Free2BMe - all things neurodivergent

Our Autumn 2024 training programme is out now! A wide variety of #Neurodiversity and neurodivergence related training for counsellors, #mentalhealth professionals, coaches. Neuro-affirming and led by #neurodivergent trainers. Early Birds available now! eventbrite.com/cc/free2bme-au…

Our first CPD event from the Relational Trauma & Neurodiversity Series: 📅 The Neurodivergence–Trauma Connection
🗓️ Fri 3 Oct | 12–2:30 PM (UK)
💻 Zoom + recording
🎟️ £35 (CPD cert included) With Liz Smith, from @Free2BMeND 🔗 f.mtr.cool/rpeelevsxb #TherapistsConnect

@rb_mind Are you paying your qualified counsellors yet?

Our Counselling and Psychotherapy service is open once more for referrals. We have £10 slots available for people who are receiving benefits/ earning less than £15k/year. Email: counselling.admin@rbmind.org and we'll send you a link to a pre-assessment form.

MPs shouldn’t get to choose whether to attend debates on disability benefit cuts—not when their vote decides the fate of millions. And they shouldn’t get to opt out of holding open surgeries and listening to disabled people locally, either.

@BBCGlos The use of the term "the neurodiverse" is also very cringe inducing. You wouldn't refer to other marginalised groups as, for example, "the black" or "the gay" right? So don't refer to us that way. The term you are looking for is "neurodivergent people".

@BBCGlos Hi, the word you are looking for is "neurodivergent" if what you mean is people whose minds diverge from neuronormativity. "Neurodiverse" covers everybody, because all minds are different. If you take the "neuro" off, you wouldn't use "diverse" to refer to an individual.

Custody changes planned for neurodiverse detainees bbc.in/4m3ez42

NEXT WEEK! Everything to Know About ADHD Medication But Were Too Afraid to Ask - LIVE event with Liz Smith (@free2bmend ) You can join in LIVE or purchase the recording. Use the link below to choose. buff.ly/4x9DOpx #therapistsConnect #training4therapists #counselling

Waiting list for Cohort 2 of the Certificate in Neurodiversity Affirming Practice for counsellors/therapists/coaches - join here to be notified first of next course dates autumn 2025: forms.gle/EUQ7GtKhtsMbiR…

@Shrink_at_Large This is so definitely true in many organisational settings where getting the balance right between managing waiting lists, numbers and quality and clinician wellbeing and burnout is a tough thing to do.

The clinician’s repressed rage at not being sufficiently listened to is often even greater than the patient’s.

FREE on-demand information session for the Certificate in Neuro-Affirming Practice for counsellors, therapists, coaches and #mentalhealth profs. First cohort starts 8th March. If you're considering #neurodiversity training this year, give this a watch! training.free2bmeneurodiversity.com/course/introdu…

If there are any therapists still here, you may want to check out our Certificate in Neuro-Affirming Practice. 25hrs of online live CPD around #neurodiversity and working therapeutically with neurodivergence. We love it, and we hope you will too! training.free2bmeneurodiversity.com/course/certifi…

Are you a UK adhd and/or autistic therapist working with the same who is open to clients at the moment? I am expanding my list of therapists to refer people to instead of or during coaching, depending on what's mutually agreed. If you'd like to be on my list of useful names, please email yourcoach@thequirkybrain.coach #ADHD #Autism #AuDHD #Therapy

Join us on 19th March 6-9pm for a deep dive into #ADHD, emotions and emotional regulation with ADHD coach Anita Hempenius. training.free2bmeneurodiversity.com/course/19th-ma… #Neurodiversity #ADHDAwareness #StressManagement #PersonalDevelopment #CoachingForChange

@tillytog01 @DrAnnieHickox Most have done none and won't seek it out. They don't want their ideology questioned. We try to focus our energy on those who genuinely want to learn. Healthy, respectful professional debate is good. Drum banging ideologues, not so much.

@DrAnnieHickox I wonder how much experience they have with ADHD professionally and personally and how much training. Sounds like a seriously uninformed view.

There is a small and extreme wing of mental health professionals who deny that ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition. They bend themselves into pretzels arguing that it is somehow a social phenomenon & an excuse for being ‘lazy’. They have little/no understanding of the brain.

@DrAnnieHickox Strange unholy alliance that has popped up in recent times between the right wing tabloids and the anti psych (or rather, anti everything) lobby.

It’s common for trauma survivors and neurodivergent individuals to excel in life-or-death crises, yet struggle with tasks like putting the bins out or taking a shower. Please try to be kind to yourself and your spiky functioning.

Give yourself the gift of #CPD this Christmas! Limited time 15% discount on all self-guided #neurodiversity courses and bundles until 6th Jan 2025. Instalment payment for bundles available (no interest). Enter CHRISTMAS at checkout training.free2bmeneurodiversity.com/#/allcourses

@SarmientoVerano Oh dear this is relatable 😆

Coach: I don't know if you guys need a programme for the holidays. Me: no pressure but if I don't train I'll have a meltdown. *no pressure* or how to threaten your coach.

@DrHannahBelcher Both/and, I think. Unless it’s ours of course 😃 Also employers not giving time for it or for the reflective practice that needs to go alongside it.

Interested in understanding how tech and social media use can interact with #neurodivergent wellbeing and #mentalhealth? Watch our Online Events webinar on playback here: onlinevents.co.uk/courses/rabbit…