Intended to move the narrative away from understanding specific neurodivergent diagnoses such as autism and ADHD, this one day course is aimed downstream where the actual experience of the individual lives - This is what we meet in our treatment rooms. Various features cross between diagnoses and it is these that are looking to be understood, accommodated and met so that they can regulate and integrate. Demand avoidance, rejection sensitivity dysphoria, burnout, procrastination, hyper focus, shame cycles. hyper-mobility and so much more don’t necessarily ‘belong’ to a specific neurotype. Understanding the ways these can be experienced in real life and how they show up in the treatment room and beyond changes what is possible and creates the capacity needed to navigate the world.

There is a saying: “If you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person”. With the increased awareness of our diverse ways of processing both the world and ourselves, neurodivergence is being increasingly recognised, understood and diagnosed and yet it is also constantly changing as we widen what we see and know. Differences in presentation in women and girls, co-occurring physiological features such as hypermobility and FND and the shared architecture of trauma physiology are all important areas of exploration.

We will be looking at what we actually meet in the treatment room. What are our clients truly grappling with? Our work as cranio-sacral therapists puts us in a unique position. Down-regulating via our non-verbal, non-cognitive approach gives us a key advantage in this field. It by-passes the overwhelm, decision fatigue and fixations that can be part of the daily experience. Genuine direct relief for the systems that carry the burden of navigating the extra noise that comes with this way of being in the world is possible and we will explore how that looks for each of us as practitioner.