About this event
Noticing neurodivergent clients “I should”s – an informal learning session exploring shame, perfectionism; internalised ableism.
Societal expectations, internalized ableism, and the lack of understanding around neurodivergent experiences can lead ADHDers, autistics and other neurodivergent clients to experience confusing and disabling feelings of shame and self-doubt. To overcome these, it’s crucial to challenge these norms and engage in neuro-affirming practices that promote understanding, self-compassion, and acceptance.
This informal, semi-structured conversation aims to draw out themes around internalised ableism, allowing participants to learn from their own and other’s experiences.
A brief introduction at the start of the session will cover:
– Neurodivergence and Social Expectations: Neurodivergent individuals often face societal judgement that they are doing things “wrong” due to their differences in thinking and behavior. This judgment can result in internalized negative beliefs about their worth and capabilities.
– Internalized Ableism: absorbing society’s biased views about neurodivergent capabilities, leading to feelings of shame and guilt for not meeting social norms.
– Perfectionism: taking extreme approaches to demonstrate capability, to the determent of mental health feelings of inadequacy, causing mental health issues like anxiety and depression.
– Invisible Disabilities: The article discusses how invisible disabilities, like ADHD and autism, are often misunderstood or denied due to their lack of visible markers, leading to social exclusion and ableism.
– The Importance of Neuro-Affirming Therapy: neuro-affirming therapy helps individuals understand and confront societal judgments and challenges their harmful “I should” mentality.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Broaden understanding by hearing the experience and insights of other practitioners working with neurodivergent people and by sharing your own.
- Learn to better support neurodivergent clients by collaborating with other practitioners to identify themes and challenges deserving of attention.
- Specific learning outcomes for Spicy Spaces sessions are emergent and are dependent on the conversation rather than a pre-defined list of objectives.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Anyone engaged in supportive work with neurodivergent individuals.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- The themes and insights identified during the conversation may be considered deserving of attention, whereby the participant may take that theme or insight and use it to inform their practice.
Ideally courses are limited to 12 people, or if more participants, multiple, randomly created discussion groups will be required so groups can regularly check back; share insights/themes
ZOOM
This event 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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Aitch Nicol
I’m a non-binary, AuDHD (ADHD + Autism) integrated psychotherapist, working with neurodivergent adults. I am also an informal learning specialist and trainer, working with Free2BMe Neurodiversity, supporting therapists and organisations to embrace neuro-affirming practices to enable neurodivergent people to live the life they want.
Website | www.free2bmeneurodiversity.com | www.bluechula.co.uk/blue-chula-therapy
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