Counselling for neurodivergent brains, chronic illness and big emotions

Some people spend years being told they’re too much, too scattered, too sensitive, or that they look fine so they must be fine. This page is for them.

Emotions that feel too big

Madison Morrison’s first specialty is emotional regulation: understanding how you react when things feel out of control, and building practical skills to steady yourself. Her view is simple. You can’t rethink a pattern while your nervous system is in the red, so regulation comes first. If you tend to overcorrect on an icy road, she’ll help you take corners like a Formula One driver. Once you’re steadier, you can look at where the pattern came from and what to do differently.

Neurodivergent brains

Madison works with adults who haven’t found the secret formula for how their brain operates. The aim isn’t to fix you or teach you to mask. It’s to find tools that suit how your brain actually works, so a whole thought can make it out into the world instead of joining the half-finished projects around the house.

Chantelle grew up with ADHD herself and works with it too, especially with teens and young adults. She’s our low-fee counsellor.

Chronic illness and injury

When your body changes the rules, your sense of who you are can go with it. Madison works with people living with conditions like MS, Parkinson’s and psoriasis, and the heavy mental load others don’t see. Together you work out what your new normal might be. In her words: if you were told your whole life you could only turn left, let’s learn how to turn right.

Sessions that fit how you work

Camera on or off. Phone instead of video with Madison, where her clinic and your insurance allow (how online counselling works). Email for questions and booking. Bring a song or a piece of artwork if it says something better than words. Madison rarely gives homework, and never the kind that piles on stress. Sessions often don’t feel like stereotypical therapy, which is the point.