ADHD Counselling in Brisbane
Reflective, compassionate therapy from neurodivergent counsellors.
Living with ADHD often carries more than the daily challenges. There is the anxiety and depression that often run alongside it, the chronic stress of years spent masking or compensating, the impact of being misunderstood for too long. Our Brisbane counsellors offer space to work through what sits beneath the surface, with neuro-affirming therapy that holds both your neurotype and your full story.
Why Choose The Divergent Edge
You are welcome here
We are a neurodivergent-led practice. We understand how ADHD weaves through identity, emotion, and history. Our counselling is reflective, honest, and paced to suit you. Therapy lands differently when you feel safe enough to bring your full self.
What ADHD Counselling in Brisbane Helps You Do
Process what sits underneath
Counselling offers space to explore anxiety, masking, rejection sensitivity, identity work, chronic stress, and the emotional weight that often runs alongside ADHD. We move at your pace.
Work through what often runs alongside ADHD
ADHD rarely shows up alone. We work with anxiety, depression, OCD, disordered eating, complex trauma, attachment patterns, and the cumulative impact of years spent unrecognised or misunderstood.
Make sense of your story
Counselling can help you understand the patterns that shaped how you got here. We hold history, identity, family, relationships, and lived experience as part of the work.
Access Medicare rebates through a Mental Health Care Plan
Several of our counsellors are Accredited Mental Health Social Workers. With a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP, you may be eligible for Medicare rebates on counselling sessions.
Reach support anywhere in Brisbane and across QLD
Sessions are online-first and designed to fit around your life. Whether you’re in Brisbane, the suburbs, regional QLD, or moving between places, continuity stays steady.
Funding note: Medicare rebates may be available for counselling sessions with a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP. Some sessions may also be eligible for private health rebates depending on your provider, or for support through self-managed or plan-managed NDIS funding. Ask us about your situation.
Our Affiliations
The Divergent Edge acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia, paying respect to Elders past and present.
Our Services
Neurodivergent Counselling & Psychotherapy
A safe place to drop the mask. Counselling offers room to process anxiety, depression, complex trauma, masking, rejection sensitivity, and the weight of being misunderstood. Several of our practitioners are Mental Health Social Workers eligible for Medicare rebates with a Mental Health Care Plan.
Therapeutic ADHD Coaching
Unique to The Divergent Edge, this blends the reflective work of counselling with the practical tools of coaching. Sessions can include identity work, emotional regulation, masking and burnout recovery, and executive function strategies you can put into practice between sessions.
ADHD Coaching
For clients who want practical strategy support rather than emotional processing, ADHD Coaching focuses on executive function, daily systems, focus, and rhythms that suit your brain.
Assessments
Sometimes clarity is the best first step. Our ADHD and Autism assessments look at your story, strengths, and sensory profile to inform what comes next. Available online for clients in Brisbane and across QLD.
Other Services
Trauma Counselling
For neurodivergent adults living with complex trauma, attachment wounds, or the cumulative impact of years spent unseen. Our trauma-informed counsellors hold the work with care and steadiness.
Anxiety Counselling
Anxiety often runs alongside ADHD and other neurodivergent experiences. We work with the underlying patterns rather than just the surface, so the work goes deeper than symptom management.
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Care
Affirming counselling for LGBTQIA+ neurodivergent adults navigating identity, relationships, family, and the intersections that come with both.
Clinical Training & Supervision
Training and supervision for practitioners who want to deliver ethical, practical, neuro-affirming care.
What Changes When Support Fits
Less time spent hiding. More room to breathe. The weight of being unseen starts to lift. These are the shifts we are proud to see in our counselling clients across Brisbane and Australia.
Our team
We are neurodivergent counsellors, therapists, and coaches. We understand the territory firsthand. You’ll meet people who listen closely, hold what you bring with care, and walk alongside you.
Tiarni Mudford
Mental Health Social Worker | Therapeutic ADHD Coach
Emma Read
Organisational Psychologist | Therapeutic ADHD Coach | Leadership Coach
Lynsey Allison
ADHD Coach | Leadership & Careers Coach
Shristi Chand
Counsellor & Psychotherapist | Therapeutic ADHD Coach
Jonathan Righetti
Counsellor & Psychotherapist | Therapeutic ADHD Coach
Darren Monsiegneur
Counsellor & Psychotherapist | Therapeutic ADHD Coach
George Mudford
Mental Health Social Worker | Therapeutic ADHD Coach
Dani Bultitude
Founder | Head of Clinical Practice | Principal Therapeutic ADHD Coach
You Have Carried This Long Enough
ADHD counselling at TDE is about being met where you are, with care that holds the weight you’ve been carrying. If you are in Brisbane and ready for support, we are here.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does an ADHD counsellor do?
An ADHD counsellor offers therapeutic support for the emotional, identity, and relational impact of being neurodivergent. Counselling can help you process anxiety, depression, masking, rejection sensitivity, trauma, and the cumulative weight of years lived without recognition. Our counsellors are trained clinicians who bring both professional skill and lived understanding to the work.
How is ADHD counselling different from ADHD coaching?
Coaching focuses on practical strategies for executive function, focus, and daily systems. Counselling focuses on the emotional and psychological work: processing, identity, mental health, and the patterns underneath behaviour. Many clients move between the two over time, and our therapeutic coaching combines elements of both.
Can I get Medicare rebates for ADHD counselling?
Yes, when you see one of our Accredited Mental Health Social Workers with a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP. The plan provides access to up to 10 rebated sessions per calendar year. Ask our reception team about which practitioners are Medicare-eligible and how to set this up.
Do I need a diagnosis to start counselling?
No. You don’t need a formal diagnosis to begin counselling with us. Many clients arrive while still exploring whether ADHD, Autism, or AuDHD describes their experience. If clarity is part of what you’re after, we also offer assessments.
What makes ADHD counselling effective for neurodivergent adults?
Counselling lands differently when the counsellor genuinely understands the territory. Every TDE counsellor is neurodivergent, which means you spend less time explaining and more time doing the work. Our approach is paced, considered, and held with steadiness.
