Charlotte Laws, Therapist

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Charlotte Laws, Therapist Originally from 🇬🇧, down to earth, love a bit of witty humour, reflective, and find beauty in many things.

🧠Neurodiversity affirming therapy
📍Ontario and Quebec 🇨🇦
Support for autism, ADHD, AuDHD, anxiety/depression, body image, navigating life changes, LGBTQ+ challenges, and more. It’s my mission to improve self compassion and compassion when working with clients.

For many neurodivergent LGBTQ+ professionals, being yourself at work can involve constantly deciding which parts of your...
10/09/2026

For many neurodivergent LGBTQ+ professionals, being yourself at work can involve constantly deciding which parts of yourself feel safe to share.

You may talk about your weekend without mentioning whom you spent it with, avoid correcting assumptions about your identity, or carefully consider whether to disclose that you're neurodivergent.

From the outside, this can look like privacy, professionalism, or simply keeping your personal life separate from work.

What others don't always see is how much effort can go into making those decisions.

Many neurodivergent people already spend significant energy navigating workplace expectations.

When you're also navigating your LGBTQ+ identity, there can be another layer of self-monitoring.

You may find yourself thinking about whether to mention your partner, whether to correct an assumption, how much to share with a new colleague, or whether being open about your identity could change how you're perceived.

Coming out can also feel different in every workplace.

A new job, manager, colleague, client, or team can mean making the decision all over again. You may feel comfortable being open in one environment and more cautious in another.

There is no single right way to navigate disclosure.

You get to decide what you share, when you share it, and whether you share it at all. Your safety, privacy, comfort, and circumstances matter.

You shouldn't have to disclose every part of yourself to deserve support at work.

As an AuDHD therapist and spoonie, I, Charlotte Laws, understand the complexities of navigating neurodivergence, identity, masking, and workplace expectations through both lived and professional experience.

Book a free consultation with me, Charlotte Laws, at Prismatic Compassion through the link in my bio.

If you are neurodivergent and working, it can sometimes feel like you're paying an invisible tax just to keep up with th...
10/07/2026

If you are neurodivergent and working, it can sometimes feel like you're paying an invisible tax just to keep up with the expectations of your workplace.

One day, your workload, focus, and energy may feel manageable, and the next, you may be spending hours catching up, recovering from meetings, or trying to get yourself started on tasks that seem simple from the outside.

It does not always make sense because you may be getting your work done while using significantly more time, energy, and effort to do it.

Sometimes it can feel like everyone else received instructions for how to work that your brain never got.

You may be managing executive functioning demands, time blindness, task switching, working memory, sensory input, communication expectations, and the pressure to appear organised and capable.

The ADHD tax can show up in the extra time you spend organizing your work, the hours you work beyond your scheduled day, the energy required to mask, or the effort involved in preventing mistakes before they happen.

Code-switching can become part of this tax too.

You may carefully monitor your tone, body language, communication style, or behaviour to avoid being misunderstood or judged by colleagues and management.

When these extra demands become part of your everyday work life, they can take a significant amount of energy.

Instead of assuming you need to try harder, it can help to notice where you're paying the ADHD tax and look for ways to reduce the cost.

This can mean creating systems that support your brain.

If you are navigating ADHD and the demands of professional life, it can be a lot to manage on your own.

You can book a consult with Charlotte Laws at Prismatic Compassion through the link in bio.

We are all Jane Doe until no one is Jane Doe. You are seen. You are heard. You are believed. If you are in Ontario, Cana...
10/05/2026

We are all Jane Doe until no one is Jane Doe. You are seen. You are heard. You are believed.

If you are in Ontario, Canada, and need support during these times, email [email protected] to schedule a complimentary consultation to see if we are a fit to work together.

Do you ever feel like you're not as capable at work as everyone seems to think you are?For many neurodivergent professio...
10/05/2026

Do you ever feel like you're not as capable at work as everyone seems to think you are?

For many neurodivergent professionals, imposter syndrome can exist alongside genuine success. You may be highly educated, experienced, qualified, and respected in your field while still questioning whether you actually belong where you are.

You may find yourself wondering if you're doing enough, making mistakes that others don't seem to make, or somehow managing to convince everyone that you're more capable than you really are.

At the same time, you may be putting significantly more energy into your work than people realize.

You might overprepare for meetings, reread emails several times before sending them, work late to catch up, double-check your work repeatedly, or rely on pressure and urgency to get things done.

These strategies can help you succeed, but they can also make it difficult to recognize your own abilities. You may start believing that your accomplishments only happened because you worked harder than everyone else.

Masking can make this even more complicated.

When you've spent years learning how to appear organized, confident, calm, or socially comfortable at work, it can become difficult to separate your actual abilities from the amount of effort you're putting into appearing as if everything comes naturally.

Learning to recognize your strengths, understand your needs, and develop strategies that work with your brain can help you build a more sustainable relationship with work.

As an AuDHD therapist and spoonie, I, Charlotte Laws, understand the intersection of neurodivergence, imposter syndrome, masking, executive functioning, workplace stress, and burnout.

If you're looking for neurodiversity-affirming support, you can book a free consultation with me, Charlotte Laws, at Prismatic Compassion through the link in bio.

Do you feel completely drained by work, even when you're doing well on paper?Many neurodivergent professionals experienc...
10/01/2026

Do you feel completely drained by work, even when you're doing well on paper?

Many neurodivergent professionals experience a level of exhaustion that isn't always visible to the people around them. Maintaining focus, managing competing demands, navigating sensory environments, communicating expectations, and adapting to workplace norms can require significant energy.

What looks like "just doing your job" from the outside may actually involve a tremendous amount of invisible effort.

You may find yourself masking throughout the workday, constantly monitoring how you communicate, struggling to keep up with emails and deadlines, feeling overwhelmed by interruptions or sensory stimulation, or working longer hours just to stay on top of everything.

You may be highly capable and successful in your career while still finding the everyday demands of work incredibly exhausting.

Over time, constantly pushing through, overpreparing, masking, or relying on perfectionism can contribute to burnout. The strategies that once helped you keep up may eventually become impossible to sustain.

Finding ways to break tasks down, use written reminders, reduce sensory distractions, build in recovery time, prioritize what matters most, and ask for appropriate accommodations can help make work more sustainable.

You don't have to wait until you're completely burned out to seek support.

Whether you're a teacher, government employee, healthcare professional, corporate employee, or another working professional, support is available.

I'm an AuDHD therapist and spoonie who understands the intersection of neurodivergence, executive functioning, sensory differences, masking, burnout, and the demands of professional life.

Book a free consultation with me, Charlotte Laws, at Prismatic Compassion through the link in bio.

What happens when everyone believes you're "doing fine"... but they never see what it takes to appear that way?Many auti...
09/29/2026

What happens when everyone believes you're "doing fine"... but they never see what it takes to appear that way?

Many autistic people spend years learning how to adapt.

They learn how to make eye contact, follow social expectations, suppress stimming, appear flexible, and navigate conversations in ways that help them fit in.

From the outside, they may seem independent, mature, polite, or well-spoken.

But those outward behaviours do not always reflect what is happening internally.

Masking can require constant observation, planning, monitoring, and self-adjustment.

You may notice:

🫧 Feeling overwhelmed by sensory input while trying not to show it.
🫧 Rehearsing conversations before they happen.
🫧 Copying other people's social behaviours to fit in.
🫧 Struggling to recognize your own needs until you're completely exhausted.
🫧 Experiencing shutdowns after holding everything together all day.

For many autistic people, masking can make it harder for others to recognize the support they need.

Because from the outside, people may only see the outcome.

They may not see the mental effort, sensory overload, or emotional exhaustion beneath the surface.

Understanding autism is not about judging how "well" someone appears to cope.

It is about recognizing that surviving by masking often comes at a significant cost.

If you are exploring autism, masking, burnout, or what it means to better understand your neurodivergent experiences, you deserve support that recognizes the whole picture.

You can book a consult with Charlotte Laws at Prismatic Compassion through the link in bio.

Why does it feel like you spent years feeling different, but you could never explain why?Many autistic women have spent ...
09/25/2026

Why does it feel like you spent years feeling different, but you could never explain why?

Many autistic women have spent much of their lives sensing they experienced the world differently without understanding what they were experiencing.

They may have been seen as shy, quiet, sensitive, independent, or socially anxious, without anyone recognizing the underlying autism.

For many women, autism does not look like the stereotypes people were taught to expect.

It can look like masking, studying social rules, hiding sensory discomfort, needing predictability, and constantly trying to fit into environments that never quite feel comfortable.

But what was often missed was the way autism can affect social communication, sensory processing, emotional regulation, routines, and the amount of energy it takes to navigate everyday life.

Many autistic women also notice that burnout, chronic stress, illness, or major hormonal changes like perimenopause can make lifelong autistic traits much more noticeable.

Things that were once manageable may suddenly feel much harder.

You may notice:

🫧 More sensory overwhelm than before.
🫧 Feeling exhausted after social interactions.
🫧 Finding it harder to tolerate changes in routine.
🫧 Needing more recovery time than before.
🫧 Feeling like masking takes far more energy than it used to.

For some women, burnout becomes the moment where everything starts to make sense.

Years of masking, adapting, and trying to meet expectations can eventually become impossible to maintain.

Understanding autism is not about changing who you are.

It is about finally having language for experiences that have been there all along.

If you are exploring autism, burnout, chronic illness, or what it means to understand yourself later in life, you deserve support that recognizes the whole picture.

Charlotte Laws is an AuDHD therapist and spoonie who understands the realities of late-identified autism, masking, burnout, sensory processing differences, and navigating neurodivergence.

You can book a consult with Charlotte Laws at Prismatic Compassion through the link in bio.

If you are an autistic or ADHD woman in perimenopause, you may notice that understanding what your body needs feels more...
09/23/2026

If you are an autistic or ADHD woman in perimenopause, you may notice that understanding what your body needs feels more difficult than it used to.

One part of you is still trying to get through the day, meet responsibilities, and keep going like you always have.

The other part is trying to make sense of changing body signals, fluctuating hormones, sensory overwhelm, fatigue, and emotional intensity that can feel difficult to interpret.

That disconnect can be really confusing, especially when you know something feels "off" but cannot immediately identify whether you are hungry, exhausted, overstimulated, anxious, or simply in need of rest.

Many neurodivergent women end up pushing through these signals until their bodies force them to stop.

Over time, this can contribute to burnout, longer recovery periods, and feeling disconnected from your own body's needs.

Two systems are interacting at once: neurodivergent differences in interoception and perimenopausal hormonal changes that affect sleep, energy, emotional regulation, and nervous system functioning.

Instead of expecting yourself to instinctively know what your body needs, support often looks like building external supports that help you recognize those needs earlier and respond with self-compassion.

If this feels familiar, you are not alone in it.

You can book a consult with Charlotte Laws at Prismatic Compassion through the link in bio.

Here's the thing that doesn't get explained enough.Feeling constantly "on edge" during perimenopause is not simply about...
09/21/2026

Here's the thing that doesn't get explained enough.

Feeling constantly "on edge" during perimenopause is not simply about having more stress.

Hormonal changes can affect the systems that help regulate our nervous system, recover after stress, support emotional regulation, and return to a calmer state.

If you are ADHD or autistic, you may already experience differences in how your nervous system processes emotions, stress, sensory input, and recovery.

Perimenopause can add another layer to this.

Hormonal fluctuations can influence progesterone, estrogen, serotonin, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and other systems that help our brains regulate stress, emotions, and feelings of safety.

That is often when people notice things like:

🫧 "Why do I feel anxious for no obvious reason?"

🫧 "Why does my nervous system feel like it's always on high alert?"

🫧 "Why do I take so much longer to recover after stressful days?"

🫧 "Why do everyday demands suddenly feel so overwhelming?"

Because these changes can feel unpredictable, it can be easy to blame yourself.

You may start thinking you are becoming less resilient, less patient, or that you should be able to cope the way you used to.

But often, it is a nervous system responding to shifting hormones, changing capacity, and increased demands.

Especially if you have spent years masking, overcompensating, or pushing through, changes in stress tolerance and emotional regulation can feel confusing.

It does not mean you are failing.

It may mean your brain and body need different supports than they did before.

If this is you, there is a reason your nervous system feels this way. And you are not imagining it.

If you want support that understands neurodivergence, burnout, and perimenopause together, you can book a free consult with Charlotte Laws at Prismatic Compassion through the link in bio.

09/18/2026

Have you ever felt like people think you've become "less easygoing"?

For many AuDHD individuals, perimenopause can make it much harder to keep pushing through discomfort, sensory overload, and exhaustion.

From the outside, it may look like we've changed.

People may notice that we're setting more boundaries, leaving events earlier, saying no more often, or needing more downtime.

What they may not see is that our nervous systems are working with less available energy.

Perimenopause can affect hormones, sleep, sensory processing, emotional regulation, executive functioning, and overall cognitive capacity.

When we've spent years masking, people-pleasing, or ignoring our own needs, those strategies may no longer feel sustainable.

It may look like:

🫧 Saying no more often

🫧 Needing quieter environments

🫧 Leaving social events earlier

🫧 Becoming more protective of your time and energy

🫧 Feeling less able to tolerate sensory overload

🫧 Prioritizing rest without apologizing for it

Many of us are not becoming "less easygoing."

We are becoming less able to ignore what our brains and bodies have been trying to tell us for years.

Honouring your limits honours that your nervous system needs different support during this stage of life.

If you are navigating AuDHD, perimenopause, burnout, or changing sensory and cognitive needs, Charlotte Laws at Prismatic Compassion offers neurodiversity-affirming therapy across Ontario and Quebec.

Book a free consult through the link in bio.

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