Neurodivergent Clients in Therapy: Misunderstandings and Their Clinical Impact

A Free Training with Dr. Amy Marschall

This training helped me see the assumptions I didn’t even realize I was making. I now have a much sharper awareness and greater confidence in how I support neurodivergent clients.
-Angela Frioud,  Leeds, UK

 

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Dr. Amy Marschall

Dr. Amy Marschall, AuDHD Psychologist

Neurodivergent Clients in Therapy: Misunderstandings and Their Clinical Impact

You may already be working with neurodivergent clients (perhaps without being aware of it).

Without realizing it, your clinical lens may still be shaped by neurotypical assumptions.

In this free video, Dr. Amy Marschall, an AuDHD psychologist, discusses how neurodivergent clients are often misunderstood in therapy, even by thoughtful, experienced clinicians.

When neurodivergence is not part of the clinical frame, differences can be misread as resistance, lack of motivation, emotional disengagement, or non-compliance, or the result of trauma. Over time, those misunderstandings can quietly shape assessment, treatment goals, and the therapeutic relationship itself.

Here’s what you’ll learn in this free training:

  • What neurodivergence actually means and how often it may already be present in your therapy room, without being aware of it

  • How client masking, compliance, and high achievement can hide significant internal distress

  • How trauma presentations can be misidentified or oversimplified
  • How repeated misattunement can lead to shame, self-doubt, disengagement, and rupture the therapeutic relationship

  • How treatment goals can unintentionally focus on normalization over genuine well-being

MEET DR. AMY MARSCHALL, AuDHD PSYCHOLOGIST

Dr. Amy Marschall is an AuDHD (Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) psychologist. She learned that she was neurodivergent as an adult after years of recognizing these traits in others.

Her clinical specializations include neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed care. She supports neurodivergent adults, adolescents, and children in understanding themselves more clearly while helping reduce misdiagnosis within ADHD and autistic communities.

Dr. Marschall is the founder of Resiliency Mental Health, where she provides psychological evaluations and psychotherapy. She also serves as Clinical Director of A Change for Better, a mental health organization providing accessible therapy, counseling, and neuro-affirming assessments (ADHD/Autism).

She is also the author of more than a dozen books.

Neurodivergent Clients in Therapy: Misunderstandings and Their Clinical Impact

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