Finding Clarity and Healing Through a Neurodiversity-Affirming Lens
At Kaleidoscope Counseling Group, one principle guides our work: every person’s story is layered, meaningful, and uniquely patterned—much like the ever-changing beauty inside a kaleidoscope. This belief is at the heart of how Heather Hunter, M.Ed., LPC, approaches therapy.
Heather’s path to counseling was unconventional but deeply formative. Before becoming a therapist, she spent over a decade as a semi-truck driver—a life chapter that taught resilience, self-reliance, and how to navigate open roads and inner landscapes alike. She later discovered her own neurodivergent identity, being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, and has personal insight into the challenges that come with feeling misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or unseen. She also draws strength from her experience as a mother of two neurodivergent adults, shaping both her personal and professional perspective.
A Therapeutic Approach Rooted in Connection and Curiosity
Heather’s work centers on a neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed approach that honors each person’s lived experience. Her passion lies at the intersection of ADHD, Autism (especially high-functioning and masking presentations), and trauma—areas where many find clarity only after years of internal confusion or misattribution.
Rather than seeing symptoms as deficits, Heather helps clients understand them as meaningful patterns that reflect how they’ve adapted to life’s demands. For many adults, recognizing ADHD as part of their story brings a sense of relief and self-understanding that opens the door to growth, self-acceptance, and healing.
Who Heather Works With
Heather works with individuals ages 13 and up, offering a flexible, integrative therapeutic framework grounded in evidence-based modalities. Her toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused approaches, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and psychoeducation—selected thoughtfully to fit each person’s needs and goals.
Clients who seek support often want to:
make sense of long-standing patterns that have felt confusing or stuck,
navigate overwhelm with more clarity and grounded strategies,
better understand neurodivergent traits like ADHD or Autism in themselves or their family,
or find a therapeutic space where they feel genuinely seen, heard, and not “too much.”
Healing That Respects Your Story
Heather emphasizes that you are not broken, lazy, or too much—you are a person whose experiences deserve understanding and compassionate support. Her work is rooted in the belief that healing begins not with trying to fit a mold, but with a deeper understanding of your own patterns and internal logic.
Starting therapy can feel daunting. But as Heather often says, you don’t have to figure it all out alone. Every session is an invitation to explore your experiences with curiosity, increase your self-awareness, and take practical steps toward meaningful, lasting change.
