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SUMMARY:Working Within Neurodiversity: Towards Culturally Attuned Practice
DESCRIPTION:About this event \nThis workshop offers practitioners an opportunity to explore neurodiversity with depth and nuance. Participants will learn how to understand neurodivergence within the broader identity of clients and the ‘working within diversity’ anti-oppressive model. \nThrough interactive and reflective discussions the workshop will guide you beyond surface-level awareness\, helping you develop culturally attuned practices\, to consider how factors such as culture\, identity\, systemic inequalities and power-relational dynamics intersect with neurodiversity\, and how these insights can be applied in real-world professional settings. \nHow might this workshop impact your practice? \nBy the end of the session\, participants will feel more confident in fostering environments that honour neurodiversity through an anti-oppressive position and lens\, to be able to offer therapeutic practice\, processes\, relationships and process which pay attention to the power dynamics to be able to offer equity and cultural attunement to our clients. \nTakeaways – Tools you’ll walk away with \n1 – Cultural Attunement definitions and support to offer this to clients \n2 – A clear understanding of Working Within the Diversity model \n3 – Understanding how to work with the Identity Wheel \nAbout your Speaker: \nMyira Khan is an award-winning Accredited Counsellor\, Supervisor\, Coach\, Trainer\, Founder of the Muslim Counsellor and Psychotherapist Network (MCAPN)\, and Author of Working Within Diversity – A Reflective Guide to Anti-Oppressive Practice in Counselling and Therapy (out now) and her latest publication The Muslim Guide to Wellbeing: A Faith-Sensitive Guide to Nurturing Personal\, Spiritual and Relationship Growth is out January 2026. Myira has over 16 years of clinical experience. Working Within Diversity\, both the book and accompanying workshop and training series\, is a culmination of her counselling and supervision experience alongside her extensive teaching and training experience delivering workshops on identity\, culture and diversity\, to create a robust foundation and framework for anti-oppressive practice in therapy\, supervision\, coaching and all practitioner-led practices and professions\, across all modalities. \nWho It’s For \nThis workshop welcomes those with an interest in the subject of relational trauma and neurodiversity\, including both Neurotypical and Neurodivergent people working as Counsellors\, Psychotherapists\, Psychologists\, Social Workers\, Family Therapists\, Coaches\, and Teachers. \nWhat to Expect \nFormat: Workshop\, Slides\, breakouts\, group discussion\, Q&A\, experiential activity \nVibe: Interactive\, introspective\, empowering\, philosophical\, lively \nAn edited video of the event will be sent to you the week after the LIVE event. Please note the recording will not include breakout room work and there will be a 10 min break during the training. \n🎥 ON DEMAND – Buy The Recording: Purchase a ticket and you will receive the recording and a CPD certificate. Please note the edited recording will not include breakout rooms (max 30 mins) and there will be a 10 minute break. \n(Please note: CoPractice members with CPD library access will have access to the recording as part of their membership) \nWhat’s included? \n1 year access to the online Video Recording and a CPD Certificate of Attendance. Please note the edited recording will not include breakout rooms (max 30 mins) and there will be a 10 minute break. \nCourse Delivery \nLive online via Zoom or as a Video Recording sent out the week after the workshop. \nAccessibility \nFor any accessibility requirements\, please get in touch with the organiser at events@counsellors-staffroom.co.uk\, who will be happy to make arrangements with you before the event \nRefund Policy \nRegrettably\, all bookings are non-refundable in the event of cancellation in advance by you or your non-attendance on the day \nBooking conditions: \n1. Tickets are sold via Eventbrite only \n2. Cancellation by you – All bookings are non-refundable \n3. Behaviour: \nWe all have a part in creating a positive\, welcoming space in our events. This means being open to hearing when our behaviour or language may not have landed well with others\, and contributing in ways that help keep the atmosphere respectful and supportive. If behaviour is disruptive or inappropriate\, we may remove you from the event to protect the group. For more on how we work together\, please see our Community Guidelines. \nIf you have any questions about this workshop\, feel free to email events@counsellors-staffroom.co.uk
URL:https://www.counsellors-staffroom.co.uk/event_detail/working-within-neurodiversity-towards-culturally-attuned-practice/
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SUMMARY:Anxiety in the Modern World: A Conversation with Joshua Fletcher
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a laid-back conversation with Joshua Fletcher\, ahead of his new book Same Time Next Week\, which comes out on May 14. The conversation will be hosted by Zena Nicholas\, founder of The Counsellors’ Staffroom. \nWe’ll be chatting AI\, optimisation culture and the idea of “curated calm”. \nAs we’ve come to expect from Josh\, Same Time Next Week is an honest and grounded look at living with anxiety in the modern world. \nAt a time when many people are turning to AI for support before they turn to another human\, the book brings things back to relationships\, messiness and the parts of experience that don’t fit neatly into a prompt box. \nThrough the stories of four clients\, alongside his own reflections\, Josh explores how anxiety takes shape\, what keeps it going\, and how we might begin to live alongside it differently. \nHaving received an early copy\, I can say that if you enjoyed And How Does That Make You Feel\, you’ll definitly enjoy this book too. Alongside accessible psychoeducation around anxiety and OCD\, it offers something more relational. It brings us back to our own humanity as therapists\, that we don’t have to have everything figured out\, and that this isn’t something to fear – but something that can support the work when we allow it. \nIt’ll be a relaxed\, conversational space to hear directly from Josh about the thinking behind the book and to reflect together on what it opens up. \nYou’re very welcome to join us\, whether you’ve read his work before or are just curious about where the conversation might go. \nThe book is published by Orion Publishing Co and is available to pre-order now: https://www.waterstones.com/book/same-time-next-week/joshua-fletcher/9781398713321 \nThis event will be recorded. We’ll confirm after the event whether the recording will be shared. \n\n\nJoshua Fletcher is a psychotherapist based in Manchester\, UK\, working primarily with anxiety disorders. \nAlongside his clinical work\, Josh is the author of several best-selling books on anxiety\, known for making complex experiences more accessible without losing their depth. His work often bridges psychoeducation with lived experience\, something that resonates strongly with both clients and therapists. \nHe also shares his work widely through social media\, where his content on anxiety has reached a large and engaged audience\, alongside his podcast Disordered. \nAt the centre of his work is a focus on helping people understand and live alongside anxiety in ways that feel realistic\, human and sustainable. \n\n\nZena Nicholas is a counsellor and founder of The Counsellors’ Staffroom and CoPractice community. \nHer work centres around creating spaces where therapists can connect\, reflect and develop in ways that feel grounded\, relational and sustainable. Alongside her clinical work\, she curates conversations\, events and communities that bring together lived experience\, practice and ongoing learning. She will be hosting this conversation.
URL:https://www.counsellors-staffroom.co.uk/event_detail/anxiety-in-the-modern-world-a-conversation-with-joshua-fletcher/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Neuro-Affirming Practice: Supporting Neurodivergent Clients
DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\nA two-hour workshop on neuro-affirming practice and how we can better support neurodivergent clients. \n\n\n\n\nWorking in a neuro-affirming way can shift not only how we understand our clients\, but how we understand the work itself. \nThis workshop explores what that can look like in practice\, offering a clearer framework for recognising neuro-normative assumptions and responding more supportively to neurodivergent clients. \nIn this session\, Louise will draw on her lived experience as a late-diagnosed autistic and multiply neurodivergent person\, alongside her professional experience as a disability practitioner\, therapist and supervisor specialising in supporting clients exploring their neurodivergent identity. \nTogether\, we will explore how dominant assumptions about what is “normal” can shape therapeutic work\, and how becoming more aware of these can support more meaningful\, respectful and effective practice. \n\n\n\n\nWhat we’ll cover\n\nWhat we mean by neurodiversity and neurodivergence\, and when to use each\nUnderstanding neuro-normativity and the influence of social norms\nWhat neuro-affirming practice looks like in real terms\nBarriers to working in a neuro-affirming way\nWhy neuro-affirming practice can improve outcomes for clients\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional information\n\nThis workshop will run for two hours via Zoom\nThe session will not be recorded\nHandouts and resources will be shared in advance\nAll attendees will receive a certificate for 2 hours of CPD\n\n\n\n\n\nWho this is for\nThis workshop is suitable for anyone supporting neurodivergent adults or considering working in this area. \nThis may include: \n\nCounsellors and therapists\nSpecialist mentors\nMental health and wellbeing advisors\nCoaches\nHousing support staff\nEducation support staff\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the facilitator\nLouise Lucas is a queer\, multiply neurodivergent therapist\, supervisor and trainer working online in private practice. \nShe developed the Two Spirals Model of Neurodivergent Wellbeing\, a framework exploring how neurodivergent people can move away from cycles of shame and burnout towards greater understanding\, compassion and sustainability in their lives. \nLouise works extensively with neurodivergent adults and is the author of A Therapeutic Workbook for Supporting the Wellbeing of Neurodivergent Clients\, due to be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2026. \nLouise brings both lived and professional experience into her work\, offering a thoughtful and grounded approach to supporting neurodivergent clients. \nWebsite:\nwww.curiosityspot.co.uk
URL:https://www.counsellors-staffroom.co.uk/event_detail/neuro-affirming-practice-supporting-neurodivergent-clients/
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