About Us

Our Mission

To provide continuing education and consultation that prepares clinicians with the knowledge, frameworks, and practical strategies necessary to deliver affirming, non-pathologizing, trauma-informed care for neurodivergent individuals.

In doing so, we contribute to a broader cultural shift within clinical practice.

Our Vision

We envision a future in which neuroaffirming competence is a professional baseline and advanced neurodivergent-informed expertise is widely accessible.

We envision a growing community of clinicians who are committed to raising the standard of care, learning from one another, and challenging outdated paradigms.

NeuroAffirm Institute exists to be at the forefront of that transformation.

Our Approach

NeuroAffirm Institute offers both core and advanced training for clinicians.

We offer two training pathways:

  • Foundations
    Core competency training for clinicians seeking to provide responsible, neuroaffirming care.
  • Advanced
    Specialist-level training for clinicians pursuing deeper mastery, complex case application, and refined clinical integration.

Welcome!

Clinician-Led. Community-Informed.

NeuroAffirm Institute is therapist-founded and therapist-directed. We believe clinical standards should be shaped by practicing clinicians who understand the realities of therapeutic work.

Our direction is guided by professional expertise, supported by an advisory board of practicing clinicians, and continually informed by the mental health community and clients we serve.

This structure ensures our work remains grounded, rigorous, and responsive.

Our Commitment to Ethical, Neuroaffirming Care

The NeuroAffirm Institute  was founded to advance a new ethical standard of care for neurodivergent individuals.

For too long, neurodivergent people have experienced erasure, misdiagnosis, discrimination, and unintended harm within medical and mental health systems. These patterns reflect ableism and systemic gaps in professional education and clinical training.

➔ NeuroAffirm Institute exists to close this gap.

NeuroAffirm Institute provides both foundational and specialized training for clinicians.

We believe neuroaffirming competence is foundational to ethical practice. All clinicians work with neurodivergent clients, whether they recognize it or not. Without appropriate training, clinicians may unintentionally pathologize, misunderstand, or overlook neurodivergent experiences.

Meet Our Team

NeuroAffirm Institute is led by practicing clinicians who teach, consult, and bring lived neurodivergent experience to their work.

Tasha Oswald, PhD

Tasha Oswald, PhD

Founder
Consultant · CE Instructor

Tasha founded NeuroAffirm Institute and the Neurodiversity Wellness Center. A late-diagnosed ADHDer, she trains and consults with clinicians on neuroaffirming, trauma-informed care, especially for neurodivergent women, high-masking Autistic individuals, and late-identified adults.

Read Tasha’s full bio

Cindy Brown, LPCC

Cindy Brown, LPCC

Consultant · CE Instructor

Cindy is a neuroaffirming psychotherapist, consultant, and clinical supervisor. She helps clinicians support Autistic clients with multiply marginalized identities, including LGBTQIA+ and gender-diverse clients, as well as twice-exceptional and high-masking folks.

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Danielle Sheppard, LPCC

Danielle Sheppard, LPCC

Consultant · CE Instructor

Danielle is a psychotherapist and Certified Grief Educator with more than 17 years of clinical experience. She coined the term neurogrief and helps clinicians support Autistic and AuDHD adults who discover their neurodivergence later in life.

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