Sex & Relational Therapy With Neurodiverse Clients: Participation Suggestions & Guidelines

General Information:

The purpose of our educational workshop will be to support you in your therapeutic work with your clients.

Recording:
Our workshop will be recorded and shared privately with fellow registered participants. You agree not to share these recordings with anyone. You understand that recordings will be deleted and no longer available for viewing 3 months after our workshop concludes.

You are welcome to keep your camera on or off during our workshop. We appreciate those who are willing to keep their camera on to help create a sense of group engagement, but please follow your own needs and preferences.

Bring anything with you that will help you stay focused and comfortable. This could include drinks, snacks, fidgets, a cozy blanket, extra pillows, etc. If you need to get up at any time to take care of personal needs, feel free to do so. Taking care of YOU is important.

Group guidelines:
An important component of our workshop experience is creating a safe space conducive for all therapists to discuss their questions and clinical experiences. By registered for this workshop, you agree to respect our workshop participation guidelines (see below) and treat other clinicians with professional courtesy.

Participation Guidelines

Arrive on time and stay for the full session. This will help us create a cohesive experience and make the most of our time together. Those who arrive more than 20 minutes late will not be admitted to the zoom session in progress and will need to watch the recording after the event concludes.

Respect confidentiality; do not share any identifying details about your clients when asking questions or participating in our discussion.

Refrain from judging or fixing others when responding to other participants questions or comments; speak from your own experience about your own experiences. Offer ideas, possibilities, resources, but do so with humility, honoring the uniqueness of each client and therapeutic relationship.

Be mindful of balancing time for each participant to make contributions to our discussions. If you find yourself speaking more than other members, attempt to pause longer before speaking next time. If you find yourself staying quiet, attempt to nudge yourself to add your voice. Differences in processing and neurotype can impact who speaks and how much is said at a time, let's honor these differences and make room for one another's contributions.

Look for good intentions in fellow workshop participants; we all have strengths and limitations, we are all learning and growing, we are all navigating new territory in our field. We may misspeak or make a misstep in our process, let’s hold grace for each other (while also seeking to embody a neurodiversity-affirming stance).

As clinicians working in the space of neurodiversity, we strive to respect and honor all aspects of human diversity among our fellow participants as well as in our discussions of case presentations. We will kindly confront and address statements and behaviors that demean or diminish others based on race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, neurotype, disability, or any other aspect of uniqueness; when confronted, we will do our best to be open to learning from other perspectives and making adjustments in our language and practices.