Overview

Radically rethink how you work with Autistic and ADHD clients with this comprehensive and compassionate guide to neurodivergent affirming therapeutic practice. Drawing on Amy Peters' lived experience and professional insight, this book explores how traditional therapeutic models can misinterpret or pathologize neurodivergent ways of being and offers a practical and affirming alternative. Written with professionals in mind, this book introduces several original models developed by the author, which guide practitioners through neurodivergent experiences of trauma, emotional regulation and burnout. Reflection points, client insights and case studies invite readers to reflect on how this work can be integrated authentically into their current modality. To support everyday practice, it also includes practical alternatives to deficit-based, neuronormative advice on common challenges such as anxiety, communication and motivation. These tools are grounded in an understanding of how neurodivergent minds work and are ready to be used directly with clients. Each chapter closes with a unique section specifically for neurodivergent therapists, offering support and reflective prompts that help neurodivergent professionals understand how their identity shapes their work.

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Amy Peters' straightforward and compassionate guide to working with autistic and ADHD clients is a vital resource for mental health professionals everywhere. -- Nick Walker, PhD, author of Neuroqueer Heresies A thoughtful, affirming guide that invites therapists to reflect, rethink, and reconnect with what truly supports neurodivergent clients. Compassionate, well-structured and refreshingly grounded. -- Steph Jones, author of The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy and Neurodevelopmental Consultant This is a much-needed and worthy addition to the therapeutic literature. Peters brilliantly bridges the neurodiversity paradigm with trauma-informed care, offering both philosophical depth and practical application. Her DIVERSE and SCENE frameworks provide clear guidance while honouring client autonomy. By centering neurodivergent voices and lived experience, Peters has created an essential, transformative guide which challenges the profession whilst equipping practitioners with genuinely affirming approaches. This book provides an unflinching critique of harmful practices alongside concrete alternatives that actually work. Highly recommended! -- Carolyn Spring, author of Unshame and Recovery is My Best Revenge

Amy Peters' straightforward and compassionate guide to working with autistic and ADHD clients is a vital resource for mental health professionals everywhere. -- Nick Walker, PhD, author of Neuroqueer Heresies A thoughtful, affirming guide that invites therapists to reflect, rethink, and reconnect with what truly supports neurodivergent clients. Compassionate, well-structured and refreshingly grounded. -- Steph Jones, author of The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy and Neurodevelopmental Consultant Incredibly sensitively written, Amy has provided a valuable - one could argue essential - narrative around neurodivergent-affirming therapy. Important areas such as language are beautifully explored, and the tone of the whole book is aimed at reframing the deficit-based mire that ND folk often find themselves in. Highly recommended. -- Dr Luke Beardon, Senior Lecturer in Autism at Sheffield Hallam University A straight-talking, clear-headed tour de force that skillfully engages the reader through creative suggestions, practical tips, exercises and self-reflection in how to adopt a coherent neurodivergent affirmative model of practice. An outstanding example of how knowledge and skills can be integrated to facilitate realistic and attainable goals with respect and dignity for neurodivergent clients. This book is an invaluable resource which enriches professional clinical practice in a sensitive and compassionate way and is essential reading for anyone working with, or supporting, ADHD and autistic individuals. -- Christiane Sanderson, author of Counselling Skills for working with Trauma This is a much-needed and worthy addition to the therapeutic literature. Peters brilliantly bridges the neurodiversity paradigm with trauma-informed care, offering both philosophical depth and practical application. Her DIVERSE and SCENE frameworks provide clear guidance while honouring client autonomy. By centering neurodivergent voices and lived experience, Peters has created an essential, transformative guide which challenges the profession whilst equipping practitioners with genuinely affirming approaches. This book provides an unflinching critique of harmful practices alongside concrete alternatives that actually work. Highly recommended! -- Carolyn Spring, author of Unshame and Recovery is My Best Revenge Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy is a timely and compassionate contribution to contemporary practice. With clarity and integrity, it challenges deficit-based models and invites therapists to work in ethical, relational, and genuinely affirming ways. Offering both a clear conceptual framework and practical guidance, this book is essential reading for counsellors and psychotherapists committed to inclusive and respectful practice, and will be included as core reading on our Autism-Informed Practice course. -- Rory Lees-Oakes, Academic Director at Counselling Tutor

Amy Peters' straightforward and compassionate guide to working with autistic and ADHD clients is a vital resource for mental health professionals everywhere. -- Nick Walker, PhD, author of Neuroqueer Heresies

Amy Peters' straightforward and compassionate guide to working with autistic and ADHD clients is a vital resource for mental health professionals everywhere. -- Nick Walker, PhD, author of Neuroqueer Heresies A thoughtful, affirming guide that invites therapists to reflect, rethink, and reconnect with what truly supports neurodivergent clients. Compassionate, well-structured and refreshingly grounded. -- Steph Jones, author of The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy and Neurodevelopmental Consultant

Author Information

Amy Peters is an Autistic/ADHD therapist, supervisor, trainer and the founder of Newglade Counselling (www.newgladecounselling.co.uk) - a UK-based therapy practice offering neurodivergent-affirming therapy for children and adults. Amy's training and workshops have been commissioned by local authorities, NHS-adjacent services and specialist CPD platforms. Find her on Facebook and Instagram @newgladecounselling and on TikTok @neurodivergent_newglade. She lives in Canterbury.

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