The Baby Duck Blog
Below is a link to my Substack page, where I write about neurodivergence and therapy. If you're not ready for therapy yet (or if you're on the waiting list), maybe these entries will help you make friends with yourself and your beautiful brain.
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On Being An Autistic Therapist
Several years ago, a group of us autistic counselors from around the world got together and each wrote a chapter about our careers.
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And the book just got published this year! You can get a copy at the link below, or just smile a little to yourself that such a thing exists :-)
My favorite author Nick Walker (Neuroqueer Heresies) gave us an endorsement!
We have many other endorsements as well!
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Chris Bonnello, autistic advocate, speaker and author,
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Dr Luke Beardon, senior lecturer in autism, Sheffield Hallam University,
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Sarah Hendrickx, autistic and ADHD consultant, diagnostician and author of, among other books on autism and neurodivergence, Women and Girls on the Autistic Spectrum (2nd ed., 2024) and Could I Really Be Autistic? (2025),
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Carolyn Spring, author, trainer and founder of the Trauma Recovery Community,
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Dr Catriona Stewart, OBE, MCPP, researcher, educator, ambassador and co-founder of the charity SWAN Autism Scotland,
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Fergus Murray, autistic writer, educator, community organiserand chair of AMASE (Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh),
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Dr Kate Fox, poet, broadcaster, neurodivergent activist
I love this book! Every chapter is a goldmine of insight. While the primary focus is on the experience of autistic therapists and the innovative ways the contributors use to do effective therapy with autistic clients, there are broader lessons here that are invaluable to the field of psychotherapy as a whole. Not only does this volume have the potential to transform professional practice; it may also be the final nail in the coffin of many archaic 20th century stereotypes and misconceptions about autistic people. It is a must-read for absolutely anyone involved in psychotherapy or adjacent fields, whether as a practitioner, supervisor, educator, student or client.
- Nick Walker, PhD, professor of psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies and author of Neuroqueer Heresies (2021)