Adult Autism & Neurodiversity in Outpatient Therapy 2025

This Program is Co-Sponsored with Looking Glass Counseling

Friday May 30, 2025  1:00pm-5: 15 pm

4 CEs

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Description of Event:

Awareness of autism, particularly among adults who were not recognized as autistic in childhood, is growing quickly. There is significant need these days for support and guidance among individuals exploring whether they might be autistic and among therapists supporting clients who have begun this journey. But, many therapists have received little, if any, training on autism in their education process and have not been well prepared to meet this growing need.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify masked Autistic clients on their caseload

2. Assess DSM diagnostic criteria for Autism as well as neurodiversity paradigm for recognizing and explaining Autism

3. Facilitate discussion of Autistic identity with clients

4. Build therapeutic alliance with Autistic clients

5. Create neurodiversity affirming goals and provide neurodiversity affirming skill building when necessary

6. Identify resources and supports available to Autistic clients seeking additional Autism specific support and/or formal diagnosis

Miriam has been working with Autistic children, teens and adults in multiple roles since 2004. She has worked with disabled and Autistic people in schools, recreational settings, and home settings as a researcher, a coach, and an outpatient therapist. 

​Miriam’s work is grounded in a Neurodiversity affirming paradigm that centers disabled clients as experts in their lived experience and honors the value of differences between people. She works to help clients live authentically and develop the adaptations they need to thrive while resisting pressures to assimilate to neurotypical and normative culture. 

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This program is co-sponsored by the New Hampshire Psychological Association (NHPA) and Looking Glass Counseling. NHPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NHPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.