Neurodiversity-affirming therapy
A different way of experiencing the world, and one worth celebrating.
Affordable, open-ended, affirming therapy for autistic adults, and anyone wondering if they might be. A weekly hour that’s yours, at a pace that works for you.
The autism self-check
Do these experiences feel familiar?
A short, reflective check, written by Hora. It can’t diagnose autism, only a specialist assessment can, but it can help you see whether it’s worth exploring further.
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How often does each of these ring true for you?
A reflective check written by Hora: a signpost, not a diagnosis.
This is a reflection, not a diagnosis. Hora isn't an emergency service. If you're in immediate danger call 999, or NHS 111 (mental health option). Samaritans: 116 123.
How it works
Three steps to get you started:
An assessment
A 25-minute assessment with an experienced clinician, to understand what you need and find the right fit.
Choose your therapist
Straight after your assessment, you’re sent a selection of therapist profiles to browse, each with their own specialisms and interests. You choose who you’d like to work with, and begin soon after, with no long wait for your first session.
A weekly hour
Open-ended weekly sessions online, at the same time each week, held just for you. No contract and no minimum commitment, so you stay for as long as it helps.
£26 for your first assessment, then £40 a session. No membership and no minimum commitment.
How Hora helps
Somewhere you don’t have to mask.
Your therapist is equipped to meet you as you are, and provide a space where you don’t have to mask. The same steady hour, every week, held for as long as it helps.
Good to know
Common questions
No. A formal autism diagnosis comes from a specialist assessment, usually arranged through your GP. What we offer is affirming therapy: a space to understand yourself, ease the load of masking, and work with the anxiety, low mood or burnout that often travel alongside.
Not at all. Plenty of people come while they’re still wondering, or without ever seeking a formal diagnosis. Therapy can help with how life actually feels, whether or not you have a label.
Yes. We start from the premise that being autistic is a difference, not a disorder to be fixed. You won’t be treated as a problem to solve, and you won’t have to mask to be understood.
A lot of what comes with being autistic in a world built for other people: exhaustion from masking, autistic burnout, sensory or social overwhelm, anxiety, and relationships that can be hard to read. It’s a space to be understood without having to translate yourself, and to build a life that fits how you actually work.
Very much so. Recognising you’re autistic as an adult can bring relief, grief, and a lot to rethink about your past. Therapy is a place to make sense of that, to be kinder to yourself about things that were harder than they should have been, and to work out what genuinely helps you now.
If having an autistic therapist matters to you, say so at your assessment. Hora is committed to recruiting therapists who are neurodivergent themselves, though we can’t always guarantee a match with an autistic therapist in particular. Where we can, we’d be glad to pair you with someone who shares that experience.
A one-off £26 assessment, then £40 for each 50-minute weekly session: no membership, no minimum commitment, no hidden fees. Genuinely affordable, with your therapist paid fairly.
It’s worth asking who actually delivers therapy this affordable. A lot of low-cost online therapy comes from counsellors early in a one- or two-year training, almost always working unpaid, and sometimes presented as fully qualified when they’re not. Hora is the honest version: your therapist is a psychotherapist in advanced UKCP-accredited clinical training, the deepest and most rigorous route in the profession, closely supervised and with hundreds of clinical hours behind them, and paid fairly for every session. Therapy is open-ended, with no session cap and no income test, and you choose who you work with. Genuinely affordable, and never built on someone’s free labour.
Hora isn’t an emergency service. If you’re in immediate danger, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. For urgent support, these free services are there any time: Samaritans on 116 123, Shout by texting SHOUT to 85258, NHS 111 for urgent mental-health advice, and Switchboard for LGBTQIA+ people on 0800 0119 100. If you’re not in crisis but things feel heavy, booking an assessment is a good next step.