NEURODIVERSITY
Neurodiversity
Aaron is well versed in this area. The human brain is an incredible gift, our brains give us the ability to think, to speak, and to use logic and reason to solve problems. But not every brain is wired in exactly the same way, for many, the internal experience is very different.
Medical, and psychiatric professionals, and people involved in the education system sometimes use terms like: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Developmental Disability, and Dyslexia to describe and understand these differences.
Medical, and psychiatric professionals, and people involved in the education system sometimes use terms like: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Developmental Disability, and Dyslexia to describe and understand these differences.
Another term that you may have heard is: Neurodiversity.
Neurodiversity is a word that shifts the focus away from “disorders” and focuses on the richness that can occur when there is diversity amongst people. You may learn, and experience relationships differently. Some therapy might not feel safe for you, but we think that you can still access therapy with dignity and respect.
Narrative Therapy can be a great therapeutic option for Neurodiverse people because in Narrative Therapy the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem. This means that we will not work with you to fix a “disorder” or change behaviours that someone has labeled as disruptive or difficult. Instead, we will focus on your story, and learn ways to understand, and communicate your world! Some of the ways that we might do that are:
- Working alongside you to develop language to express your needs, wants and desires;
- Discover how you experience the world, and reflect back to you what we see;
- Work with you to explore how you define, and explain your way of thinking and being;
- Join you in celebrating diversity of all kinds;
- Explore unique ways of being in relationships in ways that make sense to you;
- Help you to find ways to accept, and incorporate your neurodiversity into your day to day relationship;
- Grieve with you about when others may not understand you;
- Support you to explore your queer and gender identities alongside your neurodivergent fabulousness.
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