In this candid, witty and insightful exploration into therapy, Steph Jones uses her professional and lived experiences as a late diagnosed autistic woman and therapist, as well as consulting therapists from across the world and tapping into the autistic community, to create the ultimate autistic survival guide to therapy.
Steph confronts the statistics, inadequate practices and ableist therapists head on and poses the questions of how we can make therapy neurodivergence-affirming and how to create safe spaces for autistic individuals. With strategic and practical advice to help recognise the ‘red flags’ of a dodgy therapist and provide a clear roadmap to finding your confidence and setting the appropriate boundaries with a new therapist, Steph has every question answered.
To support therapists striving for inclusivity and a neurodiverse affirming practice, the inclusion of a context guide provides a deconstruction of each therapy session so you can recognise how undiagnosed (or diagnosed) autism may present itself during therapy and how you can start to explore this in the therapeutic space.
Anna Breithautpt –
When I saw this book advertised on YouTube I knew that I had to purchase and read it. I, like many late diagnosed autistic women, having spent years in therapy only to feel abused, misunderstood, and maltreated by those who I have hired to help, experiencing ableism and stigma from misdiagnosis along the way. Jones’ work makes note of this and gives a voice to those who have been silenced by the mental health industry through personal accounts, engaging case studies, and testaments from subject matter experts all while keeping the tone of the book light, engaging, relatable and easily digestible for those both with and without extensive lived or clinical experience of autism. This groundbreaking work highlights the skill of a new author and is essential reading for those practitioners looking to better engage with “difficult” clients, break through stigma and ableism as well as nuerodivergents who just, for just one time, in their life want to be heard.
boolprop333 –
I saw a youtuber interview the author and it made me want to purchase the book. I am glad I did. It has given me a lot of aha moments and yes yes. As I read I started talking to people about it. It helped me with talking to my therapist to explain why something might not work for me. I tell everyone they should read it.
Stella Rivers –
I’m half way into the book and so far I’m intrigued. Has given me a lot to consider about autism and my experience with not only therapy but my daily life. I’m recommending it to my friends.
cney202 –
Excellent book and the best first-hand description of therapy and experiences of autism, of the many books I’ve read about autism.
Morgan –
This book can be the difference between decade long therapy harm and actual therapeutic healing.
Kimono –
This is an excellent book for autistic people who are in therapy or looking for a therapist. It would be useful and ideal if every therapist would read it as well. I’m going to ask my therapist to read it.
Amazon Customer –
Highly recommend
Highly relatable and extremely validating. Reading this book made me feel much less alone in my struggles.
Kiri R. –
Absolute gem
Its hilarious, its charismatic, its funny, its extremly up to date with studies and packed with facts! I feel like no therapist is up for autism and no wunder cause they only know half of it if anything. Love this book
C –
Best book about autism
This is literally the BEST book I have read about autism. In any other books of autism (even unmasking autism) I didn’t read further than halfway trough. In this book things are written I didn’t know yet. Most other books tell the standard things about autism. This is an unique book.
Readit –
A must read for all therapists – even specialists – you don’t already know this!
This book is a game changer – I really hope it gets well circulated amongst therapists in all specialities (especially those who think they DON’T work with autistic people) and it should be mandatory training material for Clinical Psychology etc. It’s so readable yet jam packed with useful information – as a therapist and an autist with special interests in this exact topic I didn’t expect to learn anything but I absolutely did pick up quite a few useful gems. Thank goodness for this new generation of constructive, realistic and positive books about autism and for voices like Steph. Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to the author on a really excellent book – her voice is fresh, funny and wise. We need an equivalent for education now please ….