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The Neurodiversity Family Centre An inclusive centre providing Neurodiversity affirming counselling to children, teens, couples & adults.

Although each practitioner uses their own unique set of skills and therapy styles, as a centre, we believe in collaborative problem solving approach by Dr. Ross Greene and the family connections approach by Dr. Allison Reese. Our center offers support for children, youth and families in order to provide education, build connections, and foster success. We offer services for Neurodivergent youth as well as their siblings, parents and educators. Currently our services focus on youth with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. However, we are working towards offering services for twice exceptional youth, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and more.

Ever wish you could ask a question without first having to explain your whole experience? 💜Our neurodiversity-affirming ...
10/11/2026

Ever wish you could ask a question without first having to explain your whole experience? 💜

Our neurodiversity-affirming peer support groups bring together neurodivergent adults, parents and caregivers to share experiences, ask questions and find connection.

Explore communities for:
🌈 Autistic adults
🧠 ADHD adults
💛 Parents with ADHD
🌱 Parents of ADHD children
🤝 Parents of autistic teens

You’ll also find Facebook communities for parents raising ADHD youth and neurodivergent mothers raising neurodivergent kids.

Whether you’re navigating your own neurodivergence, supporting your child or looking for people who understand, you’re welcome to explore a group that fits your experience.

Share a win. Ask about a hard day. Exchange ideas. Your lived experience matters—and so does having people to connect with.

**Find your community and request to join:**
https://www.neurodiversityfamilycentre.com/groups

Save this for later or share it with someone looking for connection. 💜

10/05/2026

✨ WE HELD OUR FIRST HELD GROUP! ✨

Tonight we officially began our very first HELD therapeutic group for mothers of neurodivergent children — and I am SO excited about what we are creating. 💜

There is something incredibly powerful about bringing mothers together who get it — the mental load, the advocacy, the exhaustion, the love, the worry, the overwhelm… and all the beautiful, complicated pieces of raising neurodivergent kiddos.

HELD is a space for moms to feel seen, supported, understood and, most importantly, held. 🫶

Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing more about what is unfolding in our group, some of the topics we’re exploring, and the conversations I think so many neurodivergent families need to be having.

And if you’re thinking, “I need this…” 👀

✨ Our next HELD cohort will be starting in January! ✨
Email [email protected] to join our waitlist and Stay tuned for more information and follow along as we share this journey. 🦄💜

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✨ NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS — MEET ANIA! ✨We’re so excited to introduce Ania Telfer, MC, CCC, one of the wonderful couns...
10/01/2026

✨ NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS — MEET ANIA! ✨

We’re so excited to introduce Ania Telfer, MC, CCC, one of the wonderful counsellors at The Neurodiversity Family Centre! 💛

Ania brings over 20 years of experience working with children and families and offers a warm, creative, compassionate and truly neurodiversity-affirming approach to counselling.

She works with:

🌱 Children ages 5+
💛 Teens
🌿 Adults
👨‍👩‍👧 Parents & families
💞 Couples

Ania understands that therapy doesn’t have to look the same for every person — especially for neurodivergent brains.

Her approach is flexible, collaborative and strengths-based, drawing on expressive arts, somatic and nervous-system regulation approaches, mindfulness, Narrative Therapy, attachment-based approaches and experiential therapy.

Sometimes talking isn’t the easiest way to express what’s happening inside. Ania can incorporate art, imagery, metaphor, writing and other creative approaches to help clients explore emotions, experiences and relationships in ways that feel more natural.

Areas Ania can support include:

✨ ADHD & neurodivergence
✨ Emotional & nervous-system regulation
✨ Anxiety & depression
✨ Grief & loss
✨ Parenting support
✨ Relationship challenges
✨ Life transitions
✨ Women’s issues
✨ Substance use
✨ Expressive arts & somatic approaches

📍 IN-PERSON AVAILABILITY
• Mondays: 3:15–8:15 PM
• Thursdays: 9:00 AM–3:30 PM

💻 ONLINE AVAILABILITY
• Tuesdays: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM
• Wednesdays: 12:00–3:00 PM

Ania is currently accepting new clients. If you’ve been looking for a counsellor who understands neurodivergence and brings warmth, creativity and nervous-system-informed support into the counselling room, Ania may be a wonderful fit. 💛

👉 Learn more about Ania and book an appointment through The Neurodiversity Family Centre:
www.neurodiversityfamilycentre.com/team-1/ania-telfe

📣 WE’RE HIRING! 📣Weekend Administrative & Client Care Associate (with a Creative Spark!)More details here: https://www.n...
09/25/2026

📣 WE’RE HIRING! 📣
Weekend Administrative & Client Care Associate (with a Creative Spark!)

More details here: https://www.neurodiversityfamilycentre.com/about-8

📍 Victoria, BC
💻 Part-Time | Entry-Level
💰 Starting at $21/hour
📅 Saturdays, Sundays & Mondays & Vacation/Holiday Coverage (5-10 hours per week

The Neurodiversity Family Centre is growing, and we’re looking for a warm, organized and creative person to join our administrative team working remotely & in-office!

This role is a great fit for someone who enjoys connecting with people, is comfortable with technology, and has an interest in social media and content creation.

✨ What you’ll be doing:

📞 Supporting new and existing clients by phone and email
💛 Helping new clients navigate the intake process
📅 Scheduling appointments and supporting practitioner schedules using Jane App
🗂️ Assisting with weekend administrative tasks and keeping records organized
🎨 Creating social media graphics and content using Canva
📱 Helping us maintain an engaging digital presence
💌 Creating our bi-monthly newsletter using Brevo

No formal experience is required! We’re looking for someone who is dependable, compassionate, organized, tech-savvy and eager to learn.

🎓 This could be an especially great opportunity for a university student who would like to gain relevant experience in a clinical setting while building their résumé.

📩 Interested?

Send your résumé and a brief introduction about yourself to [email protected]

Know someone who might be a great fit? Please share or tag them below! 💛

💛 Accessible, Neurodiversity-Affirming CounsellingWe believe finances shouldn’t be a barrier to accessing compassionate,...
09/24/2026

💛 Accessible, Neurodiversity-Affirming Counselling

We believe finances shouldn’t be a barrier to accessing compassionate, neurodiversity-affirming mental health support.

At The Neurodiversity Family Centre, we offer reduced-cost counselling with practicum student counsellors who provide strengths-based, affirming support while completing their professional training under qualified clinical supervision.

🌿 Reduced-Cost Counselling Options:

✨ $55 — 50-minute individual counselling session with a practicum student
✨ $75 — 50-minute family counselling session with a practicum student

Our goal is to make counselling more accessible to neurodivergent individuals and families in our community while creating opportunities for emerging counsellors to develop their skills within a neurodiversity-affirming environment.

💙 If cost has been getting in the way of reaching out for support, this may be an option for you or your family.

Visit neurodiversityfamilycentre.com to learn more or connect with our team.

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Hi folks!We start Monday! It's your last chance to join our HELD group for mother's of Neurodivergent children. AFU will...
09/22/2026

Hi folks!
We start Monday! It's your last chance to join our HELD group for mother's of Neurodivergent children. AFU will cover the cost and if you have extended health with coverage for group therapy by an RCC it will also cover the cost of each session!

For more details check out:
https://www.neurodiversityfamilycentre.com/neuroaffirminggroups
Program Format
6 sessions over 12 weeks
90-minute sessions
Maximum of 6 participants
Program investment: $600, billed to the participant every two weeks throughout the program
Cohort 2: Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm Mondays (Except Monday Oct 12th moved to Oct 13th)
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Session Dates
Cohort 2 (Virtual Only): A Few Spaces Still Available!
September 28th
October 13
October 26th
November 9th
November 23rd
December 7th

7🐉⚔️ Dungeons & Dragons Emotional Regulation Group (Ages 15–18) ⚔️🐉What if learning emotional regulation felt like an ad...
09/20/2026

7🐉⚔️ Dungeons & Dragons Emotional Regulation Group (Ages 15–18) ⚔️🐉

What if learning emotional regulation felt like an adventure instead of another lesson?
Every hero faces dragons.
Sometimes those dragons are anxiety, overwhelming emotions, conflict, school stress, relationship challenges, or uncertainty about the future.

In this unique 7-week therapeutic Dungeons & Dragons group, participants will embark on an epic campaign while building real-life skills to navigate life’s challenges with greater confidence.

🎲 Through collaborative storytelling, roleplay, and teamwork, participants will learn to:

✨ Regulate big emotions
✨ Manage stress and distress
✨ Build resilience and confidence
✨ Strengthen communication and social skills
✨ Practice mindfulness and emotional awareness
✨ Improve problem-solving and decision-making
✨ Connect with peers in a safe, supportive, and neurodiversity-affirming environment

No matter your experience with D&D, everyone is welcome! Whether you’re a seasoned adventurer or completely new to the game, we’ll guide you every step of the way.

📅 Program Details

🗓 7-Week Program
📍 Fridays | 3:30–5:00 PM
👥 Ages 15–18

Important Dates
• Registration closes: Friday, October 9
• First session: Friday, October 30
• Final session: Friday, December 11

💰 Investment: $95 per 1.5-hour session x

Participants register for the full 7-week program. As therapeutic skills build from week to week, commitment to the full program is required. Missed sessions are non-refundable.

💙 Funding Options

✔ Autism Funding (AFU) can be used for eligible participants & Extended Medical if you have coverage for Group Therapy with an RCC

Spots are limited to create a supportive and engaging group experience.

Ready to begin your next adventure? Join the party and discover that even the biggest dragons can be faced—with the right skills and a great team beside you.

Registration: https://www.neurodiversityfamilycentre.com/neuroaffirminggroups

Offered by: The Neurodiversity Family Centre, Victoria BC. 318-1175 Cook St

🎓💛 Investing in the next generation of neurodivergent helping professionals.We’re incredibly proud that The Neurodiversi...
09/17/2026

🎓💛 Investing in the next generation of neurodivergent helping professionals.

We’re incredibly proud that The Neurodiversity Family Centre supports neurodivergent students through an annual bursary at the University of Victoria.

We know that balancing post-secondary education, work, finances, and everyday life can be challenging — and for neurodivergent students, those barriers can be even greater.

This bursary was created to help ease some of that financial pressure for a neurodivergent student pursuing studies in a helping profession. ♾️

Our hope is that this support gives a student a little more space to focus on their education, develop their unique strengths and talents, and eventually use those gifts to support and uplift others in their own communities.

At NDFC, our commitment to neurodivergent people extends beyond the counselling room. We believe in reducing barriers, creating opportunities, and investing directly back into our neurodivergent community. 💛

Learn more about our bursary and community initiatives:
https://www.neurodiversityfamilycentre.com/s-projects-basic

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🎲 Does your child want to make friends—but find traditional social settings overwhelming or hard to navigate?The Board G...
09/03/2026

🎲 Does your child want to make friends—but find traditional social settings overwhelming or hard to navigate?

The Board Game Café is a small, neurodiversity-affirming therapeutic social group for kids ages 6–9 who would benefit from a supportive place to meet like-minded peers, build authentic friendships, and practice social-emotional skills through play.

Led by Registered Clinical Counsellor Geoff, kids will use board games, card games, LEGO, and cooperative activities to practice:

✨ Making connections and building friendships
✨ Communication and working together
✨ Emotional regulation and coping with big feelings
✨ Flexible thinking when things don’t go as planned
✨ Problem-solving and navigating challenges
✨ Cooperation, turn-taking, and shared decision-making
✨ Confidence and self-understanding

Because this group is neurodiversity-affirming, the goal isn’t to teach kids to mask or “fit in.” It’s to help them better understand themselves, discover strategies that genuinely work for their brains, and experience the confidence that comes from being accepted as they are. 💛

🎲 Why games?
Games naturally bring up real-life moments like winning, losing, frustration, excitement, unexpected changes, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving—all with the guidance of a counsellor who can gently support kids as those moments happen.

Groups are intentionally kept small, with a maximum of 6 children, and kids will be matched as closely as possible by age and fit.

📅 Sundays, November 1–29, 2026
⏰ 4:30–5:30 PM
🧒 Ages 6–9
💰 $70/session | $350 total for 5 weeks

If your child has been asking for friends—or you’ve been looking for a safe space where they can meet kids who experience the world a little more like they do—this may be exactly what you’ve been looking for.

💛 Come for the games. Learn new strategies. Find your people.

👉 Learn more & register here: https://shorturl.at/J0Tdu

This can be funded by AFU and if you have coverage for group therapy provided by an RCC so check with your extended medical insurance provider!

✨ NEW ONLINE COURSE: ADH(D) in Mid-Life — ADHD Strategies for Women ✨ADH(D) can look and feel very different for women —...
09/01/2026

✨ NEW ONLINE COURSE: ADH(D) in Mid-Life — ADHD Strategies for Women ✨

ADH(D) can look and feel very different for women — and the strategies that may have worked earlier in life don’t always work as our responsibilities, environments, and hormones change.

This self-paced, neurodiversity-affirming online course was created specifically with neurodivergent women in mind. 💛

Together, we’ll explore:

🧠 How the ADH(D) brain works
✨ Practical ADHD strategies designed with women in mind
🌿 How hormones can impact executive functioning, energy, focus, and capacity
💼 Strategies for navigating ADHD both in and outside of the workplace
💡 How to build supports that work with your brain rather than constantly trying to force yourself to function differently

The goal isn’t to become “better” at pushing through.

It’s to better understand your brain, recognize what impacts your capacity, and develop realistic strategies that actually fit the way you function.

💻 100% online & self-paced
⏰ Learn when it works for you
📍 Access from anywhere

Ready to better understand your ADH(D) brain and find strategies that actually fit?

👉 Learn more & register:
https://www.neurodiversityfamilycentre.com/challenge-page/adhdstrategiesforwomen

💛 Tag or share with a neurodivergent woman who might benefit!

Address

300/1627 Fort Street
Victoria, BC
V8R1B2

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 6:30pm
Thursday 9am - 6:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 7pm

Telephone

+17789068626

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