Amy Lasen Counselling

Amy Lasen Counselling Person Centered Counsellor. Currently accepting new clients. Manchester, UK. LGBTQIA+ Ally 🏳️‍🌈

Knowing where to start when you start researching adhd can be overwhelming. Here’s a couple of my faves that might help...
04/06/2026

Knowing where to start when you start researching adhd can be overwhelming. Here’s a couple of my faves that might help you feel understood, validated, and a little less like an alien on the wrong planet. 👽

✨ Unmasked by Ellie Middleton ( ) A must-read for the "lost generation" of women. It’s a warm, honest look at unlearning the masking we’ve done for decades.

✨ The ADHD Field Guide by Cate Osborne ( ) & Erik Gude Practical strategies that don’t feel like a lecture. It’s visual, accessible, and actually built for an ADHD brain.

✨ How to Be You by Ellie Middleton A brilliant handbook for navigating a world that wasn't built for you. It’s about finding your own "how-to" manual.

✨ It’s Not Hysteria by Dr. Karen Tang () Essential for understanding the link between our hormones and our brains, without the medical gaslighting.

✨ A Notebook (by You) The most important book on the list. This is where you record your own reflections, your "sensory icks," and the moments you decide to cut yourself some slack.

Which one of these is on your "to-read" pile? (Or which one is currently sitting half-read on your bedside table? No judgment here! ☕️)

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.





03/06/2026

Give yourself some grace. Work with your brain, not against it. Make mistakes - you're allowed to. You don't have to be perfect to deserve support.
Free consultation if you need it - link in bio 💜

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

29/05/2026

Perfectionism keeps you stuck because if it has to be perfect before you start, you'll never start. Done is better than perfect.

If this is something you struggle with, let's talk about it. Free consultation link in bio 💜
The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Masking is exhausting.Watching what other people do and copying it. Forcing yourself to make eye contact when it feels u...
26/05/2026

Masking is exhausting.
Watching what other people do and copying it. Forcing yourself to make eye contact when it feels uncomfortable. Laughing at the right moments. Hiding your stimming. Pretending tasks are easy when they're not. Appearing calm when you're overwhelmed.

You've been doing it for so long you might not even realize you're doing it anymore. It's just become how you survive in a world that wasn't built for brains like yours. But it's costing you. The exhaustion, the burnout, the feeling like you don't even know who you are anymore when you're alone.

You deserve spaces where you don't have to mask. Where you can just exist as you are - stims, struggles, and all.

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

ADHD burnout isn't the same as just being tired. It's what happens when you've been pushing your brain beyond its capaci...
23/05/2026

ADHD burnout isn't the same as just being tired. It's what happens when you've been pushing your brain beyond its capacity for too long - masking, compensating, working twice as hard as everyone else just to keep up.
And eventually, your nervous system says "no more."

If you're here, you're not lazy. You're not failing. You're burnt out. And that's your brain telling you something needs to change.

You don't have to push through this alone. Therapy can help you understand what's happening and find a way forward that doesn't involve running yourself into the ground.

Free consultation if you need support - link in bio 💜

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

20/05/2026

Aphantasia is the inability to create mental images. If a therapist asks you to ‘’picture a time when…’’ and you literally can't do that - this is might be why.

Some people can close their eyes and see vivid images. I can't. I get vibes, feelings, a sense of things - but no picture. Most therapists don't realise this exists. So when visualization techniques don't work, you think therapy just isn't for you.

That's not true. Your brain just processes differently and therapy needs to adaptive to that.

If you've ever felt like therapy techniques "don't land" for you, let's talk. Free consultation link in bio 💜

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Sessions with me aren't formal or rigid. We talk about whatever you need to talk about. Some sessions are about ADHD, so...
17/05/2026

Sessions with me aren't formal or rigid. We talk about whatever you need to talk about. Some sessions are about ADHD, some are about work, relationships, or something else entirely. There's no script. We work collaboratively and go at your pace. That's what person-centred therapy looks like.

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Lazy people are relaxing. You're sitting there overwhelmed, paralysed, desperately wanting to do the thing but unable to...
14/05/2026

Lazy people are relaxing. You're sitting there overwhelmed, paralysed, desperately wanting to do the thing but unable to start. That's not laziness. That's executive dysfunction, it's exhausting.

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

11/05/2026

Give yourself some grace. Work with your brain, not against it. Make mistakes - you're allowed to. You don't have to be perfect to deserve support. Free consultation if you need it - link in bio 💜

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

I work with anyone who feels my approach might help them. I have the same core counselling training as any other counsel...
08/05/2026

I work with anyone who feels my approach might help them. I have the same core counselling training as any other counsellor, but I've done additional training in ADHD, autism, chronic illness, and supporting people with family members in prison. These are areas where I can offer deeper, more informed support - but you don't have to fit a specific category to work with me.

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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