Meet Lindsay
Lindsay Keeter, M.A., LAC
Owner & Counselor
You deserve a therapist who understands your brain from more than one perspective.
As a Licensed Associate Counselor, a late-diagnosed adult with ADHD, and a parent of autistic children, I bring both professional training and lived experience to my work. My goal isn't to "fix" who you are—it's to help you understand your brain, reduce overwhelm, and build a life that works for you.
I view brains as beautifully varied, not broken. I work from the belief that ADHD, autism, OCD, sensory differences, and other forms of neurodivergence are natural expressions of human diversity, not deficits to be “fixed.” I understand firsthand the layers of overwhelm, responsibility, and identity that accompany these experiences.
My counseling style is grounded in compassion, honesty, and authenticity. I integrate evidence-based practices with a down-to-earth, human approach—because therapy should feel supportive, not intimidating.
My educational background includes advanced degrees in Sociology and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I have spent over a decade in Arkansas, working in community mental health and school settings as a case manager, behavioral health paraprofessional, and counselor. Currently, I work full-time as a mental health counselor at a local university. When I am not counseling, I like to spend time with my family and our animals, strength train, and listen to rock music!
Why Unmask?
You don't have to become less yourself to have a life that works for you.
For many neurodivergent people, getting through everyday life can mean constantly adjusting, adapting, and performing. You may have learned to hide your struggles, suppress your needs, imitate the people around you, or push through exhaustion because you've been told—directly or indirectly—that this is what it means to function.
You may be really good at looking like you have it all together while privately feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, anxious, or unsure of who you are underneath it all.
Unmasking is about changing that relationship with yourself.
It doesn't mean abandoning every coping skill or refusing to adapt to the world around you. Instead, it means becoming more aware of the ways you've learned to hide or suppress parts of yourself and exploring which of those patterns still serve you—and which ones are leaving you depleted.
In therapy, we can explore who you are beneath the expectations, what you actually need, and what helps you feel more comfortable being yourself.
You don't have to become less autistic, less ADHD, less sensitive, less emotional, or less yourself to be worthy of understanding and acceptance.
You are not something that needs to be fixed.
Unmask Counseling is a space to slow down, make sense of your experiences, and learn how to build a life that works with your brain—not against it.
What Neurodivergent-Affirming Counseling Means to Me
To me, neurodivergent-affirming counseling means starting with understanding rather than assuming something needs to be fixed.
It means recognizing that neurodivergent people often move through a world that wasn't designed with their brains in mind. The things that may look like procrastination, avoidance, sensitivity, rigidity, emotional reactions, or difficulty coping may have a deeper story behind them.
Instead of asking, “How do we make you function more like everyone else?” I want to help you explore questions like:
What is making this difficult?
What do you need that you're not getting?
What expectations are actually yours—and which ones have you learned to carry for other people?
What strategies work for your brain?
Affirming therapy doesn't mean that everything stays the same or that growth isn't possible. It means that growth doesn't require you to reject who you are.
We can work on anxiety, relationships, emotional regulation, executive functioning, communication, boundaries, burnout, and other areas of life while still honoring your neurodivergence as a part of who you are—not a problem that needs to be erased.
For me, the goal is not to help you become better at masking.
It's to help you understand yourself well enough to make intentional choices about how you want to navigate the world.
My Approach
Understanding, not fixing:
I believe therapy should be a place where you can show up as your whole self—not a place where you have to learn how to be more acceptable, productive, or “normal.”
A Collaborative Process:
My approach is neurodivergent-affirming, collaborative, and person-centered. Rather than focusing on changing who you are, we’ll work together to understand how your brain works, what you need, and what may be getting in the way of living the life you want.
For many neurodivergent adults, the things that bring them to therapy aren’t simply about anxiety, stress, or feeling overwhelmed. They may be connected to years of masking, people-pleasing, perfectionism, burnout, difficulty understanding their own needs, or trying to meet expectations that don't fit. Therapy can be a space to make sense of those experiences without judgment.
I draw from approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and trauma-informed practices, adapting them to the individual rather than expecting you to fit into a particular therapeutic model.
Most importantly, therapy is a collaborative process. You are the expert on your own experiences. My role is to offer clinical knowledge, perspective, curiosity, and support while we figure out what works for you.
Building a Life That Fits:
The goal isn't to “fix” you.
It's to help you understand yourself, work with your brain instead of against it, and build a life that feels more sustainable and authentically yours.