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Jan 14

Autistic Special Interests and Therapy: First Thoughts – Max Marnau

Date and time

January 14, 2025 @ 13:00 - 15:00

About this event

Autistic Special Interests and Therapy: First Thoughts Workshop with Max Marnau

Some first thoughts about what I may come to call “Special Interest Therapy”. As with so many things (everything?) I have my clients to thank for this.

Long pathologised as “Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus”, autistic Special Interests are not just interests, they stem from and give access to the deepest part of the person.

It is so easy, when a client talks about their hobbies or the events of the day, to think they are avoiding the essentials. But what if, in fact, they are doing just the opposite? Not an escape from, but an escape into? When seen through the lens of monotropism, this starts to make a lot of sense.

By the end of this session you should have a clearer idea about the nature of monotropism and of autistic Special Interests, and of the link between the two – and maybe some thoughts about how this may change the way you do therapy.

RECORDING 

This workshop will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.

ZOOM 

This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

SELF-SELECT FEE

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.

https://www.bacp.co.uk/events-and-resources/ethics-and-standards/ethical-framework-for-the-counselling-professions/

Max Marnau

Max Marnau is a person-centred therapist, artist and poet living in the Scottish Borders. As the autistic daughter of refugees from Hitler’s Nazis, she feels a particular affinity with all the exiled, the othered, and the displaced. She is also a “childless cat lady”!