42 hours CPD: 6 Days training over a few months, plus a supervision group / safe space on selected mornings, and a whatsapp group. Working Therapeutically With Autistic Adults.

Explore how counsellors and therapists can implement practical guidance on identity-affirming practices like using identity-first language, connecting clients to autistic communities, and tailoring therapeutic approaches to validate autistic experiences. Tune in to experts Vauna Beauvais and Eoin Stephens, autistic psychotherapists themselves, to gain perspective on the systemic barriers autistic individuals face and how professionals can empower those they support through valuing neurodiversity and self-determination. Understand some aspects that can hinder identity formation, such as the stigma and lack of acceptance, as well as conflicts autistic people face in embracing their identity.

In this week's episode of the Neurodiversity Therapy podcast, co-hosts and autistic therapists Eoin Stephens and Vauna Beauvais have an in-depth discussion about anxiety in autistic adults. They provide insights and advice for fellow clinicians seeking to better understand and support autistic clients struggling with anxiety. Eoin and Vauna draw on both their professional expertise as therapists and their lived experiences as autistic individuals to explore this important yet complex mental health issue.

30 minutes free online event: When seeking to identify (or self-identify) a person as being autistic, piecing it together requires an inclusive, identity-affirming lens to reduce disparities for marginalised populations including females and gender vairant people. The stereotype of autism as a "white male" phenomenon causes people to be overlooked or missed. Factors like cultural norms, gender expectations, and intersecting identities can mask autism characteristics or cause them to manifest differently. The consequences are that lack of access to identification and support prolongs struggles and reduces lifetime outcomes.

WE ASK: How does intersectionality between gender identity and autism affect diagnosis? and How can diagnosis processes be made more identity-affirming?

Autistic and other neurodivergent adults often experience significant challenges with executive functioning - the mental processes that allow us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, multitask, and more. Difficulties with cognitive flexibility, working memory, organization, time management, and impulse control can profoundly impact quality of life.

What are these executive function challenges actually like to live with day-to-day? Vauna Beauvais and Eoin Stephens talk and describe to enable counsellors and psychotherapists to better appreciate the real struggles in their autistic clients’ lives and narratives.

For counsellors and psychotherapists, this 30-minute CPD session hosted by autistic therapists Vauna Beauvais and Eoin Stephens will provide immediately applicable insights about key topics when working with autistic adults.

The discussion will cover the roles of stimming as an important self-regulation tool, managing energy levels related to burnout, and collaborating with clients on sensory needs. There will be a focus on avoiding stigma around stimming behaviors in the therapeutic space. Whether you're an experienced professional or a student, you'll gain invaluable perspective and skills for making mental healthcare more accessible and neuroaffirming.

2-hour Workshop - Therapists supporting a newly diagnosed self-identifying autistic client. The central focus of the workshop lies in understanding the challenges faced by autistic adults and what kinds of things arise in the therapy room. Key themes that arise in the therapy room are discussed, with exploration and insights for counsellors and psychotherapists to use with autistic clients.

Live Event for counsellors and psychotherapists working with autistic clients. Best Practice for therapy with clients experiencing autistic burnout. Your invitation to this free event where attending affords you 2 hours of CPD.

Live discussion about autistic burnout. Autistic therapists Vauna Beauvais and Eoin Stephens talk this week about the extreme mental, physical and emotional exhauston from chronic stress coupled with a mismatch of resources. Hear about signs and symptoms, and how you can understand and insights into what is helpful.

You’re invited every Wednesday if you’d like to come. Wednesday 18th October is covering the law, and counsellors and psychotherapists supporting neurodivergent clients when approaching personnel in the workplace or thinking about arranging reasonable adjustments.

Hear us talk, today. - Is 'neurodiversity' merely a cultural ideology? Can the movement influence how autistic people live their lives, and address challenges and biases faced by autistic people? In acknowledging the collective identity and culture, does the movement have the potential to change societal views, and treatment of autistic individuals? Why exactly is that needed and how has it got to this?

Free to attend. 30 mins CPD Wednesdays at 2:15 pm throughout October 2023. This Wednesday we have a profoundly relevant topic to explore—facilitating unmasking in the context of autistic adults. To get the Zoom link for all of October’s sessions, sign up here on the resources page and you’ll receive the Zoom link in your thank you an email. Unsubscribe at any time using the link in the footer of any mailing you receive.

Live talk Show for 20-30 minutes on Wednesdays at 2:15 pm London / Dublin time. Hosted by Vanguard Neurodiversity Training.

Be in the audience to see and listen to the speakers talking about neurodiversity.

All are welcome.

No fees.

Live talk Show for 20-30 minutes on Wednesdays at 2:15 pm London / Dublin time. Hosted by Vanguard Neurodiversity Training.

Be in the audience to see and listen to the speakers talking about neurodiversity.

All are welcome.

No fees.

Live talk Show for 20-30 minutes on Wednesdays at 2:15 pm London / Dublin time. Hosted by Vanguard Neurodiversity Training.

Be in the audience to see and listen to the speakers talking about neurodiversity.

All are welcome.

No fees.

Live talk Show for 20-30 minutes on Wednesdays at 2:15 pm London / Dublin time. Hosted by Vanguard Neurodiversity Training.

Be in the audience to see and listen to the speakers talking about neurodiversity.

All are welcome.

No fees.

Join Vauna Beauvais and Eoin Stephens on Zoom to chat about the Vanguard Neurodiversity Training Certificate Course ‘Working Therapeutically with Autistic Adults’. Wednesday 30th August at 2:30 pm for 20-30 minutes. Invitation to a WhatsApp support group will be included in the meeting during the talks and question and answer session.

Vauna Beauvais and Eoin Stephens are presenting a workshop at the ACTO online conference, entitled Adult Autism: Unchartered Territory. Read details and get tickets