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.
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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
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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
