CPD Courses
My flagship CPD course, ‘Autism for Therapists: The Essentials’ is now available here:
Scroll down to learn more about the course and how this CPD can start earning you hundreds of pounds more each week!
This course will equip you to start working with autistic clients with confidence, to do so with respect and understanding, as well as developing practical techniques for working with common issue which arise in this work.
Know the feeling…?
Your client is suffering with friendship issues, chronic tiredness, overwhelm, low self-esteem…to name but a few possibilities. However, try as you might, you can’t improve their experience and help them towards better outcomes. I did, and it’s not a nice experience for you or your client. The good news is that there is a way to improve this.
A little knowledge can change everything!
Having deepened my knowledge of neurodiversity and the ways it can manifest in various individuals has revolutionised my therapeutic work…not only are my clients experiencing more positive outcomes and developing a closer working relationship with me…but I also found that, having leaned into this niche, my referrals went through the roof!
Interested?
If you are interested in learning how you can improve the quality of your therapeutic work, improve your clients’ outcomes, strengthen bonds, AND, as a nice bonus, increase your client referrals, keep scrolling and I will tell you about the course. In the month leading up to launching this course 90% of my client referrals were due to my knowledge of Autism. That is over £500p/w worth of new clients!
Great! Below you will find the course contents. These 6 modules will take you through the steps of beginning to speak confidently with your neurodiverse clients, avoiding the blunders which multiple clients have told me ended previous therapeutic relationships, through to common real-life manifestations of Autism which go beyond the extreme traits most courses are limited to, and finally on to practical ways of using the information.
Want to learn more?
Course Contents:
Unit 1: Vocabulary. Learn new useful terminology which will serve you well with your autistic clients and stop using certain terms incorrectly.
Unit 2: A History of Autism as a Diagnosis. Autism has been around in clinical circles for around 80 years but has passed through many iterations and changes to diagnostic criteria. This unit will give you some background information on some of the difficulties which can arise around diagnoses, which terms apply when, and what is the difference between diagnosis like ‘Asperger’s’ and ‘ASD’.
Unit 3, Module 1: Understanding Others. Start to look at how Autism can manifest in your clients beyond the more pronounced clinical setting of Level 3 Autism. This module introduces important concepts within Autism and how they apply to your work.
Unit 3, Module 2: Everyday Autistic Traits A continuation of module 1, expanding on more ways in which Autism manifests and how we can make adjustments for clients when working therapeutically.
Unit 4, Module 1: Should I Talk to My Clients About Autism? This module looks more in depth at the ways we can bring Autism into the room, what considerations there are around this question and how this can potentially make a huge change in our clients’ lives.
Unit 4, Module 2: The Dangers of Autism. Autism can manifest in some dangerous ways, with many autistic people developing harmful coping strategies, especially when they don’t know they are autistic. This module covers these characteristics.
Unit 5: Diversity Matters. This unit looks at groups of people who may be more negatively affected by Autism, including LGBTQ+ individuals, people of colour, women, people living in certain parts of the UK, conventionally beautifully people, and those who are more or less intelligent.
Unit 6: Practical Techniques. An introduction to ways in which you can work with autistic clients and take on commonly-occurring issues your clients will face
Currently in production:
Neurotypical-Neurodivergent
relationships.
Practical techniques for working with neurodivergent clients (Autism and ADHD).
Introduction to walk and talk therapy.
Therapists toolkit. Tools for working with common life issues.
