Understanding Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
Even in a loving relationship, RSD can completely reshape how two people interact.
Neuro Diversity and Relationships
navigating neurodiverse relationships
In my therapy room, I see many couples navigating neurodiversity. One thing is consistently true: the intentions are good. Neurodivergent partners are often working hard to understand themselves and build strategies that make life feel more manageable. Neurotypical partners are trying to accommodate, support, and create ease. Both want connection. Both want harmony.
Sensory overload and intimacy
We often talk about intimacy as if it should be instinctive. As if, with the right person, it will simply click into place and feel effortless. For many neurodivergent people, especially those with ADHD, autism, or sensory processing differences, it rarely feels that simple.
Karen talks ADHD and intimacy on ADHD Chatter
I had a great time on ADHD Chatter with Alex Partridge recently.
The main focus was the impact ADHD can have on intimacy We covered a lot of ground!
Guest on The Quiet ADHD Club Podcast
I recently had the pleasure of appearing on a podcast for The Quiet ADHD Club, a Substack community created by Gabrielle Treanor for women with ADHD who don’t necessarily fit the loud, hyperactive stereotype sometimes associated with it. Gabrielle’s work speaks to women who are thoughtful, sensitive, empathetic and quietly exhausted from a lifetime of […]
Walking on eggshells in your relationship
Walking on eggshells can happen to any couple if there is unresolved conflict between them. They will both try to avoid contact with each other if they believe that a solution cannot be found.
Designing neurodiverse affirming workplaces
Neurodivergent people are everywhere. In every sector, every discipline, at every level of seniority. Many of the world’s most creative thinkers, analysts, designers, leaders, and problem-solvers are ND. So it is not a question of how to “fit” ND people into the workplace. They’re already shaping it. The question is how to increase the comfort and reduce the friction felt by ND people in the workplace.
Reframing the conversation around neurodivergence
ND lives have been framed in terms of difficulty, disruption or “special needs”. Yet in my therapy room, I see something very different. I see creative problem-solving, emotional depth, humour, originality, sensitivity, and a capacity for innovation that often outpaces the systems around them.
Neurodivergence, empathy and intimacy
Even in loving relationships, empathy and intimacy can sometimes misfire. ND couples might mistake different ways of operating as incompatability. We look at strategies to help.
Why ADHD couples struggle with intimacy and how to reconnect
ADHD can bring both high desire and unique challenges to intimacy. Learn why couples struggle and the strategies that help them reconnect.