PDA Education for Lovers

06/01/2026

Does this sound familiar? Has your adult kid suddenly put up boundaries with you after starting therapy? Do you need help navigating estrangement with your adult child, and understanding what they might be going through? Do YOU need support dealing with your feelings around this relationship change? We are here for you.

At Nova Insight Counseling, Parent/Child Relationships is a specialty, and we are offering an incredible group this summer for parents and grandparents who are estranged or having trouble communicating with their adult children.

Benefits of a group:
Accelerated Understanding and Healing
Group Understanding
New Community
A Dedicated Space for you to Share and Process
Education Around the Topic of Estrangement

Want more details? Drop us a line at [email protected] to learn more, or visit www.novainsightcounseling.com and contact us.

Groups start this summer and run for 6 weeks. Limited space. Run by Katie Hummel Hayes, LAPC.

We'd love to help you. You don't have to figure this out alone.

01/27/2026

It's wild to me that some people do this parenting thing in their 20s.

I just feel like I'm starting to feel like an adult. Like just now at 44.

Bless ya'll because I could not. I was not mature enough.

Ya'll ok out there? Sending love.

01/26/2026

Pda education for lovers

01/26/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/pdaeducationforlovers/p/pda-and-the-nervous-system?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=31rl72

01/26/2026

Join me on my substack at https://open.substack.com/pub/pdaeducationforlovers?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=31rl72

And get access to our bi-weeky virtual group, as well as deep educational resources and community!

01/26/2026

Hi ya'll! Exciting news. I started a substack to gather all the education, information, and create more community.

Through becoming a subscriber, you get access to all the educational resources, community, and one-on-one appointments with me to help you become the person you need to become to help your PDAers. You'll also get the opportunity to sign up for my bi-weekly virtual groups where we gather and bring up topics in our lives that require community support around PDA. This is only available to my subscribers at the moment.

Why use me for your research/community? My BS and MA are in psychology and I am uniquely qualified to lead you on this journey. It's the best, most compassionate PDA community you'll join due to that background and my particular approach to PDA. Which is why the community is called "PDA Education for Lovers" :).

Finally, this is my part-time job but I'd love for it to become my full time. I also have autism, Adhd, and PDA, which makes it impossible for me to work a full time job "out there". My goal is not only to support myself and my autistic/PDA child through this work, but also to make it my job to ensure that no kids are falling through the cracks of the system, misunderstood and abused. This is what I needed when I was growing up, and when you subscribe, you make it sustainable for me to continue to do this work for these kids. The more this supports me, the more I can get into community and educate schools, doctors, and therapists on what PDA is and how to accommodate these at-risk children.

Why are they at-risk? Read my substack to find out. Thank you for your support!

Your best resource for compassionate PDA Education.

12/31/2025

Sometimes PDA kids need a meltdown. Their body is dysregulated to the point where a meltdown is needed as a release of emotion/ Somatic relief. I talk about this topic and how you can recognize it below. Let me know if you have questions!

12/30/2025

Does your PDA kid love horror? There's a reason our autistic kids gravitate toward horror and villains!

12/19/2025

Today I came across a NT doctor selling a course on the back of "They told you to lower demands and back off. You deserve other opinions. Autistic burnout lasts months not years and your child is just stuck."

The way I grabbed a pillow and hit the bed over and over till the rage passed.

PDA/Autistic burnout CAN and DOES last YEARs. She then spoke about it like its on par with depression and anxiety.

Autistic burnout is not even close to depression and anxiety. It is an inability to function across the board that may include depression and anxiety, but not always. Shes doing so much harm. Parents will read it and start to push their kids in burnout leading to self harm or deepening their burnout. Autistivs in burnout need low demands and time.

Please never listen to non-autistic people speak on the Autistic experience. Please. I dont care how many degree they have.

12/18/2025

My application for a local TED talk. How'd I do? Fingers crossed!!