Ayhan Alman
UKCP Full Clinical Psychotherapist
EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner
Accessible Online Psychotherapy and EMDR
Accessible Psychotherapy, EMDR and Coaching
For Autistic, ADHD and AuDHD Adults
Thanks for stopping by. I’m Ayhan, psychotherapist, EMDR specialist and coach for Autistic, ADHD and AuDHD adults, including those who think or know this describes them. I work best with people who are ready for deeper therapeutic work and whose safety is secure. Think of it like this: if your nervous system regulates only for external situations to cause harm again, therapy can’t do what it’s meant to do. You don’t need everything sorted, just enough grounding and support to make necessary changes.
You’ll find sessions are a place where your way of thinking and being is met with respect, and where the focus is on understanding yourself better, processing the past when necessary, to move forward with ease and comfort. If this sounds like what you’re looking for, book a free 20-minute discovery call to see if we’re a good fit.
About You:
For Autistic, ADHD and AuDHD Adults
If you’re ready to strengthen what makes you different and process what’s been hard, I’m here to help with:
- Autistic Burnout: Address burnout from years of masking, adapting to environments that weren’t built for you, or pushing through when rest was needed.
- Shame and Self-Doubt: Rebuild trust in yourself and others, reconnect emotionally, and challenge the deep sense that something’s wrong with you when there isn’t.
- Sensory Sensitivities: Understand and manage your sensory needs in a world designed for extreme input.
- Late Identification and Identity: Work through what it means to realise you’re Autistic or ADHD later in life, and understand why you’ve always felt different.
- Trauma from Differences: Process the impact of chronic masking, being misunderstood, dismissed, or forced to conform.
- Workplace Adjustments and Self-Advocacy: Request reasonable adjustments at work on your terms with therapeutic support that strengthens your self-advocacy.
If any of this resonates with you, I offer a space to explore, process, and move forward at your own pace. Learn more about clients I work with.
Resources:
Thriving Autistic Community
Thriving Autistic is a global, neurodivergent-led community offering neurodiversity-affirming, human-rights-based support. This includes monthly meetups, six-week discovery programmes for late-identified Autistic adults, and more.
The Adult Autism and ADHD Practice
The Adult Autism and ADHD Practice is an LGBTQ+ friendly, neuroaffirmative practice and can help with formal, sensitive and nuanced Autism and ADHD assessments.
Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory
The Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory offers a list of affirmative practitioners with specialists from various fields, including creative art therapy, individual psychotherapy, relationship therapy and occupational therapy.
Projects:
The Yellow House
Self-Help Fantasy For The Chronically Lost
The Yellow House is a collection of short stories written for dyslexic and ADHD readers. Start wherever you like and read as little as you want. For adults with a short attention span but mostly for me.
A Practical Guide to Trauma-Sensitive Research
Integrating Trauma-Informed Frameworks into the Qualitative Research Lifecycle
This book is now available and brings together my main interests in qualitative research, trauma-informed psychotherapy and artificial intelligence. Visit the Routledge website for more details or get your copy from Amazon.
Queering Gestalt Therapy
An Anthology on Gender, Sex & Relationship Diversity in Psychotherapy
“Queering Gestalt Therapy” is a joint project with my colleagues, Dr Vikram Kolmannskog and John Gillespie to support gestalt therapists with the necessary knowledge and skills when working with the LGBTQ+ community.
