Jamison Haase
Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapist for Couples, Individuals, and Parents
Who I Am:
Act One: Small-Town Beginnings, Big-Hearted Lessons
Jamison grew up in a tiny Minnesota town where the family rule was similar to so many others: feelings stay under wraps.
Substance abuse, depression, and shame shaped a household that looked picture-perfect from the outside but ran on unspoken pain. Labeled “flaky” and “irresponsible,” Jamison spent years believing those words defined him—while quietly building hard-won empathy for anyone who feels misunderstood.
Act Two: Hollywood Hustle
Armed with a BFA in acting (1997), Jamison spent nearly 25 years on Los Angeles sets, eventually founding an on-camera school that helped hundreds of performers find their voice.
Coaching actors taught him to read subtext and body language, hold space for others’ emotions, and spot the moment a story shifts—skills that now power his therapy work.
Act Three: Therapy & a Late-Bloom Diagnosis
After COVID, passion for showbiz faded and Jamison pivoted to mental health. While earning his Masters in Marriage & Family Therapy, he finally discovered the real reason he felt so out of sync in life: undiagnosed ADHD. Almost overnight, decades of shame melted, and a new mission emerged: help others rewrite their own misunderstood stories.
Neurodiverse Couples
Building a life with different neurotypes can feel like two radios tuned to separate stations—lots of volume, little clarity.
Jamison’s 15-year marriage has lived that static and found the harmony, giving him lived wisdom he now shares with partners who are:
Untangling Misinterpretations – When “You don’t care” really means “My brain processes differently.”
Stuck in Blame-Shutdown Cycles – Swapping criticism and withdrawal for curiosity and repair.
Hungry for Real Connection – Replacing scripts that never worked with communication that finally lands.
How He Helps
Name the Neurology – Understanding ADHD, autism, or AuDHD removes moral judgment and guilt.
Create Accommodations – Practical systems for time, tasks, and sensory needs keep love from drowning in logistics.
Reignite Intimacy – Emotionally Focused and Gottman-informed tools rebuild trust and warmth.
With the right map, neurodiverse relationships don’t just survive—they become some of the most creative, resilient partnerships around.
Neurodiverse Parenting
Jamison and his wife are raising two energetic kids—one gifted, gloriously neurodiverse child and one future world-builder who keeps everyone laughing.
Every school form, bedtime routine, and sensory storm doubles as on-the-job training.
What He Knows Firsthand
The confusion of trying discipline strategies that implode on an ADHD brain.
The heartbreak of watching a gifted child mask until they burn out.
The joy of seeing strengths shine when accommodations finally fit.
In Parent-Focused Therapy, He Helps Caregivers:
Decode Behaviors – Is it defiance, overwhelm, or an executive-function gap?
Build Family Systems – Morning routines, homework plans, and shutdown-recovery scripts that actually work.
Protect the Parent-Child Bond – Navigating shame, grief, and guilt so love stays front and center.
Jamison believes children thrive when adults understand the brain behind the behavior—and when families trade “fixing” for celebrating unique wiring.
Men, Neurodiversity, & A New Masculinity
Growing up in rural Minnesota, Jamison absorbed a clear script: real men keep quiet, push through, never show weakness, or almost any emotion outside of anger.
When undiagnosed ADHD amplified distraction, frustration, and shame, the result was an unhealthy mixture of anger and self-doubt that no one—least of all Jamison—could safely name.
That powder keg eventually sent him to therapy, where he discovered two liberating truths: 1) masculinity isn’t one size fits all, and 2) neurodiverse brains often process emotion, stress, and sensory input in ways the old script never even considered.
Late diagnosis reframed his struggles, and helped redefine masculinity as less about “manning up” and more about showing up—vulnerably, authentically, and in full technicolor neurodiversity.
Today, Jamison helps other men rewrite that script. Whether clients are wrestling with ADHD-fueled impulsivity, autistic social fatigue, or the quiet dread of “never enough,” he offers a space where strength and sensitivity coexist—where tears, laughter, and profanity can all live in the same sentence.
In Men’s Work, Jamison Guides Clients to:
Decode Emotional Overload – separating neurological overwhelm from “weakness.”
Transform Shutdowns & Outbursts – mapping triggers, building regulation tools, and practicing direct requests instead of silent resentment.
Cultivate Shame-Resilience – replacing self-berating narratives with self-compassion rooted in accurate brain science.
Align Identity with Values – moving from inherited roles to consciously chosen definitions of partner, father, friend, and man.
Because masculinity doesn’t need to be torn down – it needs a broader definition that includes every neurotype, every emotion, and every voice.
Trauma, Overwhelm, & EMDR
Jamison is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), a research-backed approach that helps the brain reprocess painful experiences so they stop running the show in the present.
He uses EMDR with clients whose lives are shaped by:
Old shame stories that won’t loosen their grip.
Medical, relational, or childhood trauma that still lives in the body.
Freeze, flight, or shutdown responses that feel automatic and out of proportion.
Because many neurodivergent clients process information visually, somatically, or in “high-def” detail, Jamison tailors EMDR to honor sensory needs, pacing, and consent at every step. That can mean more preparation, slower sets, clear stop signals, and lots of collaboration about what feels safe.
The goal isn’t to erase the past. It’s to take the charge out of it—so flashbacks become memories, triggers soften, and people can respond from choice instead of reflex.
Specialties & Approach
Late-identified ADHD & Autism in adults
Neurodiverse couples communication & intimacy
Executive-function coaching for real life
Men’s issues & redefining masculinity
Attachment & trauma-informed, person-centered care
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Gottman-inspired skills
Somatic & creative techniques
EMDR-informed trauma work
License &Employment Information
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, #151355
Supervised by Dr. Harry Motro, LMFT #53452
Employed by New Path Family of Therapy Centers
Specialty Areas:
Neurodiverse Couples, Autism, ADHD, Parenting (Neurotypical & Neurodiverse), Trauma-Informed, Emotional Regulation, Attachment, Communication, Family Conflict, Emotional Intimacy, Accepting New Couples & Indiv. Clients