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Laura Jansons
About
Hello! I’m Dr. Laura Jansons, a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified clinical neuropsychologist with more than 30 years of experience helping people better understand how their brains work and why they experience the world the way they do.
For many adults, considering an autism evaluation comes after years, sometimes decades, of feeling different, working hard to fit in, or wondering why certain social, sensory, or everyday experiences seem to require more effort than they do for other people. I approach assessment with curiosity rather than assumptions. My goal is to provide a comfortable, respectful space where you can talk openly about your experiences and where we can put the pieces together collaboratively.
I believe a good evaluation should do more than answer the question, “Am I autistic?” It should help you understand your unique pattern of strengths, challenges, coping strategies, and experiences. My goal is for you to leave the evaluation with greater clarity, a better understanding of yourself, and information that is genuinely useful in your everyday life.
After decades of conducting psychological and neuropsychological evaluations, I have become especially interested in adults whose neurodevelopmental differences were not recognized earlier in life. Many have spent years developing ways to compensate, adapt, or blend in, which can make their experiences less obvious to others while requiring tremendous effort from the individual.
I enjoy the detective work involved in understanding these complex developmental histories. An autism evaluation gives us an opportunity to look beyond isolated symptoms and understand the larger pattern of how someone has experienced relationships, communication, sensory information, routines, interests, and the demands of everyday life across their lifetime.
I bring a strengths-based, affirming approach to my work by recognizing that there is no single “right” way for a brain to work. My role is not simply to identify areas of difficulty, but to understand how each person thinks, communicates, connects with others, and experiences the world.
I pay as much attention to strengths, adaptations, and coping strategies as I do to challenges. I also recognize that many autistic adults have spent years learning to mask or compensate for their differences. I want clients to feel that they do not have to perform, prove anything, or fit a particular stereotype during an evaluation. My goal is to understand the whole person and provide an assessment that is respectful, accurate, and genuinely useful.
