Working effectively with Neurodivergent clients: Training for Practitioners

Increase your understanding and confidence working with neurodivergent individuals in this reflective and practical online training.

Working with neurodivergence

This training is designed for counsellors, therapists, psychotherapists and coaches working with neurodivergent individuals.

With a mixture of presented content, discussion, reflection opportunities and practical strategies, this training will increase your confidence and flexibility in working with neurodivergent clients.

The training will cover:

• Terminology
• What is neurodivergence
• ADHD
• Autism
• Dyslexia
• Complexity and co-occurrence
• General adaptation strategies
• Specific strategies
• Case study discussions

The training will run from 9.30am to 1pm with 2 or 3 comfort breaks during the session.

About the trainer

Hannah Stainer is a counsellor and coach who works with neurodivergent adolescents and adults. Previously she was a teacher specialising in dyslexia and autism, and she continues to offer mentoring to neurodivergent university students. She is currently completing a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and her research is focused on autistic women's experiences of receiving a diagnosis in adulthood. She is autistic but does not have a formal diagnosis.