Contact Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony, MA, LMFT

Welcome 

Hi, I’m Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony, MA, LMFT, a licensed therapist, advanced certified coach, and fellow neurodivergent human walking this winding path of love and life alongside you.

My work is shaped by both lived experience and professional depth. As someone who has navigated neurodivergent relationships personally and supported them clinically, I understand the layered challenges — and strengths — that come with this wiring.

Before becoming a therapist, I spent years in corporate and nonprofit leadership and in complex business roles. That background continues to inform my approach, allowing me to support individuals, couples, and leaders with real-world insight, systems thinking, and grounded perspective.

Whether you’re seeking clarity around a diagnosis, longing for deeper connection in your relationship, or looking for affirming support that truly honors how you’re wired, you’re in the right place.

My Mission: To Help You Feel Safe in Your Truth

I work with sensitive, intuitive, and neurodivergent adults and couples who are ready to step out of masking, over-functioning, and the quiet ache of feeling unseen.

Whether you’re navigating Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, trauma, or relational disconnection, you deserve support that honors the full complexity of who you are.

My mission is simple: to help you feel safe enough to live more honestly, with yourself and with the people you love.

Together, we create pathways toward:

• Deeper self-understanding

• More authentic connection

• Sustainable, integrated healing

This is support that affirms your identity — not pathologizes it.

My Modalities and Services for Neurodiversity

Neurodiverse Couples Therapy & Coaching

Specialized support for neurodivergent individuals and couples navigating Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, shutdowns, masking, and patterns of miscommunication.

Couples work here is steady and depth-oriented. We slow down long enough to understand what is actually happening beneath conflict — how each nervous system responds, where misattunement occurs, and how emotional safety can be rebuilt.

This is not about fixing one another.
It’s about learning how to move toward each other with clarity, consent, and dignity.

Therapy & Coaching for Partners of Neurodivergent Adults

Support for partners who may feel unseen, overwhelmed, or emotionally disconnected within a neurodivergent relationship.

Whether you are neurotypical or neurodivergent yourself, this space allows you to sort through patterns without blame or self-erasure. Together, we clarify needs, restore steadiness, and create room for more honest connection.

You deserve support, too.

Individual Therapy & Coaching for Autism, ADHD & Complex Trauma

Depth-oriented support for late-diagnosed or self-identifying neurodivergent adults exploring identity, sensory needs, trauma healing, and life transitions.

This work moves at a sustainable pace. We focus on integration — not performance. The goal is not to become someone else, but to understand and live more honestly as who you already are.

Change here is thoughtful, embodied, and lasting.

Adult Autism Assessments

Neurodiversity-affirming, evidence-based evaluations for high-masking or late-identified adults seeking clarity and language for their lived experience.

Assessments are comprehensive and trauma-informed. They are designed to provide understanding — not simply a label — so you can move forward with greater self-trust and confidence.

Adult ADHD & AuDHD Assessments

Thorough, strengths-aware assessments that illuminate ADHD and AuDHD traits while offering practical insight into emotional regulation, executive functioning, and everyday patterns.

The goal is clarity that supports real-life integration.

Private Neurodiverse Couples Retreats

A two-day private immersive experience designed to restore emotional safety, deepen intimacy, and strengthen connection — without pressure or overwhelm.

This retreat offers focused, structured support in a contained environment where you can step away from daily stress and reconnect with intention.

Neurodiverse Couples Support Groups

Small-group circles for couples seeking shared understanding, thoughtful dialogue, and ongoing relational growth.

These groups are paced and intentional — spaces where depth is welcomed and complexity is respected.

Book: Unmasked Self-Acceptance

Unmasked Self-Acceptance is a collection of 365 gentle reflections and affirmations designed to support the process of unmasking and coming home to yourself.

Each daily reflection offers a quiet touchpoint — guiding you away from the exhaustion of performing societal expectations and toward a deeper, internal sense of belonging.

First to yourself.
Then within your closest relationships.
And eventually, more authentically, in the wider world.

This book is part of the ecosystem of this work — a steady companion in the ongoing process of integration.

Love on the Autism Spectrum® Podcast

Join me each Wednesday for thoughtful conversations, practical tools, and lived insight into love, identity, and neurodivergent life.

These episodes are grounded and reflective — designed to support clarity and integration, not urgency or overwhelm.

Available here on the website and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Audible.

My Lens: Both Professional and Personal

I bring both clinical expertise and lived neurodivergent experience to my work.

My practice integrates trauma-informed, evidence-based modalities with intuitive, heart-centered approaches designed for nervous-system safety and authentic connection.

Credentials and Experience

• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (#151788) with certifications licensed marriage and official licensing status
• Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (#10253), supervised by Dr. Harry Motro, LMFT #53452
• Advanced Certified Integral Coach
• Advanced Certified Trauma Specialist
• Certified Assessment Specialist
• Brainspotting Certified Level I
• Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology
• Certificate in Creative Expression from Sofia University
• Undergraduate Degree from The Ohio State University
• Eighteen years of experience in Executive and Business coaching, as well as personal development
• Experience in Fashion Merchandising as part of my academic background
• Finances education master, supporting expertise in financial and educational planning
• Managing staffing operations in leadership roles, including retail coaching people and developing teams
• Extensive experience in the non-profit sector
• Experience starting and running my own business as part of my journey
• 40+ years in a neurodivergent relationship, married for over 37 years
• Three-time cancer survivor, including overcoming thyroid cancer, which influenced my career path
• Expertise in trauma treatment, depression, and related mental health issues

Affiliate Therapist With:

• Neurodiverse Couples Counseling Center
• Neurodiverse Intensives & Retreats
• Adult Autism & ADHD Assessment Center

Therapeutic Modalities That I Integrate in My Practice

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Brainspotting
• Sandtray Therapy
• Somatic and Sensory-Aware Techniques
• Ontological Coaching…and many more

Unlike traditional therapy, which often takes months or years, our approach is designed to provide quicker, more focused results.

You don’t need to fix who you are. You simply need a safe, affirming space to reconnect with your rhythm, your needs, and your voice.

Who I Work With

I specialize in supporting:

• Neurodivergent adults (diagnosed or self-identified)
• Partners of autistic, ADHD, or trauma-affected individuals
• Couples where one or both partners are neurodivergent
• Late-diagnosed or high-masking individuals
• Sensitive, intuitive professionals navigating burnout, identity, or life transitions

Safe Space. Real Talk.

This is an inclusive, affirming environment for all identities — across race, gender, neurotype, faith, ability, and lived experience.
No masking. No judgment. Just real talk and fiercely compassionate, grounded support.

What You Can Expect Here

I care deeply about how change happens — not just that it happens.

Your pace will be respected.
I don’t rush nervous systems. I don’t create pressure to move faster than your body can integrate. Growth here is thoughtful, steady, and sustainable.

Clarity comes first.
I believe understanding yourself is more powerful than being motivated. You’ll receive careful language, real structure, and depth — so you can build self-trust, not just temporary momentum.

You will be met with dignity.
Your neurodivergence is not something I’m here to fix. You are capable, complex, and whole. My role is to help you integrate what’s already true—not to change who you are.

If you’re looking for a space that moves with depth, clarity, and respect, you may feel at home here.

Ready to Begin?

If any of this resonates, I invite you to Book a FREE “Clarity & Connection” Zoom—my gentle, no-pressure initial consultation.

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That’s it–thoughtful, kind, and easy to begin.

Let’s start your next chapter with presence, clarity, and care.