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Our Mission:
We aim to create an effective dialogue between Neurodivergent people, professionals and wider society; building bridges of understanding between individuals whose experiences and perspectives may differ from those around them.
Welcome to Aspire Autism Consultancy, founded by Psychotherapists Ruth Williams and Deborah Wortman.
We offer specialist autism and ADHD training courses for Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Coaching Professionals and Healthcare workers. Our scheduled courses are all 'live' interactive training events are run via Zoom, which means people from any location in the world can take part. We have split our online training modules into manageable half-day sessions, and our training has been successfully adapted for online delivery.
All our courses are interactive and written in collaboration with neurodivergent colleagues, some of whom co-train with us. We do not record our training as we prefer to maintain confidentiality and create an environment where delegates can feel at ease to ask questions and interact with one another, thus becoming fully engaged with the topics discussed.
For further information about the courses we run, please refer to the training section of the website. For over a decade, Aspire have been market leaders in the provision of bespoke neurodiversity training for therapists and healthcare practitioners. We have received some excellent feedback from our delegates over the years, and a selection of their testimonials can be viewed on our course pages.
We also regularly provide in-house training to public sector and commerical organisations who are looking to develop a deeper undersanding of neurodiversity. We help them to understand the qualities that their neurodivergent colleagues bring, together with some of the challenges which may be encountered within the workplace. Our courses stimulate discussion and can facilitate positive change by helping managers and their colleagues to develop better working practices within their organinsation.
Included within Aspire's Consultancy service, Ruth and Deborah provide Pre-Diagnostic Neurodiversity Screenings, which cover Autism, ADHD, Sensory Profiling and an exploration into potential masking and compensatory behaviours. We also offer post screening consultancy, or counselling within our network of assocates. For further information please select 'Screenings for Autism and ADHD" from the navigation bar.
This service has become very popular as it enables individuals to develop a better understanding of themselves; identifying strategies which can be helpful within relationships, family/working life, as well as how to maintain good health and develop self-acceptance.
Therapy appointments are available online and face to face and some therapists offer walking therapy. Please see the 'Find a Counsellor/Coach' pages for further information.
If you are looking for a specialist supervision to provide support with your neurodivergent client work, please contact Ruth, Deborah or one of our associates via the links below
Aspire run Supervision groups to support Therapists and Coaches working with neurodivergent clients. For further information please contact us, preferably via email: aspiretraining2015@gmail.com
