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Kathy Carter
Apr 18, 20241 min read
NEW Podcast - (Show 15): Rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) – we explore what this trait or mechanism means for individuals, notably those who are neurodivergent
How does RSD show up for you?
How do we heal? What even is rejection sensitive dysphoria? Do you head into a fight or flight energy?
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Kathy Carter
Oct 21, 20231 min read
NEW addiction article: ‘Missed, misunderstood & misdiagnosed’, in the BACP's Therapy Today magazine
BACP article: ‘Missed, misunderstood & misdiagnosed': Kathy Carter asks: Is undiagnosed ADHD & autism at the root of many addictions?
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Kathy Carter
Apr 2, 20235 min read
“I'm NOT Dwayne Dibley". Red Dwarf, & rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) as a defence mechanism
“I'm NOT Dwayne Dibley”. Red Dwarf’s ‘Back to Reality’ as a metaphor for rejection sensitive dysphoria, a hallucinogenic defence mechanism
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Kathy Carter
Mar 6, 20237 min read
‘Mask mapping’ – getting to know your masking Self. (Autistic masking, HSP)
Getting to know your masking self. Autistic masking, HSP, neurodiversity. Using mask mapping to meet the part of us that conserves spoons
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Kathy Carter
Nov 11, 20221 min read
PODCAST – (12) – get to know your autonomic nervous system (ANS)
PODCAST – (12) – get to know your autonomic nervous system (ANS)
#polyvagal #autism #neurodiversity #ANS #ventralvagal
Discover your ANS!
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Kathy Carter
Sep 16, 20221 min read
PODCAST – (11) – ‘holding patterns’, stimming, tics, and the train analogy of regulation...
PODCAST – Show 11 – ‘holding patterns’, stimming, tics, and the train analogy of regulation..
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Kathy Carter
Jul 2, 20223 min read
Respecting neurology - helping autistic individuals, especially children, enjoy celebrations
Respecting neurology - helping autistic individuals, especially children, enjoy celebrations such as Christmas
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Kathy Carter
Jul 2, 20224 min read
Should we say no to the puzzle piece and Light It Up Blue campaigns? (Spectra.blog content)
Why we should say no to the autism puzzle piece and dated Light It Up Blue campaigns.
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Kathy Carter
Jul 2, 20224 min read
Autistic social engagement challenges - a schema approach (Spectra.blog content)
Our capacity for social engagement as an autistic individual isn’t a card we’re dealt with, that’s finite. It’s malleable.
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Kathy Carter
Jul 16, 20211 min read
PODCAST - (5) creating a harmonious home environment with children that are neurodivergent
Creating a harmonious home environment with children that are autistic, ADHD or otherwise neurodivergent. #neurodiversity
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Kathy Carter
Jul 4, 20211 min read
PODCAST - (4) Embracing the new you, after your adult autism diagnosis/self-identifying as autistic
In this podcast, we look at key areas in which you may like to delve deeper, such as your needs and goals, family relationships & self-care
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Kathy Carter
Jun 2, 20211 min read
PODCAST (3) intro to neurodiversity, neurodivergence, ADHD & autism for primary & junior school kids
In this podcast we help kids understand difference and diversity, and give examples of neurodiversity in the form of ADHD and autism.
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Kathy Carter
May 31, 20211 min read
PODCAST: (2) - Issues Hypno-CBT is ideal for: anxiety, neurodivergence, confidence, pain
In this podcast, Kathy at Arrive Therapy explains what issues Arrive Therapy's cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy are ideal for. Covering: a
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Kathy Carter
May 20, 20211 min read
PODCAST: (1) Neurodiversity-affirming therapists, & cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy for autists
In this podcast, Kathy at Arrive Therapy® offers an actually autistic viewpoint, exploring what it means to be a neurodiversity-affirming th
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Kathy Carter
May 13, 20215 min read
Harnessing autistic hyperfocus (neuropsychology and Hypno-CBT)
Harnessing autistic hyperfocus (neuropsychology & hypno-CBT) - Memory, the hippocampus and cortical regions of the brain - NEURODIVERGENCE
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Kathy Carter
May 11, 20212 min read
Ten ways at Arrive Therapy that I adapt my Hypno-CBT for neurodivergent and autistic clients
Ten ways I adapt my Hypno-CBT for neurodivergent / autistic clients - from sensory issues to communication. #actuallyautistic
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Kathy Carter
Apr 20, 20212 min read
What issues are Arrive Therapy's cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy ideal for?
Hypnotherapy for generalised anxiety & social anxiety. iTherapy and face-to-face-sessions to improve confidence, assertiveness, self-esteem
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Kathy Carter
Feb 27, 20214 min read
How autistic people & their talking therapist / hypnotherapist can create a therapeutic relationship
Some examples of what you should expect as an autistic client, if you’re seeking Hypno-CBT include:
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Kathy Carter
Feb 17, 20213 min read
Using self-efficacy, presence, insight and cognition when dealing with a heightened autistic child
Efficacious - in control of your actions,
Present - aware of your emotions
Insightful - beliefs and self-talk
Cognitive - neuroception
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Kathy Carter
Jan 12, 20211 min read
14 minute focussed attention, anti-anxiety exercise / meditation
Here, we have a 14 minute, focussed attention exercise. This session is ideal for anyone who suffers from excessive, untimely thoughts; it’s
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