A quiet space where you don't have to mask, perform or explain

Neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed counselling and art therapy for adults. In person in the Adelaide Hills or online, always at a pace your nervous system can hold.

Stirling, Adelaide Hills · NDIS self and plan managed welcome

The therapy room in Stirling: soft chairs, warm lamps and a calm sage wall

The actual room you'll sit in. Soft light, no fluorescents, sensory-friendly on purpose.

One practice, three ways in

Some people arrive through words, some through making things and some through reading a story that sounds like their own. All three lead to the same warm room.

Niki Bonfield

Hi, I'm Niki

I'm a counsellor and art therapist with a late autism diagnosis of my own. That lived experience sits at the heart of how I work: slow, sensory-aware and deeply respectful of the parts of you that feel "too much" or "not enough".

Many of the people I support are neurodivergent, creative or quietly carrying long histories of coping alone. Together we move gently, through talking, art-making or simply sitting with what's there.

  • Bachelor of Counselling
  • Dip. Counselling & Psychotherapy
  • Dip. Art Psychotherapy
  • Master of Counselling (in progress)
Read my full story

You might recognise yourself here

There's no checklist to qualify for support. If any of this feels familiar, that's enough.

Burnout and overwhelm

The kind that comes from years of masking, caring for others or pushing through sensory fatigue.

Late-identified neurodivergence

The relief, grief and self-rebuilding that can follow an autism or ADHD discovery.

Sensory overload and shutdown

Needing a space that honours pacing, quietness and the body's signals.

Identity and self-connection

Feeling lost, numb or unsure who you are beneath years of coping strategies.

Relational trauma

The subtle, chronic forms that shape how you trust, attach and protect yourself.

Creative disconnection

Longing to reconnect with your inner world, expression or imagination.

Fragmented Yet Whole by Niki Bonfield Becoming Me, Neurodivergently by Niki Bonfield

Two memoirs, one message: you're not broken

"A late autism diagnosis can rewrite a lifetime. This is the story of how."

Fragmented Yet Whole traces the journey from masking and misunderstanding to self-compassion and belonging. Becoming Me, Neurodivergently continues the story through unmasking and becoming.

★★★★★  4.6 on Amazon Australia

Start with a free 15-minute chat

No forms to get wrong and nothing to prepare. Just a gentle conversation to see whether we're a good fit, at your pace.

Intro phone chat, 15 minutesFree
Counselling session, 60 minutes$130
Art therapy session, 60 minutes$130
NDIS self and plan managed accepted
In person in Stirling 5152 or Australia-wide telehealth
Times by appointment; live availability on the booking calendar

Book online

Choose a time that suits through the secure Splose booking page. Prefer to talk first? Call or text 0421 665 367.

Book a free 15-minute chat or send an email