Express Your Path

Lisa is a Registered Associate Expressive Arts Therapist (#R9511) in Oregon, supervised by Dr. Lisa Aasheim, Ph.D. This is a 100% virtual, private-pay clinical practice serving high-masking neurodivergent adults statewide via secure Telehealth.

Your Words Have Become Part of Your Mask

High-masking autistic adults are masters of camouflage. You have spent a lifetime studying human behavior, scripting conversations, forcing eye contact, and suppressing your natural sensory needs just to pass as neurotypical. On the outside, you look successful, independent, and completely fine. On the inside, you are running a constant background program that leaves you utterly depleted, anxious, and disconnected from your true sense of self.

Because of this, traditional talk therapy often fails you. Because you are highly articulate, you naturally bring your mask right into the therapy room. It is incredibly easy to spend your sessions intellectually analyzing your problems, reporting your symptoms like data, or performing 'good client' habits while your internal nervous system remains in a high-stress survival state. Your body cannot heal through words alone when words are the primary tool you use to mask.

Healing the Autistic Nervous System Beyond Words

Expressive arts therapy steps completely outside the verbal performance loop. We do not use rigid behavioral protocols or cookie-cutter worksheets designed to make you comply with neurotypical standards.

Instead, we use multi-modal creative processing—shifting organically between sensory tracking, sound, movement, writing, and digital creation. This allows your nervous system to safely drop the exhausting cognitive script, explore your authentic autistic identity without judgment, and process deep emotional weight at your own pace, completely free from the pressure of forced articulation.

Practice Fees & Format

Format: 100% Virtual Telehealth across the entire state of Oregon.
Investment: $180 per session.
Insurance: Private pay only. I am an out-of-network provider and can provide monthly superbills for you to submit to your insurance company for potential reimbursement.

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Pick a time directly on the digital calendar. You can choose whether we meet via a secure video link or a standard phone call, whichever feels lowest-demand for you.

Lisa Headings, MA, NCC | Registered Associate #R9511
(Supervised by Dr. Lisa Aasheim, Ph.D)

I provide individual therapy for neurodivergent adults. I do not offer clinical supervision or group therapy.

Serving clients virtually throughout Oregon.

Expressive Arts Therapy supporting late‑diagnosed Autistic & ADHD adults across Oregon.

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