Anca Maria Rusu

I work 1:1 in person and online with adults and couples, as an integrative psychotherapist. I am an AuDHD person diagnosed late, at 37 (autism level 1 with secondary ADHD) — and this isn't a background detail, it's an active part of how I understand and work with people. I don't come only with theory or techniques; I also come with the lived experience of a nervous system that learned to adapt, to mask, to get lost and then to rebuild itself.

My own process wasn't linear or „correct", and that's how I work in therapy too. Not from the position of an expert with ready answers, not from rigidity, but from a place where I can sit next to the other in exploration — without rushing, without correcting, without forcing a direction.

I graduated from the Faculty of Psychology, Transilvania University of Brașov, and completed foundational training in integrative psychotherapy through the Romanian Association of Integrative Psychotherapy.

I work with both neurotypical and neurodivergent people, but I naturally feel closer to working with neurodivergent adults — there, constant translation isn't needed. The rhythm, the ways of thinking, feeling, and speaking are already a shared language.

In therapy, I emphasize understanding one's own nervous system, recognizing patterns, and building a space where masking isn't required. I don't chase fast solutions — I follow real processes, sometimes uncomfortable, but authentic.

I write constantly about my experience as it is — sometimes clear, sometimes chaotic, often vulnerable and honest — because I don't believe in a rigid separation between „therapist" and „person". For me, the two coexist and shape each other.

If you feel you've reached a point where you no longer want to constantly adapt, but to understand yourself better and find a way of functioning that is truly yours, you can write to me or see more about how I work at www.ancarusu-psihoterapeut.ro

Formare:

• Facultatea de Psihologie, Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov
• Formare de bază în psihoterapie integrativă — Asociația Română de Psihoterapie Integrativă

Specific: persoană AuDHD (autism nivel 1 + ADHD secundar), diagnosticată târziu. LinkedIn: anca-maria-rusu-psihoterapeut-integrativ