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Jared Boot-Haury
About
My name is Dr. Jared Boot-Haury (they/them). I am a board-certified and licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in comprehensive, affirming assessment for adults seeking clarity about autism diagnosis. I am based in San Francisco and licensed to practice psychology in California, where I work with individuals across diverse backgrounds, identities, and life stages. What drives my work is helping people better understand themselves in a way that is accurate, respectful, and empowering, particularly those who have been overlooked or misunderstood in traditional diagnostic settings. I approach assessment as a collaborative and transparent process, grounded in evidence-based practice and informed by a deep commitment to neurodiversity, equity, and client-centered care.
My interest in specializing in work with autistic and neurodivergent adults developed from repeatedly seeing how often these individuals are misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or dismissed in traditional mental health settings. Many of the clients I work with have spent years attributing their difficulties to personal failure rather than unrecognized neurodivergence, which can be profoundly invalidating. I was drawn to this specialty because high-quality assessment can be life-changing, offering clarity, self-understanding, and relief rather than stigma or pathologization. I am particularly motivated by the opportunity to provide accurate, affirming evaluations for adults, including LGBTQ+ and other marginalized individuals, whose presentations are often missed by childhood-focused or deficit-based models. My work is grounded in a neurodiversity-affirming, evidence-based approach that emphasizes strengths, context, and lived experience alongside diagnostic rigor.
My approach centers on understanding who each person is in context rather than defining them by perceived deficits. I focus on identifying and building upon clients’ strengths, adaptive strategies, interests, and values, while also acknowledging the very real barriers they have navigated in non-affirming systems. Many neurodivergent adults have already developed remarkable resilience, creativity, and problem-solving skills long before seeking assessment, and my role is to help make those strengths visible and meaningful.I bring a neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed lens to my work that emphasizes validation, collaboration, and respect for lived experience. As an autistic, queer, and agender psychologist, I am particularly attuned to how identity, stigma, and systemic marginalization shape mental health and self-concept. I strive to create an assessment process that feels transparent, affirming, and empowering, so clients leave not only with diagnostic clarity but with a deeper sense of self-understanding and confidence in their capacity to thrive.
