Consultation
Hi there, I’m Nyck
I offer 1-on-1 consultations to support you to be the best therapist for your Neurodivergent clients that you can be.
The likelihood that you will have a Neurodivergent (ND) client on your caseload at some point in your career is very high. And most of what is still taught in counseling programs is ableist, pathologizing, and quite frankly, harmful. The DSM is rooted in “diagnosing,” ascribing people with “disorders,” and reducing people down to a subset of behaviors, rather than a whole human.
Not only that, but the current DSM criteria for Autism is based off of middle to upper class white cis-boys in distress. There is no context for how Autism presents across gender, race, socio-econimic status and other sociocultural locations-or in times of euphoria, well-being, or neutrality.
ND clients deserve to have ND affirming therapy that is collaborative, anti-oppression/anti-ableist, kind, slow, and individualized.
While Neurodiversity is broad in its scope, my work centers on the Autistic and ADH experience (I leave off the last D because it is pathologizing, the first D kinda sucks too though). Clients may have a formal identification by the time they come to you seeking support, or it may be your role to help them make more sense of their lived experience through a ND lens.
I love to share my knowledge and wisdom with other therapists and to learn and grow together. I am available for virtual or phone consultations to support you with being the best therapist for your ND clients that you can be.
You both deserve that :-)
Sessions are 60 minutes, $175, and take place over zoom or phone.