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Abigail Hoxsey
About
Hello and welcome! I’m so glad you’re here. My name is Dr. Abby Hoxsey, and I am a Licensed Psychologist based in Minnesota. I am passionate about supporting individuals on their journey toward greater self-understanding, validation, and clarity through the process of psychological assessment. As an evaluator, I believe that a diagnostic journey should be a collaborative, safe, and deeply compassionate space where you feel truly seen, heard, and understood. Rather than focusing simply on a checklist of clinical traits, my goal is to partner with you to uncover your unique cognitive strengths, explore your lived experiences with intersectionality in mind, and help you find clarity and a sense of relief. Every person’s mind and journey are entirely unique, and I am deeply committed to offering neurodiversity-affirming care that is as individual as you are.
My motivation for specializing in neurodivergent assessments stems from a deep fascination with the absolute complexity and nuance of late-diagnosed neurodivergence. Evaluating adulthood-diagnosed autism is one of my primary clinical passions, and I am particularly drawn to understanding how autism manifests across diverse populations—including high-achieving individuals, women, and gender-diverse communities—whose traits were historically missed, misunderstood, or misdiagnosed due to societal expectations, advanced masking, and camouflaging.
I ground my affirming, strengths-based approach in a comprehensive understanding of clinical nuance, built across diverse settings like community mental health, forensic care, and inpatient and outpatient mental health. My goal is to ensure that you never feel reduced to a list of deficits or scores on a page. Because I have used an extensive toolkit of advanced cognitive, personality, and neurodevelopmental measures, I understand how easily traditional metrics can fail to capture high-masking profiles.
In our work together, I shape the diagnostic experience into a transparent, collaborative look at how your brain handles executive functioning, memory, and attention. Rather than focusing heavily on "what is wrong," we look directly at your communication styles, deep passions, and the highly developed coping strategies you have built over time. By prioritizing intersectionality and validating your unique history—including how you've navigated systemic oppression or masking—we co-create an evaluative space that protects your narrative, honors your authentic self, and focuses directly on your insight and long-term self-advocacy.
