Lyndsay Babcock
I support women and gender-diverse people with a female lived experience experiencing:
Autism and ADHD (including high-masking and internalised presentations)
Perimenopause and menopause, particularly where they intersect with neurodivergence
Chronic stress, burnout and nervous system exhaustion
Anxiety, OCD and perfectionism
Trauma and unresolved childhood experiences
Executive functioning, sensory and emotional regulation difficulties
Late identification of neurodivergence, identity and self-understanding
Relationship, parenting and workplace challenges
My work is grounded in the understanding that neurodivergence and mid-life often interact in complex ways. Hormonal changes can amplify cognitive, emotional and sensory challenges, while years of masking become increasingly difficult to sustain. My assessment and therapeutic framework is intentionally designed to recognise these often-overlooked experiences, integrating a trauma-informed, neuro-affirming and developmentally informed approach that helps women feel seen, validated and understood.
I've spent years learning to recognise the patterns that are so often missed. Many of the women I work with have seen multiple clinicians but have been left feeling that something still didn't quite fit. Too often, they have been supported without ever feeling truly understood.
If you are wondering why life has always felt just a little harder than it seems to be for everyone else, you don't have to keep figuring it out alone.
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Assessment
‘Therapy/Support
Professional Supervision'
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Available now
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Email: support@hermind.com.au
Phone: 0494 738 272
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I am a clinical psychologist and clinic director of The Self Centre and Her Mind Institute.
I work exclusively in the assessment and treatment of neurodivergent women in mid-life. My practice, Her Mind, was created to address a significant gap in the system: women who have lived for decades without answers, often highly accomplished and outwardly capable, yet quietly struggling in ways that standard clinical frameworks have historically missed.
My clinical focus centres on late-identified and undiagnosed presentations of autism and ADHD in women, with particular interest in the high-masking profiles that are routinely overlooked in both childhood and adulthood. Many of the women I work with have spent years accumulating mental health diagnoses including anxiety, depression and burnout without anyone identifying the neurodevelopmental foundation beneath. I work upstream of formal diagnosis, helping women to understand their neurological profiles, make sense of their life histories, and access appropriate support regardless of where they are in any diagnostic process.
I also provide treatment for OCD within this population, recognising that obsessive-compulsive presentations are frequently misunderstood in autistic and ADHD-affected women and often go unrecognised or are managed under unhelpful diagnostic labels for many years.
A distinctive aspect of my work is the integration of hormonal health into psychological care. The women I see are often navigating perimenopause or menopause concurrently with a new or emerging understanding of their neurodivergence. These experiences are deeply intertwined, as hormonal fluctuations significantly affect executive function, sensory sensitivity, emotional regulation and masking capacity, and I treat them as such rather than in isolation. My approach is informed by both the clinical literature and lived experience, which shapes how I understand the intersection of neurodivergence, identity and the particular pressures of mid-life.
Her Mind is a women-only practice. I work with adult women who are curious about whether they may be autistic or have ADHD, those who have recently received a late identification and are recalibrating their sense of self, and those managing the compounding demands of neurodivergence, hormonal change and the social and professional expectations that mid-life often brings.
