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
“[I gained] a broader understanding of the sensory aspects of autism & how to support clients with collaborative approaches”
— Sep 2025 Participant VT
“I am noticing people differently, tuning into the sensory aspects of spaces.”
— Sep 2025 Participant EA

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 code EARLYBIRD2027 (valid until 20th February 2027)

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

Promotion for an early bird discount with a rainbow-colored bird graphic and heart, offering a $25 discount when using a special code at checkout.
“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
“The resources were excellent and met my autistic learning style and my autistic brain. I have now attended all of Jacqueline’s workshops and I have retained all of the learning. I have embraced this learning to better understand myself, my clients. I have also shared the knowledge that I have learned in an autistic safe space with my clients so they too can understand themselves or their loved ones differently.”
— Sep 2025 Particpant WM

  • 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 

  • Certificate of completion

    After the workshop you will be sent a quiz. You will need to score at least 80% in this quiz to receiive a certificate of completion. You can have multiple attempts at the quiz.

    Claiming OPD points
    ACA
    You can claim this as a workshop through ACA for 3 OPD points.

    PACFA
    You can claim this as Category A CPD

    ACA OPD points & PACFA CPD hours will be listed on the certificate of completion.

    Other associations
    Please check with your association if you can claim this training as part of your professional development

  • 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