This presentation blends lived experience with critical research to provide theoretical reflections on the future of neurodiversity-affirming person-centred practice in music therapy. My contribution to the field is a ‘liminal perspective’; an outsider to the clinical practice with an intimate inside knowledge of its wellbeing supportive potential for neurodivergent identities. Self-expressive music-making became a life-saving tool during my adolescent navigation of ADHD and trauma. Now it is my everyday wellbeing management tool that helps externalise intense cognitive loads, process complex emotions, foster an authentic sense of self, and form invaluable connections with supportive people. This relationship with music as a personal therapeutic practice is not one of internalised deficit or negative self-perception, but a volitional desire to support my wellbeing and maximise my experience of life within the context I am afforded to exist. However, this approach is not wholly depicted in research on music therapy for Autistics, ADHDers, and other neurodivergent identities. In reviewing the literature, I discovered the field’s history of normalisation, contrasted by growing critiques of person-centred goals that my community values such as autonomy and self-determination. The continued external imposition of what is best for neurodivergent identities threatens to further dilute our voices, worsen therapy conclusion trauma, and disregard the challenges of everyday life. To clarify how neurodiversity-affirming music therapy can be practiced, I advocate for prioritising participants’ volitional needs and creating space for these to be met through creative self-expression. The presentation explores my personal approach to therapeutic music-making in connection with existing research to showcase beneficial practices and those less understood. Potential avenues for future research are proposed, including scaffolding co-to-self-regulated music-making, evaluating practice efficacy as outcome measurement, and sustaining longitudinal therapeutic structures.