Dr Sara Tookey and Associates - True North Psychology Ltd.
Dr. Sara Tookey is a neurodivergent clinical psychologist and founder of True North Psychology, specialising in compassionate, neurodiversity-affirming and LGBTQIA+ affirming care for ADHD and AuDHD adults. Drawing from both professional expertise and lived experience, she leads a team of practitioners who honour the full complexity of identity and life experience. Their comprehensive assessments move beyond traditional deficit-focused approaches to celebrate individual strengths and support authentic self-understanding across multiple intersections.
True North Psychology offers affirming diagnostic assessments & support for the divergently minded. We offer intersectional neurodiversity care for individuals who self-identify, have a diagnosis or are people seeking confirmation of a neurodivergence diagnosis. What we offer:
– Comprehensive and compassionate ADHD and AuDHD assessments
– Neuro-affirming post-diagnostic (and self-identifying) therapeutic support, resources and education
– Individual and relationships (including diverse/ non-heteronormative relationships)
– LGBTQIA+ affirming,
– We work with gender, sex, and relationship diversities
– Kink allied, sex positive therapy, relationships therapy
– Harm reduction and integration for experiences with non-ordinary states of consciousness (including psychedelic integration)
Dr Tookey also provides educational webinars, professional training, and consultancy to organisations seeking to create more inclusive, neurodiversity-affirming practices.
More about our Adult ADHD/AuDHD Assessments below:
Our team brings both professional expertise and personal understanding to neurodiversity-affirming diagnostic evaluations.
Assessment Specialities:
1. ADHD Assessment:
* Comprehensive adult ADHD diagnostic evaluations
* Specialist expertise in masked, “high-functioning,” and late-diagnosed presentations
* Women, non-binary, and gender-diverse ADHD presentations
* ADHD with trauma history and complex presentations
* Post-diagnostic support and treatment planning
2. AuDHD Assessment:
* Combined Autism and ADHD diagnostic evaluations
* Recognition of three distinct AuDHD presentation patterns:
A. ADHD-predominant (where ADHD masks autistic traits)
B. Autism-predominant (with additional ADHD executive functioning challenges)
C. Combined type (internal contradictions between competing traits)
Specialist understanding of overlapping and conflicting neurotypes
We Specialise in Assessing:
* Adults presenting with ADHD or combined Autism and ADHD traits
* Women and non-binary individuals with masked presentations
* High-achieving professionals struggling privately with executive functioning
* LGBTQIA+ individuals exploring neurodivergent identity
* Adults with trauma history affecting neurodivergent presentations
* Those experiencing neurodivergent burnout or late-life recognition
* Individuals seeking clarity on complex, overlapping traits
Our Assessment Approach:
* Evidence-based and aligned with NICE Guidelines for diagnostic assessment of Neurodivergent conditions
* Neurodiversity-Affirming: Viewing neurodivergence as natural variations, not deficits
* Trauma-Informed: Understanding how life experiences shape neurodivergent presentations
* LGBTQIA+ Affirming: Culturally sensitive and LGBTQIA+ informed assessment practices
* Therapeutically-Oriented: Assessment as healing and empowering process from the first contact, through to diagnosis and post-diagnostic support
* Strength-Based: Identifying capabilities alongside addressing challenges
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