Working therapeutically with sensory differences: Creating sensory safety for Autistic adults

“The sensory likes, triggers, and soothers will be really beneficial to add to my practice to help these particular clients.”
— June 2025 Participant CS

Live workshop

Click below for the booking links for each workshop for Working therapeutically with sensory differences: Creating sensory safety for Autistic adults

  • $125
    or $100 with EARLYBIRD2025 (valid until 09/08/2025)

    Register for workshop here: https://www.trybooking.com/DDNWE

  • $125
    or $100 with code EARLYBIRD2026 (valid until 29th March)

    Register for the workshop here: https://www.trybooking.com/DDNWI

“I thought that Jacqueline was an excellent facilitator. She presented the information very clearly, and gave good reasons as to why the information was important. There was also a nice casual nature to the way she presented, of course the information was concise and well structured it was balanced by her friendliness and openness about the topic, and her person anecdotes really gave a fuller picture of the message she was getting across.”
— June 2025 Participants CS

  • Many counsellors do not feel confident adapting their counselling practices to suit the need of Autistic adults. This is an underserviced population in the counselling space, with a lot of focus existing on the needs of Autistic children and/or with a very deficit approach. This has led to Autistic adults experiencing ineffective or even harmful treatments.

    This is a 90 minute intensive interactive workshop for counsellors + other allied health professionals, filled with hands on strategies to make your services neurodiversity affirming, focusing on the sensory differences of Autistic adults.

    • Providing sensory accommodations to your clients 

    • Learn when and how you might utilise sensory strategies

    • Learn about different ways to support clients' sensory differences and needs inside and outside sessions

    • Identify what barriers clients face in sensory unmasking and how you can support them in addressing these

  • By the end of the workshop you will be able to: 

    • Understand the differences between sensory hypo-sensitivities and hyper-sensitivities

    • Name different types strategies and give examples for different  sensory hypo-sensitivities and hyper-sensitivities

    • Utilise sensory strategies with a therapeutic purpose 

    • Understand how to support clients in sensory unmasking and identify potential barriers

  • This training has been designed with counsellors and psychotherapists in mind.  

    But anyone who regularly works with Autistic adults or uses counselling skills as part of their profession will benefit from this training.

  • In this training we will learn by doing. You will be guided through completing your own sensory profile and find strategies to support your own sensory unmasking.  We will also identify potential barriers that you (and your clients) might have to sensory unmasking. Throughout these exercises, you will have counselling and communication strategies modelled to you that you can use with clients during your counselling sessions.

    • Engaging & evidence based content

    • Hands on activities designed to deepen your learning experience

    • Lots of practical examples and strategies

  • I have tried to keep the costs low by keeping extras to a minimum.  You can add on these extras as suited to your budget.  All prices are inclusive of GST.

    You can select each of these optional extras during checkout.  

    1. Online resources - $15

    • Resource pack delivered to you digitally to download

    • Includes a copy of the slides & worksheets referenced in the presentation

    2. Hard copy of resources - $75

    • Resource pack printed in colour in a folder, shipped to your address

    • A free bonus sensory pack 

  • Live workshop

    ACA
    If you are an ACA Member you will be able to claim at least 3 OPD points. Your certificate of completion will indicate the number of points you can claim. Please contact me if you have any questions.

    PACFA
    You will be able to claim 1.5hrs of Category A PD.

    Complete the quiz after the workshop to claim these points.

    Other Associations
    For other professional associations, please check your OPD policy.

    You will be sent a certificate of completion after completion of the quiz.

  • Workshop

    • Cancellation with more than 48hrs notice - refund of 80%

    • Cancellation with less than 48hrs notice - no refund available 

    Resources

    • If resources have not yet been dispatched a 100% refund is available