Hi, and welcome to part 6 in my series about working together in the therapy room with autistic clients. In this post, I’d like to talk about what goes on in therapy. There might be “set-backs”, there might be a
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Hi, and welcome to part 5 in my series about working together in the therapy room with autistic clients. In this post, I want to talk about transitions, anxiety, autonomy, self-esteem and self-talk. For these posts, I’d like to reference
Read moreWorking together in the therapy room with autistic clients (pt.4)
Hi, and welcome to part 4 in my series about working together in the therapy room with autistic clients. In this post, want to talk about some alternative ways of working that might be helpful when communicating with our autistic
Read moreWorking together in the therapy room with autistic clients (pt.3)
Hi, and welcome to part 3 in my series about working together in the therapy room with autistic clients. In this post, I’ll discuss how autistic people might benefit from thinking about how many of their behaviours might be due
Read moreWhat’s the Whack-a-Mole have to do with my emotions?
In this post, I’d like to address something that I believe in and that colours the therapeutic work that I do. It also colours my life if I’m completely honest! I didn’t go looking for psychodyamic theory or its way
Read moreTrust your intuition
In this post, I’d like to talk about how you can trust your intuition – or what’s also known as your “gut feeling”. Depending on how we were raised, and the events that we’ve experienced in life, we will be
Read moreWhy have therapy in your own language? (and why I offer this service)
Welcome! In this post, where I’ll be focusing on the importance of our native language when going to therapy. I will focus on Spanish and English in this post as those are the two languages I speak fluently and to
Read moreWorking together in the therapy room with autistic clients (pt.2)
Hi, and welcome to part 2 in my series about working together in the therapy room with autistic clients. In this post, I’ll discuss a few ways in which I might work slightly differently than with neurotypical clients, and how
Read moreWorking together in the therapy room with autistic clients (pt1)
Hi, and welcome to this first post in the mini-series, in which I’ll be focusing on a topic and group of people I’m very fond of and really enjoy working with. I’ve written a few posts about what to expect
Read moreSupervision for Personal development
Personal development goes hand in hand with professional development.
As therapists, it is vital that we have a good support system in place for our professional and confidential work.
Personal therapy is one way in which we can get this support. Supervision is another, and it will be the focus of these posts.
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