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Relational Trauma, PCA, & Neurodivergence: Considering Conditions of Worth Workshop with Matthew Bolton

This year, in collaboration with Fiona Gregory, we are launching an exciting series of person-centred...

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This year, in collaboration with Fiona Gregory, we are launching an exciting series of person-centred events related to working with trauma (Scroll down to read more about upcoming events in this conference series) ⬇️

With a mixed lecture-discussion format, this workshop presents conditions of worth as a form of relational trauma, especially in the neurodivergent context. Participants will examine and discuss basic and more advanced concepts and topics from the person-centred and emerging neurodiversity literatures. Participants will examine foundational definitions of neurodiversity and neurodivergence and engage in discussion around autism spectrum conditions; conditions of worth; the double empathy problem/perspective; intersectionality and neurodivergence; language ideas and debate in neurodiversity; the insidiousness of societal neuro-normativity; psychological contact from a Rogerian perspective; the importance of empathy, congruence, unconditional positive regard, and non-directivity in work with neurodivergent persons; and the tension between knowing-about and being-with neurodivergent conditions. Theories and concepts of person-centred therapy will be applied for an understanding of the nature of neurodivergence, based on the facilitator’s lived autistic and ADHD experiences.

Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event

  • Participants will learn basic definitions of neurodivergence and neurodiversity and be able to apply these in their work with clients
  • Participants will examine and reflect on mutuality and reciprocity in the therapy room, consider the nature of “encounter,” and engage in discussion on how these factors may differ with neurodivergent persons
  • Participants will apply Carl Rogers’ concept of conditions of worth to the neurodivergent context and examine and discuss ways in which neurodivergent persons experience such conditionality in their lives

Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?

  • appropriate for both those new and experienced with the person-centred approach, and those new to the concepts of neurodiversity and neurodivergence.

How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?

  • Participants will learn about emerging concepts in neurodiversity studies and ways that these can be integrated with a person-centred way of working in psychotherapy.

Course Content

Relational Trauma, PCA, & Neurodivergence: Considering Conditions of Worth Workshop with Matthew Bolton

Presenter

Matthew Bolton

I am a second-year, masters-level student in social work at Saint Leo University (United States). I teach university psychology and have experience working in crisis intervention and clinically with older neurodivergent adults as well as teenagers in a school setting. In addition to my aspirations to practice anti-oppressive therapy, I am an active researcher and writer on matters of life, learning, neurodiversity, psychotherapy, and the wider person-centered approach.