In this post, we’ll be talking about empathy and autism. It is commonly thought that people on the Autism spectrum can’t or don’t empathise. I’d like to challenge that from a couple of different angles. First, from personal experience. Second,
Read moreLet 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
Read moreHi, 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
Read moreHi, 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 moreHi, 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 moreHi, 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 moreHi, 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 moreHi, 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 moreWelcome! In this post, I want to discuss theory of mind, as it is an important aspect of social communication, and a big part of the difficulties that someone on the Spectrum might experience. I find it amazing how people
Read moreWelcome to installment of my Autism Series. In this post, I want to tackle a big topic: social communication and how this is worked out by people on the spectrum. This is a very big topic, and therefore I don’t
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