Whether you are new to the profession or have been practicing for years, if you are neurodivergent, the significance of being a neurodivergent therapist will not have been far from your thoughts.
For decades, therapeutic theory, literature, research and training have predominantly focused on working with neurodivergent people as though they are ‘other’ to the profession, rather than a key part of the professional community. Questions about self-disclosure (both to clients and colleagues), addressing misconceptions, and securing accommodations in training and practice, are challenging to navigate.
These difficulties are compounded by the isolation inherent with the need (for many of us) to hide, due to the unknowns that come along with being ‘out’ as a neurodivergent therapist. This workshop will examine and challenge some of the barriers and harms we face as ND therapists and trainees, look at ways we can navigate the profession, centring the role of community and collective action.
I hope that neurodivergent and neurotypical therapists alike will leave the workshop understanding a little more about the landscape of the profession for ND people, and the vital role we play in travelling towards an increasingly accessible and equitable profession.
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Presenter
Erin (she/they) is an integrative therapist and supervisor working in private practice in West Yorkshire. Her practice is focussed on working with clients who have previous experience of harmful therapy, in short and long term work. She is increasingly working with therapists who work with harmed clients, as well as therapists who are concerned about, or otherwise interested in harm in therapy, both in open-ended supervision, and short term consultancy.
As well as therapy and supervision, Erin is a writer, trainer and activist, with a focus on harm in therapy, neurodivergence and social justice.
