BLOGS: FOR THERAPISTS BY THERAPISTS

Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy

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When Trauma Responses Don’t Look Like Trauma: Neurodivergent Trauma

Most therapists today are familiar with the language of the nervous system. Fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and flop have become central to...

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The Invisible Threshold: Rethinking Therapy for Adult ADHD

In the modern therapy room, a specific type of clinical impasse is becoming increasingly common. It involves the client who is insightful, motivated,...

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Autistic Adults: The Clients We Haven't Learned to See

Mental health professionals are trained in a way that leads us to spot the "obvious" cases of autism: the children who struggle with eye contact, who...

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The Monkey with the Stick: On AI, Mental Health, & Our Evolving Tools

My Relationship with AI: A Tool That Grows with Me Let me begin with a confession: I use AI every day. This is not a theoretical endorsement-I am the...

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Toward a More Affirming Mental Health Practice

As mental health therapists, we are trained to understand and address distress and to help our clients navigate their inner worlds and external...

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ASD SPD ADHD & Dissociation: Contributor Co-Occurrence or Misdiagnosis

Exploring the complexities of mental health, the threads of neurodivergence and dissociation weave together in intricate patterns. For therapists,...

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Neurodivergent November | KDH Collective | Lafayette, LA

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Neurodivergent November with KDH Collective

The beauty of being KDH Collective-a group of neurodivergent clinicians and scholars-is that we bring both lived experience and clinical rigor to our...

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Confronting Suicide: An Exploration of Therapist's Fear

In the hushed confines of therapy rooms, where whispered truths echo and a client’s inner world unfolds, therapists often find themselves facing an...

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Autism, Addiction, and Disordered Eating (OH MY!)

If you are a therapist offering Autism Therapy for a adults its important to consider disordered eating and addiciton. When consulting with mental...

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Hurt people hurt people? When Good Therapists Cause Harm

In working with a diverse range of helping professionals, including undergraduate psychology students, fellow counselors, and law enforcement...

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