THERAPY IN-PERSON IN GOLD RIVER & ONLINE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
Practical strategies to manage overwhelm, custom-fit to your brain. More room to be who you are and choose how you show up.
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy specializing in ADHD and Autism in adults and teens. Also offering Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART)*—available for people with neurodivergent and neurotypical brains.
No matter how hard you work to meet everyone’s expectations, the same problems that have followed you through life keep coming up—and you’re exhausted.
When the directive is clear—the way it is at work, school, or in high-pressure situations—you excel. But in other areas of life where things aren’t so straightforward or there isn’t external accountability, it feels like you’re constantly falling short.
Maybe you feel it most in your relationships, where communication never goes how you think it will, and you often end up shutting down before any real resolution can be reached.
Or maybe, you feel it more in the struggle of daily responsibilities and maintenance—because while you want to be (and expect yourself to be) the person who’s always giving 120%, there are so many days where you can’t even make yourself get off the couch.
And the frustration of being inconsistent or missing the mark is intensified by your acute awareness of the patterns you’re stuck in. You can see the cycle repeating itself and might even understand why the cycle exists in the first place, but even with all that self-awareness, you still can’t seem to change it.
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You care about the people close to you and you're trying to understand what keeps going wrong. You can often explain the argument afterward, but that doesn't necessarily help you navigate it differently the next time. You may also spend enormous energy monitoring your tone, expression, or wording—and sometimes lose track of what you actually think or need.
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What people see when they look at you is a smart, capable person who can be counted on to put out fires and get things done. But what they don’t see is how overwhelmed you feel just trying to keep up with daily life.
Things that seem to come easily to other people—like starting tasks or staying consistent in self-maintenance—take everything out of you, and you don’t know how everyone else does it. Your fear of disappointing others has driven you toward success, but with the amount of energy you spend on getting things “right”, it feels like you’re running at full effort through mud.
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Maybe you shut down when interactions become too overwhelming, and you've been told you're emotionally distant or too direct. You might have tried therapy before, but you didn’t notice a change even after dissecting the problem over and over again. You want to be heard and understood, but you also want people to feel comfortable around you.
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You're old enough to want more independence, but school, friendships, planning, and expectations can still feel harder than they seem to be for everyone else. You may know you're more capable than people give you credit for while also knowing there are areas where you genuinely need support. Together, we can explore your options and figure out what path forward makes the most sense for you.
You don’t need to try harder. You need a different approach.
I’M MARGOT FROST, LCSW
I help you create your own personalized roadmap for life—so the steps you take actually get you where you want to go.
As a neurodiversity-affirming therapist, I meet you at the intersection of acceptance, nonjudgment, and challenging you to grow. This means I understand on a deep level how ADHD or Autism can affect your life and relationships, invite you to drop the mask and come as you are, and will validate your experiences and feelings.
But I’ll also hold you accountable for the things that are within your control to change—because I believe you are a capable person who just needs the right support.
This work is collaborative: you bring your expertise on yourself and I bring clinical training, a different vantage point, and the practical tools to help you bridge the gap between understanding why these problems keep happening and knowing how to change them. I’m an active therapist, and in our sessions we’ll develop systems, skills, boundaries, and accommodations you can actually use in real life to break the patterns you’ve been stuck in.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
I’m trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), which I can offer alongside talk therapy or on its own. ART uses gentle eye movements and guided imagery to change the emotional charge attached to a memory, without requiring extensive verbal processing.
ART may be useful when you understand a memory, fear, or recurring reaction intellectually but still feel affected by it. I offer it alongside ongoing therapy or as a focused treatment when appropriate.
How to get started.
Schedule a free, 15-minute phone consultation here. You don't need to prepare anything or know exactly where to start. I'll ask what brings you in, what you're looking for, and answer questions about how I work. If working together feels like a good fit, we’ll schedule your first session. If I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you that too.
You deserve a fulfilling life that fits the way you function.
In-person & online therapy for neurodivergent adults & teens in California.
*Accelerated Resolution Therapy® is a registered service mark of the Rosenzweig Center for Rapid Recovery (RCRR), used with permission.