Consulting for Therapists and Organizations
Building Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices and Sustainable Systems
Consultation for therapists, neurodivergent private practice owners, and organizations wanting practical, nervous-system-informed support.
Who This Is For
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Mental Health Professionals
Case consultation and best-practice support for working with neurodivergent clients, families, groups, and systems.
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Neurodivergent Therapists in Private Practice
Business consultation for building a sustainable, values-aligned private practice without forcing yourself into neurotypical systems.
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Organizations
Policy, access, environment, and systems consultation to make programs more neurodiversity-affirming in practice, not just in language.
Choose Your Consultation Path
Clinical Support for Mental Health Professionals
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ND-affirming case consultation
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Best practices
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Youth, adults, families, groups
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Complex clinical situations
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Translating ND-affirming values into actual interventions
Business Consultation for Neurodivergent Therapists
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Private practice structure
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Offers, fees, systems, boundaries
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Sustainable workflow
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Messaging and niche clarity
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Building a practice that works with your brain/body
Organizational Consulting
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ND-affirming policies
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Staff practices
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Accessibility and sensory-informed environments
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Program/system audits
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Leadership consultation
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Training partnerships
Why Work With Phoenix
Phoenix Rising, LCSW (ze/zir or she/her) is a therapist, trainer, consultant, and founder of NAPTI specializing in neurodiversity-affirming systems, clinical practice, and sustainable approaches for therapists and organizations.
Zir work integrates nervous system education, accessibility, systems thinking, and lived neurodivergent experience into practical consultation that can be realistically implemented.
Professional Roles
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Founder & Training Director, Neurodiversity-Affirming Psychotherapy Training Institute (NAPTI)
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Founder & Therapist, Therapy for Rebels
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Co-Representative for the Southwestern Region, Colorado NASW Board of Directors
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President, Neurodivergent Therapists of Colorado Networking Group
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Member, Inclusivity Working Group, Visit Durango
Areas of Focus
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Neurodiversity-affirming clinical practice
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Sustainable private practice systems for ND therapists
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Organizational policies, access, and inclusion
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Nervous-system-informed environments
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Leadership, supervision, and systems-level change
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Staff training and ongoing consultation partnerships
People often reach out when they want help with:
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A complex neurodivergent client case
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Making their practice more ND-affirming
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Building a private practice that feels sustainable
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Running a private practice while navigating executive functioning, burnout, masking, or nervous system overwhelm
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Reviewing policies or programs for access barriers
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Supporting staff in understanding neurodivergent needs
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Moving from good intentions to actual systems change
