Online - SFOC What (if any) are supervisors' obligations in response to the growing phenomenon of adult autism/ADHD diagnosis & discovery?

Presenter's Bio:

Eoin is a counsellor & trainer who has worked in the area of mental health for over 30 years, particularly focusing on issues such as social anxiety & behavioural addictions. He has also worked at a senior level in counselling /psychotherapy education and served on a number  of IACP committees. He was awarded the IACP Carl Berkeley Award in 2010. These days, his primary  focus is on working with autistic adults, and on understanding the problems they face & their specific therapeutic needs. He is himself autistic,  having made the discovery in 2012.

Event Outline:

This workshop will explore how supervisors can apply (& help supervisees apply) adaptations such as: •Taking account of the genetic/innate nature of autistic & ADHD neurotypes in understanding neurodivergent (ND) clients.

•Considering the possible immediacy of the need to focus on the implications of neurodivergence for some of this client population.

•Becoming substantially more informed about the experience of being a late-discovery autistic and/orADHD adult

•Becoming neuro-affirming,  in the sense of validating the reality and full acceptability  of the differences presented and talked about by neurodivergent clients, in the context of a highlyattuned,  alert, responsive, reflexive therapeutic relationship

•Closely examining their main therapy approaches for “goodness  off it”when working with ND clients

• Making reasonable adjustments in physical, sensory environment  (light, heat, sound, seating etc)

• Developing awareness with regard to currently appropriate language/terminology.   Considering the need for extra clarification regarding the context, boundaries, “rules” of the therapeutic setting, including practical arrangements such as communications between therapy 

• Becoming conscious /cautious in interpretating & responding to client’s verbal and body language 

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