Therapy? Shmerapy.
Therapy Shmerapy is a 100% neurodivergent and trans/gender-diverse team, providing mental health support through our lived and living experiences. We show up for our communities with real talk, not textbook answers.
Every one of us has lived through it - mental health systems, misdiagnoses, masking - and we’re using our experiences to stand with you.
Forget the clinical scripts and jargon. We don’t follow a one-size-fits-all model. Instead, we offer real, human conversations rooted in mad pride, neurodiversity, and the radical belief that a lot of what gets called “illness” is actually a valid response to a broken world.
Our total fees are lower than the average Psychologist out of pocket cost, and other counselling services, making us a more accessible and affordable alternative to clinical services that just don’t get it.
We are available via telehealth, across so-called “Australia”.
How to Start
Choose a Practitioner
Visit our Meet the Team page, read about us, and choose who you would most like to work with.
2. Book and Pay Online
Read about our Pricing Options, and book online through our portal.
3. Show Up
No referrals needed, and no judgement.
Our Focus Areas
Autism
Burnout, shutdowns, meltdowns
Executive functioning support (planning, energy, time-blindness)
Honouring special interests (SPINs) and routine as regulation
Navigating systems that weren’t built for us
Sensory processing, overload, and access needs
Social differences, boundaries, and misattunement
Unmasking, identity grief, and late discovery
ADHD
Building neurodivergent-friendly routines & boundaries
Executive functioning support (working memory, tasks, motivation)
Exploring non-linear productivity & rest cycles
Reframing “procrastination,” motivation & burnout
Rejection sensitivity & impulsivity
PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)
Work anxiety.
Trauma
Complex trauma from childhood, families, institutions, or cultural systems
Experiences of dissociation, self-harm, or suicidality
Healthcare trauma, misdiagnosis, institutionalisation, gaslighting
Intergenerational trauma and breaking cycles
Navigating trauma that doesn't fit into neat boxes (e.g. spiritual abuse, system fatigue)
Rebuilding self-trust, boundaries, and a sense of safety
Vicarious trauma
LGBTQIA+ Issues
Coming out, navigating family or cultural expectations
Experiencing discrimination and oppression
Gender dysphoria
Gender exploration, questioning, transition support
Internalised homophobia or transphobia
Navigating queer relationships
Queer/trans community connection and grief
Neurodiversity
Living with Tourette’s, OCD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, PDA, or other neurotypes
"Not-quite-right" experiences of thinking, feeling, or perceiving
Navigating misdiagnosis
Reframing neurodivergence as difference, not disorder
Sensory processing differences that don’t fit diagnostic criteria
Support for people questioning or relating to psychosis, plurality, or dissociation
Unpacking internalised ableism and shame
Systemic Wellbeing
Burnout and exhaustion from capitalism, activism, or identity-based harm
The impacts of disability and/or chronic health challenges on wellbeing.
Creating space for grief, anger, or numbness
Guilt around rest, asking for help, or saying no
Holding trauma, injustice, and world collapse without shutting down
Reconnecting with pleasure, play, and creativity
Rejecting self-optimisation, hustle culture, toxic positivity and toxic masculinity
Wellbeing rooted in access, justice, and collective care
