Autumn Moran
If you’ve spent your life feeling like you were “too much” or “not enough,” or you only recently discovered you’re neurodivergent and are now rereading your whole story through a new lens, you’re in the right place. I’m Autumn and I specialize in trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming care for women. Many of my clients are late-diagnosed with ADHD or autism and are tired of masking, people-pleasing, and pushing through burnout. Here, you don’t have to translate yourself. We’ll work with the way your brain and nervous system actually function, not against them.
Also, I consider myself to be neuro-spicy, meaning I'm neurodivergent due to my ADHD - let me help you get organized and get things together if you too are neuro-spicy.
My approach blends Internal Family Systems (IFS), DBT, and CPT with body-based tools. As a 500-hour yoga teacher, I created GLOW, a simple somatic practice for calming your nervous system in real time. Sessions are warm, collaborative, and paced by you. Stimming, fidgeting, cameras off on hard days, and wandering thoughts are all welcome. Together, we can untangle old patterns, heal what’s been carried too long, and build a life that feels like yours.
First session
In our first session, you'll get: • Relief, from finally being heard by someone who understands. Many clients tell me they feel seen and validated for the first time. • A new lens, as we start connecting the dots between your struggles, your history, and how your brain and nervous system work. For many women, this is the first time "What's wrong with me?" starts turning into "Oh, that makes sense." • A clear direction, with a shared sense of what you want to change and how we'll work toward it together. • A tool you can use right away, often a simple GLOW™ practice to help your nervous system settle when stress hits. • A sense of fit, so you'll know whether I'm the right therapist for you, with no pressure either way.
Strengths
I bring a rare mix of warmth and directness. You'll feel deeply understood, and you'll also hear the truth, offered with care. I also bring more than one lens. As a therapist, life coach, and yoga teacher, I can help you understand your past, move toward your goals, and feel safer in your body, all in the same session. That means you get practical tools, not just insight. Neurodivergent clients often tell me they don't have to explain themselves with me. I get it, and I adapt to how your brain actually works. Most of all, I bring genuine belief in you. I hold hope for you until you can hold it for yourself, and then I help you build on it.
Ideal clients
My ideal client is a woman who has spent years holding it all together, and is tired. She may look successful and capable on the outside, but inside she feels overwhelmed, anxious, and like she's working twice as hard as everyone else just to keep up. She's been called "too much," "too sensitive," or "not living up to her potential." She may have tried therapy before for anxiety or depression and wondered why it never quite fit. Maybe she's recently been diagnosed with ADHD or autism, or she's starting to suspect it. Maybe she's carrying trauma that still shows up in her body and relationships. Either way, she's ready to stop masking, stop blaming herself, and understand who she really is. She wants a therapist who will be real with her, not just nod along. She's open to working with both mind and body, and she wants practical tools she can use in her everyday life.
Treatment methods
Daialectical Behavior (DBT)
I use DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) skills to give you practical tools for moments when emotions feel too big, too fast, or too much. DBT is built on a powerful idea: you can accept yourself exactly as you are and work toward change at the same time. Together, we'll practice skills from DBT's four core areas: • Mindfulness, to notice what's happening inside you without judgment • Distress tolerance, to get through intense moments without making things harder • Emotion regulation, to understand your emotions and feel less at their mercy • Interpersonal effectiveness, to set boundaries, ask for what you need, and protect your relationships I adapt these skills to fit neurodivergent brains, and I often pair them with body-based tools like GLOW™, so regulation happens in your body, not just your thinking.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I use Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help you understand the different parts of you, like the part that people-pleases, the part that overthinks, the inner critic, and the part that just wants to shut down. In IFS, no part is bad. Each one developed to protect you, often carrying pain from things you went through. Together, we'll get curious about these parts instead of fighting them: • Protector parts, which work hard to keep you safe, sometimes in ways that no longer serve you • Wounded parts, which hold old pain, shame, or fear that still needs care • Your Self, the calm, compassionate core of who you are, which has been there all along For neurodivergent clients, IFS can be especially healing. It helps you meet your masking and people-pleasing parts with compassion instead of shame. Over time, you'll build a kinder relationship with yourself and feel more whole.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness is the practice of noticing what's happening inside you, including your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations, with curiosity instead of judgment. It helps you pause before reacting, notice stress earlier, and feel more at home in your own body. In our sessions, mindfulness might look like: • Grounding practices, to bring you back to the present when you feel overwhelmed or disconnected • Breath and body awareness, drawn from my background as a yoga teacher, to help calm your nervous system • Noticing without judgment, so you can respond to your thoughts and feelings instead of getting swept away by them • GLOW™, the simple somatic regulation practice I created for real-time support For neurodivergent clients, mindfulness doesn't have to mean sitting still with your eyes closed. We can practice while you move, stim, walk, or use your senses. It can look however works for your brain and body.
Cognitive Processing (CPT)
I use Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), an evidence-based treatment for trauma and PTSD. Trauma often leaves behind painful beliefs, like "It was my fault," "I can't trust anyone," or "I'm not safe anywhere." CPT helps you notice these "stuck points" and gently question whether they're really true. Together, we'll: • Understand how trauma shaped your beliefs about yourself, other people, and the world • Identify stuck points, the thoughts that keep you feeling unsafe, guilty, or ashamed • Examine and reshape those beliefs with structured, practical tools • Rebuild a sense of safety, trust, power, esteem, and closeness in your life CPT is structured and usually takes about 12 sessions, and you don't have to share every detail of what happened for it to work. I adapt the pace and worksheets for neurodivergent clients, and I pair the work with body-based tools so healing happens in both your mind and your body.
Trauma-Informed Care
Being trauma-informed means I understand how trauma affects your brain, body, relationships, and sense of safety, and I shape every part of our work around that. It's less about asking "What's wrong with you?" and more about asking "What happened to you, and what do you need now?" In our sessions, trauma-informed care means: • Safety first, so you'll never be pushed to share more than you're ready to • Choice and control, meaning you set the pace, and you can pause, redirect, or say no at any time • Transparency, so I'll explain what we're doing and why, with no hidden agendas or surprises • Collaboration, where we work as partners and you're the expert on your own life • Empowerment, building on the strengths that helped you survive • Respect for your whole story, including your identity, culture, neurodivergence, and the systems that have shaped your experiences Trauma lives in the body, too, so I also use somatic tools to help your nervous system feel safe, not just your mind.
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- TexasLicense 75788