Working with Neurodivergence
in the
Therapy Room
This training will focus on deepening your understanding and knowledge of how to work with Autism and ADHD in the therapy room.
The aims are to:
1. Improve therapist knowledge base about autism and ADHD
2. Give therapists the confidence to work with neurodivergent clients
3. Give therapists a wide range of strategies and techniques to use in the therapy room
4. To provide a broader understanding of what masking looks like and how to spot the signs
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will:
· Learn about the traits of autism and ADHD
· Learn what masking is and how to recognise it
· Learn how it feels for a therapist to work with neurodivergent clients
· Learn how it feels for neurodivergent clients to have Autism and ADHD.
· Learn how to work creatively with neurodivergent clients
· Learn how to work with clients who don’t want to acknowledge their neurodivergence but who want to manage their symptoms
Teaching Format:
This workshop will be delivered online on Zoom. It has been designed in a neurodivergent friendly way to accommodate neurodivergent participants.
The workshop will include videos by neurodivergent people talking about their experiences of living in a neurotypical world.
This workshop will give you a wide range of resources and books to use in your client work
Who is this for?
The workshop is intended for therapists who are working with clients who are/ or may be autistic and/or ADHD. This workshop is also for therapists who don’t have neurodivergent clients but would like to learn more about this topic
How will this workshop develop your practice?
The workshop will deepen your knowledge and understanding of neurodivergence, which in turn will increase your confidence to work with neurodivergent clients.
Next Online Workshop Date 26/4/2025 9:30-3:00
£100 (5 hours CPD)
Meet your trainers:
Sarah Sfaltos
Sarah is a counsellor and clinical supervisor. She runs her own private practice, working with children, teenagers and adults. She also works in a primary school as the school counsellor and safeguarding member.
Sarah also runs parent and school staff workshops to educate adults on how best to support children.
In the Past...
Sarah volunteered at her local hospice as a bereavement counsellor, supporting adults with their grief and sadness.
She also taught Level Two counselling skills course to adults and received Outstanding during her teaching skills audit
Goals...
Sarah wants to share her enriched knowledge and experience of neurodivergence to help others spot the traits, as she recognises the impact that early awareness can make.
Sarah plans to delivery her training courses to as many people as possible so that this shared knowledge can reduce the level of anxiety and suffering.
Anne Turnbull
Anne is an EMDR therapist and a clinical supervisor. Anne has her own private practice and has a particular interest in working with neurodiergence (autism & ADHD). Anne works with children, young people and adults.
Anne currently works as a consultant and facilitator for Leeds Beckett University’s Carnegie School of Education, designing and facilitating workshops on reflective and peer on peer supervision.
In the Past...
Anne has taught counselling courses from certificate to diploma level and delivered workshops on mental health issues in schools.
As a supervisor, Anne has provided group and individual supervision to counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, a University mental health team and senior leadership teams in schools.
Goals...
Anne wants to help therapists develop the confidence and language to bring the topic of neurodivergence into the therapy room as so many clients are desperate to understand why they find life so much harder than those around them.
Helping clients on their journey of understanding and embracing neurodivergence can be life changing.
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Next Online Workshop Date 26/4/2025 9:30-3:00
£100 (5 hours CPD)
Testimonials from the Workshop
"For me as a counsellor, it was like clarity with putting a complex puzzle together. 10/10 Please do another one"
"This course was truly amazing. Packed full of information in an engaging way"
"I feel more alert to neurodivergence turning up in the therapy room or ways it may be masked"
"A general increase in confidence. The Spoon Theory is a great resource"
"The resources you had, have been invaluable"
"I've been reading the books you suggested. Applying the interventions to my clients, my children and myself"