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What is Hoarding?

Hi, and welcome to this Hoarding mini-series blog post, where we’ll be talking about what hoarding is, from a psychological and a practical perspective. The psychological effects of hoarding are intertwined with the more tangible aspects of hoarding. For example,

Hoarding: Introduction

Hi, and welcome to this blog post series. I originally wrote this series with Stacey Sabido, right before the pandemic hit in 2020. We had planned to work in a holistic way, where she’d go into your home and help

Ghosted: the private therapist initiation rite

Hi, and welcome to this installment of my Private Practice mini series aimed at practitioners in private practice, and anyone who works one-to-one with clients. In this post, I want to talk about when we are ghosted in private practice:

Calling things into being by speaking them out

Hi, and welcome to this installment of my my Private Practice mini series aimed at practitioners in private practice, and anyone who works one-to-one with clients. I hope the title – Calling things into being by speaking them out –

Creating mental space that leads clients to find us

Hi, and welcome to this mini series aimed at practitioners in private practice, and anyone who works one-to-one with clients. In this post we will talk about creating the mental space that leads clients to find us. I’ve been in

Counsellors Working with Neurodivergence – Facebook Group

Let us introduce ourselves. We created this group in 2019 with the aim to bring counsellors to get together to discuss neurodivergence in a safe space. Our goal is not only for therapists to know how to work with the

Working together in the therapy room with autistic clients (pt.6)

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

Working together in the therapy room with autistic clients (pt.5)

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

Working 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

Working 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