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Autism specialist and our member Lisa McAnish, who is also autistic, discusses autism and explains how counselling can help.

Why are so many autistic people missing from the world of work? Rachael Klug explores the reasons that lie behind the exclusion and suggests ways both for organisations to become an ‘autism friendly’ employer, and for workplace therapists to better support our neurodivergent clients. BACP Workplace, October 2023

A report by Unite Students, in collaboration with Freya Selman from the Bristol University Neurodiversity Society, highlights the need for action around neurodiversity. University and College Counselling, May 2023

Changing the way she referred to herself was key to accepting her neurodivergence, says Liz Driscoll. Therapy Today, November 2023

Open article: Is undiagnosed ADHD and autism at the root of many addictions? asks Kathy Carter. Therapy Today, November 2023

Sarah Haywood shares the ways that navigating her own path through autism assessment and formal recognition helped to challenge her misapprehensions and inaccurate beliefs. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

Exploring the link between addiction and undiagnosed ADHD and autism... plus... Has school counselling lost its voice?... Safeguarding issues in older clients... Racial misidentification in therapy... Working with unexpressed emotions

Open article: Sarah Haywood explores the flavours of neurodiversity and the power of the language we use to describe them. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2024.

Kathy Carter talks about neurodiversity, representation and being neurodiversity-affirming. Neurodiversity Celebration Week blogs

News and resources from the BACP Research team. Therapy Today, March 2024