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Autism and Eating Disorders: Why Traditional ED Treatment Doesn’t Work for Autistic Clients (And What Does)
Guest spotlight: This article comes to you from Becky Stone, a qualified eating disorder specialist, supporting autistic clients with...

Becky Stone
Jun 114 min read
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Your therapist's thoughts on being an autistic mum
Discover insights on being an autistic mum from a UK counsellor. Explore personal experiences and support for being an autistic mum.

Lii Brooke
May 82 min read
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Here is how to find specialist counselling for autistic adults that works for you
Discover effective strategies for finding counselling for autistic adults that aligns with your values. Carefully-selected tips from your autsitic therapist.

Lii Brooke
May 13 min read
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Do untidiness and dirt make you depressed? Try these ideas from your autistic therapist on how to deal with mess.
It might be that, like me, you are autistic and the presence of structure and clarity in your environment is really important.

Lii Brooke
Apr 142 min read
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Low self-esteem in autistic adults. How does it show up for you?
Seeing yourself as inferior can come through in many ways. Unsurprisingly, few of them are beneficial to your wellbeing. What can be done?

Lii Brooke
Jan 32 min read
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You are autistic. What does that mean?
When you first realise you are autistic, whether through self-identification or formal assessment, it can be an unsettling time.

Lii Brooke
Sep 8, 20242 min read
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Answers to frequently asked questions about autism.
Here I look at some popular Google search terms on the subject of autism. If you have recently come to identify as autistic, then you may...

Lii Brooke
Jul 14, 20242 min read
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Why have some of my relationships gone wrong after autism diagnosis?
It is not unusual to find that your relationships with partner, family or friends change after you realise you are autistic.

Lii Brooke
May 23, 20242 min read
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On autism and communication skills.
It seems we, autistic people, often feel a strong need to fit in with the neurotypical way of communicating. Is there a middle ground?

Lii Brooke
May 6, 20244 min read
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Clients ask: "How can you help me?" An honest view from your autistic therapist on how counselling helps.
People ask, "How can you help me?". An autistic therapist's honest view on how counselling helps clients in distress.

Lii Brooke
Apr 17, 20243 min read
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Where are you from? Untangling ethnic and national identity.
This post is about identity , a concept in my opinion necessarily co-validated by the individual and the group, within or near which the...

Lii Brooke
Apr 1, 20243 min read
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How did you realise you might be autistic?
It may have been done for you in a sense, diagnosed in childhood following suggestions from educational settings, where certain autistic...

Lii Brooke
Mar 29, 20243 min read
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Hard to find the words? On the autistic struggle with communication.
Hard to find the right words? Any words. Especially when talking about feelings ? Want to be around people but it is just not comfortable...

Lii Brooke
Feb 18, 20243 min read
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Dealing with autistic burnout: importance of alone time.
Once you're in it, you just know. It takes over. There is the anger and the tiredness ..a heavy tiredness. Climb-into-bed-for-days...

Lii Brooke
Jan 19, 20243 min read
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