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Claire Thompson
Nov 8, 202410 min read
Addressing concerns on behalf of autistic individuals in response to the Northern Ireland Mental Health Services Workforce Review 2022-2032
A link to the Workforce Review can be accessed here https://niopa.qub.ac.uk/bitstream/NIOPA/16782/1/doh-mental-he...
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Claire Thompson
Jul 11, 20248 min read
Disability Community Reference, Engagement and Listening (REaL) Event 25 April 2024
A summary of the 2024 PSNI REal event on behalf of autistic people.
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Claire Thompson
Nov 22, 202316 min read
ADHD Awareness month: October 1 - October 31, 2023
What is ADHD?
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Claire Thompson
Aug 30, 20231 min read
‘Sure, we’re all a little bit on the spectrum’.
Reflexes don’t involve the brain, sneezing, coughing, blinking. Automatic responses, designed to keep you safe, We use them without...
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Claire Thompson
Apr 14, 20231 min read
Overflow
When you cannot hold your feelings any longer, they build and build grow stronger, your cup may overflow, but this you must know, once...
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Claire Thompson
Apr 14, 20231 min read
I define me
I am not with' autism, I AM autistic. It DOES define me, let's be realistic. "You're a person first" is what people say. It's like they...
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Claire Thompson
Apr 3, 20237 min read
The Opportunity, And Challenges, Raised By Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Annually, many people mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week: a worldwide event with the aims of transforming how neurodivergent...
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Claire Thompson
Apr 3, 20236 min read
Working with Autistic People in Therapy
A little bit about me As an autistic person, my experience of training, becoming a therapist and being a client has, at times, felt like...
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Claire Thompson
Oct 19, 20222 min read
How do you start to look for a therapist?
Taking that first step towards working with a counsellor or a therapist can feel daunting. How do you start to look for a therapist, and...
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Claire Thompson
May 6, 20221 min read
The Forest
Sometimes nature is all you need to get the creative juices flowing & help you feel grounded, connected & alive. The Forest A path to...
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Claire Thompson
May 6, 20221 min read
Anger
Do you let your anger monster out? What does yours look like? If you don’t set it free what happens? How can you let it out safely? Anger...
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Claire Thompson
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Jungian Theory, today.
Painter Dominic Chambers on How Jungian Theory Shaped His Art, and the Transformational Role of Therapy in His Own Life. "You have to go...
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Claire Thompson
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Attachment theory and neuroscience
Attachment theory examines the quality of care an infant or young person receives from their primary care giver and if it is both...
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Claire Thompson
Mar 13, 20222 min read
Attachment Theory: The therapist as a secure base
How can the therapist be a secure base for clients? Ainsworth (1967) discusses how when a mother provides adequate safety a child’s...
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Claire Thompson
Mar 6, 20224 min read
How can art therapy support autistic people?
Individuals with developmental disabilities may be at a greater risk for being maltreated as compared to their typical peers (Hibbard and...
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Claire Thompson
Feb 20, 20226 min read
BOXES
BOXES Whilst working with primary school aged children a theme of powerful mythical dragons or big and strong dinosaurs kept appearing. ...
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