Dr Stephanie Aspin Phd is an autistic therapist, former academic and author specialising in arts-based approaches to therapeutic work. She has over 25 years’ experience in higher education, academic development, and creative pedagogies, and now runs a successful private practice supporting autistic adults. Stephanie also provides neurodiversity training to universities and large organisations, with a particular interest in liberation-oriented, anti-oppressive practice. She holds two doctorates—one in American poetry and another examining the relationship between poetry and psychotherapy—and is dedicated to helping neurodivergent people live with less shame and more freedom. She is the author of ‘Poetry and Therapy: why words help’ (PCSS Books 2025)