Individual Therapy for Relationship Challenges & Break-Ups

A Safe Space to Explore Your Relationship Experiences

Being in a relationship, romantic or otherwise, can be complicated. For adults with autism (ASD), ADHD, or other neurodivergent traits, these complexities can feel even more challenging. Differences in communication, emotional expression, executive functioning, and sensory processing can make it harder to navigate misunderstandings, build intimacy, or maintain balance in your partnerships.

At Thriving Wellness Center, our clinicians provide individual therapy designed to meet the unique needs of neurodivergent adults, helping you understand your relational patterns, communicate more effectively, and heal from break-ups or ongoing relationship struggles.

Transform Your Relationships

You don’t have to face relationship challenges alone. Our clinicians help adults with ASD, ADHD, and other neurodivergent traits process emotions, manage conflict, and strengthen connections. Reach out now to start transforming your relationships and thriving in love and life.

Why Individual Therapy Can Help

Even if you’ve never sought therapy before, or have tried traditional counseling without success, individual therapy can provide guidance, clarity, and support tailored to your neurological profile. Our therapy is ideal if you:

• Are navigating a breakup, separation, or divorce and want to process the emotional impact

• Find that ADHD or ASD traits influence how you connect, communicate, or manage conflict

• Feel frustrated by recurring misunderstandings, conflict cycles, or emotional disconnects

• Struggle with emotional regulation, masking, or burnout within relationships

• Want to develop healthier boundaries, intimacy, and strategies for sustaining fulfilling partnerships

• Seek insight into your personal patterns and how they influence relationships

How We Approach Relationships in Therapy

Relationships are influenced by how we process emotions, communicate needs, and navigate challenges. For neurodivergent adults, understanding these dynamics is key. In therapy, we focus on:

1. Understanding Your Neurological Profile

Therapy begins by exploring your unique traits—whether ASD, ADHD, or other neurodivergent patterns—and how they affect your approach to relationships. Recognizing these influences allows you to understand yourself and your partner(s) more clearly, reducing self-blame and building empathy.

2. Communication Skills & Emotional Awareness

Miscommunication is common in relationships, and even more so when partners have different neurological profiles. We help you learn practical strategies to convey your needs, interpret social cues, and manage intense emotional experiences—making your interactions more predictable, respectful, and connected.

Looking for support as a couple? Visit our Couples Counseling page to learn more.

3. Executive Functioning & Daily Relationship Management

Challenges with planning, organization, time management, and prioritization can create tension in shared routines and responsibilities. Therapy helps you develop systems and strategies to improve cooperation, reduce conflict, and manage stress in daily life.

4. Navigating Sensory Needs, Interests, and Flexibility

Autistic or ADHD adults often experience heightened sensory sensitivities or intense personal interests. We support you in communicating your needs, establishing healthy boundaries, and creating balanced routines that honor both partners’ preferences.

5. Building Intimacy and Emotional Connection

Relationships thrive when both partners feel seen, understood, and appreciated. Therapy helps you explore ways to deepen emotional and physical intimacy, strengthen trust, and foster a more fulfilling and resilient bond with yourself and others.

Schedule Your Consultation

Take the first step toward healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Schedule a consultation with our clinicians at Thriving Wellness Center and start exploring strategies to improve communication, set boundaries, and rebuild intimacy—tailored for adults with ASD, ADHD, or other neurodivergent traits.

How Therapy Supports Healing After a Break-Up

Breakups can trigger intense emotions, self-doubt, and uncertainty—especially when you also manage ADHD, ASD, or other neurodivergent traits. Individual therapy provides:

• A safe, nonjudgmental space to process emotions

• Insight into relational patterns and triggers

• Tools for emotional regulation and coping with overwhelm

• Guidance to rebuild confidence and self-esteem

• Strategies for healthy future relationships

Even if your partner isn’t attending therapy, you can create meaningful change in your relationships by learning to navigate your own patterns, communicate clearly, and set boundaries that honor your needs.

Looking for support as a neurodiverse couple? Visit our Neurodiverse Couples Counseling page to learn more.

Flexible Virtual & In-Person Therapy

We offer virtual therapy sessions for convenience, comfort, and accessibility, as well as in-person sessions in Ridgewood, NJ, and Manhattan, New York. This flexibility allows you to engage in therapy in the environment that feels safest and most supportive for you, whether you’re managing sensory sensitivities, a busy schedule, or long-distance circumstances.