PROFESSIONAL CPD CERTIFICATED TRAINING
Building Community – Supporting Practice
Specialist Advanced Training in Neurodivergent Competent Therapeutic Practice
A transformative professional 36hrs CPD certificated advanced training for neurodivergent therapists/counsellors designed to help you develop genuinely neurodivergent-competent & affirming therapeutic practice through lived experience, reflective learning, and practical integration into your own therapeutic model.
Created by neurodivergent therapists, for neurodivergent therapists working with neurodivergent clients.
A clear, supportive
learning space
This is not a generic awareness course. It is a specialist learning space created from lived experience, clinical practice, community and academic knowledge.
Designed for neurodivergent therapists and counsellors seeking neurodivergent-competency training that is clinically meaningful, reflective, and genuinely accessible. Created by and for neurodivergent therapists, this training is affirming, empowering, and committed to transforming practice — together
Traditional therapy training was not built with neurodivergent people in mind.
Many neurodivergent therapists have been trained within models that unintentionally pathologise, misunderstand, or invalidate neurodivergent experiences.
As therapists, we are often left trying to adapt approaches that were never designed for neurodivergent nervous systems, communication styles, sensory experiences, or ways of processing the world.
Built from both lived experience and professional expertise, this advanced training helps therapists move beyond awareness into genuinely neurodivergent competent practice.
'This training feels like CPD training designed by people who understand neurodivergent experience'
The aim is not simply to add more knowledge. It is to support validation, confidence, safer practice, professional belonging, and permission to work differently
What past delegates have said
“As an AuDHD therapist, this was the first training I have done where I felt completely at ease and comfortable to be myself and learn in my own way”
AuDHD Therapist
“I enrolled in this ‘Think Neurodivergent’ course to earn a certification for working with neurodivergent clients. What I experienced was truly transformative.”
Neurodivergent psychotherapist
“For the first time in a learning environment, I felt genuinely at ease, a significant milestone given my history of educational trauma as a dyslexic ADHD individual.”
Dyslexic ADHD Therapist
This is not generic neurodiversity awareness training.
This is an specialist advanced CPD certificated professional development training grounded in neurodivergent lived experience, contemporary theory, reflective therapeutic practice, intersectional understanding, and practical application within your own therapeutic model
Lived Experience
Created by neurodivergent professionals who understand the emotional, clinical, and professional realities of this work.
Clinical Application
Designed to help you apply learning directly to your own therapeutic model and client work.
Community Knowledge
Grounded in co-produced learning, reflective practice, neurodivergent theory, and community-led academic insight.
Who this training is for
This course is designed for neurodivergent therapists and counsellors seeking advanced neurodivergent competency training that is clinically meaningful, reflective, and genuinely accessible.
- Neurodivergent (diagnosed or self-identified) qualified psychotherapists or counsellors who work with or wish to work neurodivergent clients
- Who are members of professional bodies (BACP, UKCP, HCPC, NCS etc)
- Minimum of a level 4 diploma in Counselling or Psychotherapy required
- Therapists wanting to create safer, more acessible therapy spaces for neurodivergent clients
- Therapists reflecting on neurodivergent client identity and therapeutic presence
What you will learn
Framework and application
Gain a clear, comprehensive understanding of the ‘Neurodivergent Competency Framework’ and its application in therapeutic practice with neurodivergent clients
Difference and dignity
Explore the history of neurodivergent paradigms. Identify, challenge and reframe outdated and damaging narratives
Identity & experience
Examine intersectionality – how race, gender, and social economic status shape the neurodivergent client experience
Deepening theoretical understanding
Deep dive into neurodivergent theory, exploring areas of prevalence, misconceptions, impacts, lived experience, exploring all of these in relation to therapy
Explore neurodivergent realities
Some examples of areas covered: sensory processing; executive functioning; social communication differences; meltdowns; shutdowns; double empathy; masking; monotropism; alexithymia
Embodied & evolving evidence based progressive practice
Engage with innovative, community led models of care from neurodivergent advocates and academics
Apply learning and ‘Neurodivergent Competency Framework’ to your therapeutic model to adapt your approach to align with neurodivergent competent and affirming practice
Created with neurodivergent accessibility at its core
The course is intentionally designed with neurodivergent accessibility in mind, including pacing, visual learning support, reflective space, and flexible learning styles.
Neurodivergent-friendly course materials
Visual learning supports
Reflective and processing space
Flexible participation approaches
Consideration of sensory and communication needs
Emphasis on psychological safety and inclusion
Meet your Trainer
I am Emma Castledine, a qualified neurodivergent therapist, supervisor, and trainer/teacher, and one of the founders of THINK Neurodivergent UK. My work combines lived experience and professional expertise, creating affirming therapeutic and training spaces where neurodivergent people feel understood, respected, and supported.
I am an accredited Person-Centred Counsellor, qualified EMDR Practitioner and Supervisor, and former CEO and Clinical Lead of a Counselling Centre in the South of England. I have also taught formal counselling qualifications as a qualified teacher.
- Over 25 years’ experience across a wide range of settings
- Lived experience of neurodivergence, offering counselling for those newly diagnosed, self-identified, or currently diagnosed
- Neurodivergent-affirming and trauma-informed in approach
- Committed to safe, accessible, reflective spaces for neurodivergent clients and therapists
This course was designed by Emma and Helen, founders of THINK Neurodivergent UK, using a co-production model of research: grounded in current and new neurodivergent research, and shaped by direct interviews with neurodivergent therapists and clients — building lived experience into the design from the start.
It’s accredited by the CPD Certification Service UK, widely recognised across the neurodivergent facilitation community.
This reflects our wider approach: building community, supporting practice.
Our mission is to create an accessible, inclusive, and effective Neurodivergent Counselling & Therapy model — by Neurodivergent Professionals, for the Neurodivergent Community.
Our goal: equitable access to counselling and therapy, and a better quality of life for ALL neurodivergent people — guided by our key principles of identity, agency/choice, authenticity, collaboration, respect and dignity, and connection.
How the course works
The training is delivered as a live cohort with fixed dates. This allows you to understand the full structure before booking.
Live teaching across six sessions
Cohort-based learning
Online delivery with selected in-person elements in some cohort options
Structured learning without pressure for performative participation
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Certification and assessment
CPD Certificate
Participants who successfully complete the course and evidence portfolio will receive a CPD Certificate following assessment.
Reflective Portfolio
The training includes reflective portfolio work, practical integration exercises, observation and feedback, reflective practice evidence.
Dates and format
Please review the cohort dates carefully before booking. Your place is reserved for the cohort you select.
September–October 2026
Days 1–2: 19 & 20 September 2026, 9:00am–5:00pm
Days 3–4: 3 & 4 October 2026, 9:00am–5:00pm
Days 5–6: 17 & 18 October 2026, 9:00am–5:00pm
Format: Days 1–2 in person in Worthing, Days 3–6 online
January–February 2027
Days 1–2: 23 & 24 January 2027, 9:00am–5:00pm
Days 3–4: 6 & 7 February 2027, 9:00am–5:00pm
Days 5–6: 27 & 28 February 2027, 9:00am–5:00pm
Format: Days 1–6 online
How to book and pay for your place
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Pricing & Payments
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Early Bird
£1,200
Available before the early bird deadline (2 months prior to start date).
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Early Bird Instalments
£300 x 4
Spread the early bird price across two payments. Available before the early bird deadline (2 months prior to start date).
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Full Instalments
£375 x 4
Available if early bird is no longer applicable.
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Complete your booking
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If cost is a barrier limited concessions available
Cancellation and refund policy
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We understand that circumstances can change. The following policy is designed to be clear, fair, and supportive while protecting the viability of the training.
- More than 90 days before the training start date
A full refund will be issued. - 60–89 days before the training start date
A 50% refund will be issued. - 30–59 days before the training start date
A 25% refund will be issued. - Less than 30 days before the training start date
No refund is available.
If you are unable to attend, you may request to transfer your place to a future cohort or training date where available. This is not guaranteed and will depend on availability.
If the training is cancelled by us for any reason, a full refund will be provided.
If you are experiencing exceptional circumstances, please contact us. We will always aim to respond with care and consideration.
Frequently asked questions
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This course is delivered live in a cohort format and follows fixed session dates.
Yes. Both early bird instalments and full-price instalments are available.
Yes. Confirmation and practical details will be sent to you by email after booking.
Yes. The course is designed as a reflective and structured learning space for neurodivergent therapists and counsellors.
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