Aileen Kelleher, LCSW

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Aileen Kelleher, LCSW Therapist & Coach - Expertise: Giftedness, 2E, perfectionism

I thought this was a helpful thread about . You don’t have to have big external achievements to be a perfectionist. It’...
10/21/2026

I thought this was a helpful thread about . You don’t have to have big external achievements to be a perfectionist. It’s more about having a harsh inner critic and anxious avoidance.
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

10/14/2026

Gifted and Twice-Exceptional Expectations
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

10/09/2026

When you get clocked by another neurodivergent person in the wild!

It’s interesting because I think, in that interaction, I felt some embarrassment about the fact that I do interrupt people, even though the person who mentioned it said they interrupt too.

Sometimes the things people have pointed out as “problems” in the past, can still be difficult to hear about in the present. Even when you KNOW that your interrupting is not meant to be harmful and that it just shows the passion you have.

One thing that helped was randomly seeing a video about ADHD that said “interrupting is a part of ADHD” culture. When I remember I am part of a larger neurodivergent community, I feel more okay with my differences and less alone.
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

Sending love to all my neurodivergent parents out there. This stuff is hard sometimes and it’s okay to accept that and l...
10/05/2026

Sending love to all my neurodivergent parents out there. This stuff is hard sometimes and it’s okay to accept that and let yourself do whatever you need to do to let out your stress. Cry. Call a friend. Scream. Sleep. Etc.
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

09/23/2026

Hot take on disappointing neuropsychological evaluations 😬
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

What things are “kinda chic” to you? Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients a...
09/19/2026

What things are “kinda chic” to you?
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

09/07/2026

When we say that we should “just” be able to do something and feel shame that we can’t, we are touching on the internalized ableism that is ingrained in us from a very young age.

Being gifted and autistic or gifted and ADHD is not easy to accept. Twice-exceptional people differ from the norm in a lot of ways and it’s hard not to equate different with “bad.”

Therapy and coaching aims to increase our acceptance of our neurodivergence and decrease our shame. We want to be able to make decisions from a place of self-acceptance instead of self-hatred.
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

08/21/2026

Do you struggle with comprehension misunderstandings in social situations? This may be part of why they happen.
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

Back with some memes! Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe...
08/10/2026

Back with some memes!
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

07/22/2026

“Well it depends”
- a common answer from gifted and 2E people

Context matters to gifted and 2E people for many reasons. We crave nuance and complexity. AND our minds and bodies often have different capacities day to day based on environment, emotions, sensory sensitivities, etc.
Aileen is a therapist and coach based in Chicago, who works with coaching clients across the globe. She helps gifted and twice-exceptional people (and their loved ones) understand their brains, embrace their differences and reach their goals. Head to the link in bio to learn more about services.

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