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 neurodivergents. Self-expressive music-making became a life-saving tool during my adolescent navigation of ADHD and trauma. I share my personal catalyst moment, where I found myself carrying my guitar to a cliff edge instead of stepping off it. Now, my creative practice supports my wellbeing throughout everyday life, and I aspire to share this therapeutic gift with the world. Yet, upon exploring the research on music therapy for Autistics, ADHDers, and other neurodivergent identities, the approach that saved my life was not wholly depicted in the literature. Instead, I discovered the field’s history of enforcing neuronormativity, contrasted by growing critiques of concepts that I value such as self-regulation and self-determination. I argue that shifting towards exclusively interdependent practice in music therapy threatens to further dilute neurodivergent voices, worsen therapy conclusion trauma, and disregard the challenges of everyday life. Participatory action research has identified the need for accessible wellbeing supports and mediums to understand and express needs, not because of a deficit, but due to society’s treatment of neurodivergents. Therefore, as the world is slowly embracing neurodiversity and wellbeing continually fluctuates across the lifespan, music therapy must move beyond simply supportive environments to practices that extend impact beyond the clinic walls. I discuss my experiences in connection with existing and emerging music therapy research to propose refocusing person-centred practice on meeting wellbeing needs through authentic self-expression and fostering creative competency and autonomy. Potential avenues for future research are explored, including scaffolding co-to-self-regulated music-making, evaluating practice efficacy as outcome measurement, and sustaining longitudinal therapeutic structures.