts work, compassion and mindfulness, somatic practices, and nervous system awareness, therapy supports the process of gently uncovering, healing, and moving toward authenticity and self-compassion.
Assessment
I provide evidence-based psychological services, including assessments for adults exploring ADHD and/or autism. Assessments are conducted with a neuroaffirming approach that supports greater self-understanding, reduces stigma, and helps clarify patterns that may have been masked or misunderstood over time.
Ready to connect?
Get in touch to schedule a
free 20-minute consultation
Compassionate Group Therapy
NEST Groups
Nourish. Empathize. Share. Thrive
NEST is a self-compassion group for women seeking community, regulation, and emotional nourishment. In this space, you’ll learn practical skills, be guided in short meditations (no experience is necessary and beginners mind is welcome) share experiences, and gently witness each other’s stories, creating a sense of shared humanity and reducing the isolation that so often comes with the struggle.
Parenting Assistance
Parenting support is offered as either Parent Coaching or Inner Parenting. Which one is needed depends on your individual circumstances, and whether you need to gain new skills, and parenting confidence, or dive deeper into how to transform old wounds so that they impact you less as a parent.
Parent coaching offers practical, compassionate guidance to help you feel more confident, connected, and equipped in your parenting—especially if you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, or navigating burnout, stress, or emotional dysregulation in the home. Grounded in Interpersonal Neurobiology, attachment-informed practices, and developmental science, this approach combines supportive coaching with trauma-sensitive insight.
Inner Parenting is a deeper space of support for parents who want to explore how their own experiences, histories, and nervous systems impact their parenting. Whether you’re neurodivergent yourself, parenting neurodivergent children, or carrying stress, trauma, or attachment wounds, this work invites self-understanding and healing that can ripple through your family life.
Inner Parenting psychotherapy can be helpful for parents who:
Are parenting while moving through chronic stress, burnout, or emotional overwhelm
Carry relational trauma, attachment wounds, or past experiences that feel triggered in parenting
Are navigating grief, loss, divorce, or other significant life transitions
Feel stuck in cycles of self-criticism, perfectionism, or emotional reactivity in response to their child
Want support for parenting as a neurodivergent adult or raising neurodivergent children
Seek to build more self-compassion, emotional regulation, and a sense of agency in their role as a parent
Hope to move toward more authenticity, clarity, and connection in family life
This is a space to slow down and gently explore the parts of you that have been coping, protecting, or carrying too much so you can parent from a place of greater steadiness, self-trust, and care
Parent coaching sessions may support you with:
A toolbox of parenting strategies tailored to your family’s needs and values
Navigating challenging behaviors and moments of emotional dysregulation
Clarifying your discipline philosophy and identifying what approaches work best for your family
Developing ways to calmly connect and communicate with your child, even in the heat of the moment
Learning how to set clear, consistent boundaries while maintaining connection
Partnering with your child through emotional storms with empathy and structure
Understanding what’s typical for your child’s age and stage of development
Learning about your child’s growing brain and how to support their developing mind
Strengthening your child’s emotional regulation, communication, executive functioning, and social development
This kind of coaching weaves together the science of connection with everyday parenting realities, giving you space to grow alongside your child, with more confidence, compassion, and clarity
What it’s like to work with me
As a therapist, I offer a space of warmth, safety, and attunement where you can feel truly seen, heard, and supported. I believe healing happens in relationships that respect your pace, your story, and your nervous system and that make room for the protective parts of you that have had to work hard to cope.
I take time to get to know you, asking thoughtful questions early on so I can understand what you’ve been through, what’s helped or hurt in previous therapy, and how I can best meet your needs now. Some clients appreciate a more structured approach with check-ins, reflections, and optional therapy homework. Others need gentleness, spaciousness, and room to explore without pressure. I welcome both and everything in between. At times, my role is to gently offer insight or help you recognize patterns that may be keeping you stuck. But I’ll always check in first. II want therapy to be a place where you feel empowered, emotionally safe, and in control of your own healing.
I practice from a neuroaffirming, gender-affirming, and culturally responsive lens. I understand how systems of oppression, social stigma, and missed or late diagnoses can shape how we see ourselves and how we’ve been seen. For neurodivergent clients, especially those who have masked for years, therapy can be a space to gently unmask, reconnect with the parts of you that had to adapt to survive, and explore your identity without judgment. I honor the complexity of your lived experience and am committed to creating a space that welcomes all parts of who you are.
About Me
Amanda Press, PsyD (She/Her/Hers)
I’m a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience supporting adults both neurodivergent individuals, especially autistic and ADHD women, and those navigating burnout, stress, and relational trauma. I bring a deep appreciation for the many ways neurodivergence and life’s challenges can show up, often in subtle and unique ways.
My approach integrates multiple modalities including attachment science, polyvagal theory, internal family systems, somatic and compassion-focused approaches tailored to honor each person’s individual pace, communication style, and way of being. I also work from a culturally informed, intersectional perspective that recognizes how culture, trauma, and systemic oppression shape experience and healing.
As a parent with lived experience of neurodivergence, I bring warmth, depth, and real-world insight to every aspect of my work, creating a space where you can be fully seen, understood, and supported.
You don’t have to explain or justify why things feel hard. You don’t have to perform, mask, or make sense of it all alone.
If any of this resonates, I’d love to hold space for you.