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Claire Thompson
- Aug 30
- 1 min
‘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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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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