Jessica Andexer

Jessica Andexer (She/They) AuDHD Counsellor, in practice since 2006, Fully Neuro-Affirmative & Lived-Experience Led

About Me & My Approach

Traditional therapies often ignore what neuroscience and lived experience tell us: our bodies, brains, and nervous systems are deeply intertwined with our mental health. One size does not fit all, especially for the neurodivergent community.

As a multiply neurodivergent, AuDHD psychotherapist, I offer a novel, active, and engaged approach. Combining deep therapeutic processing with neurobiologically informed tools and "hacks," I invite the whole of you into the room. My practice is inspired by neuroscience, Buddhist psychology, and somatic modalities. Together, we look at what brought you here, what is happening in the here-and-now, and where you want to be.

Is This You?

If you are looking for therapy that doesn't feel like anything you've tried before, ask yourself:

鈼� Would having an AuDHD therapist with lived experience create a deeper sense of safety for you?

鈼� Do you want to understand how your unique brain and nervous system shows up in your day-to-day life and energy?

鈼� Are you looking for practical, personalized, ND-friendly hacks to navigate a world built for neurotypical people?

鈼� Do you need a gentle, non-pathologising space to just be with your feelings?

I welcome anyone who identifies as neurodivergent, whether you are formally diagnosed, self-identified, or exploring the possibility.

I am committed to creating inclusive, anti-racist, anti-ableist, anti-classist, gender-affirming, queer-friendly spaces. I am a professional, but I am not the expert in you!

I offer a range of fees, please find further information about that and other FAQs here:

https://bearinmind.online/faqs/

Practice Description: What to Expect

Our work is entirely collaborative and tailored to your unique sensory and nervous system profile. I take psychological theories built for neurotypical people, deconstruct them, and reframe them through an authentic neurodivergent lens.

Areas of Focus:

鈼� Having space to explore your neurodivergent identifying, your feelings, relationships, experiences and how trauma may have intersected with your ND experience.

鈼� Burnout, Meltdowns & Shutdowns: Personalised, practical ways to respond to and recover from overwhelm and underwhelm.

鈼� The neurodivergent lens: reflecting on and exploring experiences and identity through a neuro-affirmative lens.

鈼� Somatic Regulation: Accessible mindfulness, breathwork, and somatic techniques, all tailored to you and your nervous system

鈼� Nervous system psycho-education: learn how to understand and respond to your feelings.

鈼� Unmasking & Identity: Creating an empowered, non-pathologised perspective of yourself and untangling internalised ableism.

鈼� The Disclosure Dilemma: Navigating if, when, and how to safely disclose your ND status.

鈼� Executive Function & Admin: Building useful routines and managing life/work structure.

鈼� Sensory Joy: Mapping your sensory profile to aid your daily well-being.

My Framework, Training & Influences:

Extensive training over two decades spans across psychodynamic, integrative, neuroscience-informed, trauma and somatic psychotherapies.

鈼� Extensive CPD, including: Interpersonal Neurobiology, Somatic Movement, Trauma Studies, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Energy Psychotherapy, Autism studies, Working neuro-affirmatively, ADHD and the brain amongst many others. 

鈼� Buddhist Psychology & Mindfulness Lineage: Heavily grounded in trauma-sensitive, inclusive mindfulness, training with David Trelevan completed, as well as at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism. Inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh, Oren Jay Sofer, David Treleaven, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Melina Bondy.

I offer a free 30 minute chat before any initial session if it would feel useful to do this, just get in touch, or book here:

https://calendly.com/jessica-bearinmind/new-meeting

Trained in psychodynamic and integrative approaches, with additional training in trauma work, autism and ADHD and neuroscience-informed approaches to mental health. I am also a trained mindfulness teacher and somatic practitioner.

As a supervisor, I aim to help you strip away the rigid, neurotypical expectations of traditional training and build a clinical practice that honors both your clients鈥� neurobiology and your own. 

My approach is active, collaborative, and deeply egalitarian: I am the clinical peer, but you are the expert in your practice.

Here is what you can expect from our supervisory space:

Traditional clinical spaces often ask neurodivergent practitioners and clients to mask, adapt, or squeeze into rigid, neurotypical therapeutic boxes. My supervisory practice is a radical departure from that. I offer an active, highly collaborative, and lived-experience-led environment designed for therapists, coaches, and mindfulness professionals who want to pivot toward truly neuro-affirmative, somatic, and embodied ways of working.

What to Expect:

Our supervisory relationship is entirely egalitarian. I don鈥檛 sit back as a detached, rigid expert; I bring my authentic self, my 20-year clinical background, and my lived experience as an AuDHD practitioner into the room.

In our sessions, you can expect:

* Deep Deconstruction: We will actively take psychological theories created by and for neurotypical minds, strip away the pathologising lenses, and reframe them through an authentic neurodivergent framework.

* Somatic and Nervous System Focus: Moving beyond talk-only consultation, we will use neuroscience-informed and somatic principles to reflect on clinical presentations. We will explore how to safely adapt therapeutic concepts, practices and somatic tools so they are genuinely accessible to the ND brain.

* Nuanced Case Exploration: Expert guidance on navigating complex client identities, multiply-neurodivergent neurotypes, intesectionality, how trauma and other mental health issues interact and present.

* Practitioner Care: A safe, non-judgmental space to honor your own nervous system, manage executive function/admin fatigue, and prevent practitioner burnout.

My Commitment:

Grounded in progressive pedagogy and Buddhist psychology, my practice is explicitly anti-racist, anti-ableist, gender-affirming, and queer-friendly. Together, we will build a sustainable, creative clinical practice where both you and your clients can thrive.

Please contact me with any questions.

You can book a free 30 minute consult here:

https://calendly.com/jessica-bearinmind/new-meeting