🧠 Counselors

What is this section for?


You’re a therapist, coach, or mental health provider supporting neurodivergent folks—or realizing you might be neurodivergent. This is your space to expand, decolonize, and realign in helpful client facing ways, With ideas from analogies or activities to use in session to help them understand and apply the insights, or resources you can share directly with them – this space is where you can help your clients ask the right questions on their healing journey.

Why should I care?


Because traditional training doesn’t cut it for neurodivergent care. You know it. Your clients know it. This space is for expanding your lens, deepening your toolbox, and showing up with more integrity and compassion than has be possible in past generations.

How to know if this is your sweet spot:

  • You’re questioning the pathology model.

  • You want to stop framing neurotypical social skills as a win

  • You’re tired of feeling under-prepared or under-informed and want resources that actually fit the population you serve.

Resources

  • Analogies to help clients

    • Rainbow Brains: embracing neurodiversity

    • Tall grassy meadow of your mind and how to build thought connections

    • birds and fish are not disosrdered versions of each other

    • the big dark forest analogy: reframing anxiety and discovering tangible tools

  • Assessments and Handouts

    • AuDHD MSC checklist

    • neurodivergent self assessment

    • Autism assessment interview

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In Session Activities for Counselors