Name: Neurodiversity: Working Therapeutically with Autism and ADHD
Start: 2025-02-08T09:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-08T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Willows Counselling Service

Speaker: Lindsay Grant
About this Event

Workshop: Neurodiversity: Working Therapeutically with Autism and ADHD

Facilitator: Lindsay Grant

Date: Saturday 8th February 2025

Time: 9.30am - 3.00pm

Training Type: In Person (face to face)

Venue: Willows Counselling & Training, 11 Prospect Place, Swindon SN1 3LQ

Hosted by: Willows Counselling & Training, Swindon

CPD: 5 Hours

About the Workshop:

This one-day workshop will be split into two halves. The morning session will look at the characteristics of both Autism and ADHD, as well as the challenges individuals face. This will allow you to gain a better understanding of the differences you may see between the two conditions in the therapy room. The second half of the day will be activity led, with case studies to examine and formulate.

It will take an interactive approach allowing professionals to develop their skills by understanding more about Autism and ADHD. From the conceptual to the experimental, we will look at the professional implications and considerations and explore helpful ways to build a successful relationship and what to avoid.

Working with clients can be challenging and rewarding and working with Neurodiversity is no different. This training introduces techniques and builds skills, which enable people to get the most out of the relationship with their clients. We will look at the following areas:

Understanding Neurodiversity in therapy
Working with clients 1:1
Working with families and couples
Working with different age ranges
Building therapeutic language and concepts

About the speaker:

Lindsay is a qualified CBT therapist with a Master’s Degree in CBT (MSc CBT), an Honours Degree in Psychology (BSc Hon), and is an accredited member of the BABCP. She specialises in working with children, young people, and adults with a diagnosis of ADHD and Autism by adapting CBT and bringing a number of different models into the therapy room. She is also qualified to diagnose Autism, using the gold standard assessment tools. Lindsay is the director of 1st for CBT.

Practicalities:

Breaks - There will be one short refreshments break and a lunch break. Free tea & coffee will be available on site, and there are a number of shops and cafes locally that delegates may wish to use during lunch.

Parking - Limited free parking is available on site on a first come first served basis. There are a number of pay as you go car parks locally. The closest is on Prospect Place, 1 minute walk away.

Train/Bus - Willows Training is accessible by local bus routes. The main Swindon bus and rail stations are approx 20 minutes walk away.

Who is this workshop suitable for?

This workshop has been designed as a source of Continued Professional Development (CPD) for Counsellors, Psychotherapists, other mental health professionals, and students undertaking counsellor/psychotherapy training. It may also be helpful for anyone working in a caring, helping or pastoral profession, including Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Youth Workers and Social Workers.

About Willows Counselling and Training Service

Willows is a charitable organisation offering Counselling and Counsellor Training in Swindon, Wiltshire. The service has been running for 30 years and is well established in both knowledge and reputation in the local area and beyond.

Willows offers the full suite of qualifying courses for Counsellors; Levels 2, 3 and Level 4 Diploma. For qualified therapists, they run a postgraduate Level 6 Diploma in Trauma Counselling, as well as an annual CPD programme of one-day Saturday workshops days and an annual training conference.

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